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A gift from the estate of Lee Ronnel, the founder of a Little Rock-based scrap metal recycling company, will create the first full-ride scholarship at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences that covers tuition, housing and meals for the four-year duration of medical school, UAMS officials said Thursday.
A gift from the estate of Lee Ronnel, the founder of a Little Rock-based scrap metal recycling company, will create the first full-ride scholarship at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences that covers tuition, housing and meals for the four year duration of medical school, UAMS officials said Thursday.
In December, the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra announced the largest individual gift in its 56-year history. The gift came from the estate of Lee Ronnel, who died in January 2022 at age 85. Christina Littlejohn, the orchestra's chief executive officer, put it best that day when she said: "We've had good years and bad years. And through them all, there was Lee Ronnel."
When city officials, donors and other dignitaries gather next month for the grand opening of the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts (AMFA), it will be the biggest thing to happen in downtown Little Rock since the Clinton Presidential Center opened in November 2004. AMFA was the subject of Wednesday's column. Writing that column got me to thinking about things that are coming soon for downtown and things that are on my wish list.
An award-winning documentary filmmaker from Little Rock and two of Arkansas' female political pioneers were among Arkansans who died in 2022.