People from Fayetteville, Arkansas

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 27. Chapters: Edward Durell Stone, Richard Corben, Frank Broyles, Kevin Carson, Martin R. Steele, Wallace Spearmon, Mike Conley, Jr., John Rollin Ridge, E. Lynn Harris, Sarah Caldwell, Dustin McDaniel, Willis Ricketts, Richard O. Covey, Matt Jones, Ronnie Brewer, B. N. Wilson, John H. Pruitt, Billy Ray Smith, Don Elkins, Jr., Ron Brewer, Donald Harington, Lisa Blount, Cliff Harris, Ellen Gilchrist, George Johnson, Jim Bryson, Cate Brothers, Fleda Brown, Douglas C. Jones, Mike Brisiel, Jason Moore, Mark Swaney, Charley Jones, Quinn Grovey, Ben Winkelman. Excerpt: Edward Durell Stone (March 9, 1902 - August 6, 1978) was a twentieth century American architect. Stone was born in Fayetteville, Arkansas, a small college town in the northwest corner of the state. His family, early settlers of the area, owned a prosperous dry goods store. One of his childhood friends was J. William Fulbright, the future United States Senator from Arkansas and Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Stone and Fulbright remained friends throughout their lives. Stone attended the University of Arkansas, where his interest in architecture was encouraged by the chairman of the art department. His older brother, James Hicks Stone (1886-1928), was already a practicing architect in Boston, Massachusetts, and James encouraged his younger brother to join him there. While in Boston, Stone attended the Boston Architectural Club (now Boston Architectural College), Harvard University, and MIT, but he never received a degree. While studying, Stone also apprenticed in the offices of Coolidge, Shepley, Bulfinch and Abbott, H. H. Richardson's successor firm. Henry R. Shepley, one of the firm's senior partners, mentored Stone while he was in Boston and assisted him throughout his career. While studying in Massachusetts, he won the prestigious Rotch Travelling F...