University of Arkansas
The Fine Arts Center was designed by Fayetteville native Edward Durell Stone, who also designed Radio City Music Hall and the Museum of Modern Art in New York City and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. The buildings are indicative of Stone's idiosyncratic modern style which included patterns of ornament. Stone also designed a fraternity house, now used for academic purposes, and an apartment complex named Carlson Terrace on campus, which has since been demolished.
Jarold A. Kieffer
He served in a variety of positions in the Eisenhower administration, including involvement in the Office of Defense Administration, the Committee on Government Organization, the Borrowing Authority Review Board, the President’s Advisory Committee on Government Organization, and the second Hoover Commission. From 1957–1958 he served as assistant to Nelson D. Rockefeller and then as assistant to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare from 1958–1959.
In January 1961, Kieffer became the first Executive Director of the National Cultural Center (now known as the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts). He oversaw numerous fund raising efforts and assisted in creating the architectural plan for the Center.