NOTABLE ARKANSANS  Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

He was born in 1930, in Olathe, Kan., but when he was just 1 year old, his family moved to Northwest Arkansas, where he grew up in Springdale. He completed high school at Kemper Military School in Booneville, Mo., then attended the University of Arkansas but left before receiving a degree to join the family business: a poultry growing and shipping operation.