Secretaries-General of the Arkansas Model United Nations (AMUN)

 

[Please email biographical information regarding the former AMUN Secretaries-General to Dr. Mark Mullenbach, AMUN coordinator, at markm@uca.edu.]

 

 

1966-1968 - Brett Newcomb

 

Brett graduated from the University of Central Arkansas with a B.A. degree in social studies in 1969, and graduated from Webster University with a M.A. degree in counseling services in 1982.  Brett has taught for several years in the St. Louis, MO area, including social studies for the Rockwood School District, 1972-1989; public speaking, persuasion, and small group dynamics in the communications department at Meramec Community College, 1987-1988; general psychology, group techniques, and elementary school counseling at Missouri Baptist College, 2001; and graduate counseling courses at Webster University, 1987-present.  Since 1982, Brett has also worked as a licensed professional counselor (adolescent and family therapist) at West County Psychological Associates and Sutherland & Associates, P.C.

1969 - Charlene Coleman

1970 - Don Rhodes, Jr.

1971-1972 - Keith Vaughan

1973 - Ursula Nunn Polk

Ursula Nunn Polk was born on December 20, 1952 at Fort Hood, Texas to Howard and Ilse Kalmering Nunn.  As a child, Ursula lived in Germany and Turkey.  Ursula graduated from Jacksonville High School in Jacksonville, Arkansas in 1971, and was married to 2nd Lt. Fred Lee Polk in West Point, New York on June 5, 1974.  Ursula graduated with a degree in political science from the University of Central Arkansas in 1975, and received her commission as 2nd Lt. in the U.S. Army in 1976.  Throughout their careers in the U.S. Army, Ursula and her husband were stationed in many locations, including Germany and Panama (where Ursula participated in the planning and execution of Operation Just Cause and became one of the first post-Vietnam War female soldiers to earn a combat patch).  Ursula received her master's degree in public administration from American University in 1983.  Ursula and her husband served as assistant professors at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York.  Ursula attended the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth in 1990, and then served as an instructor at the college in 1991.  Ursula later taught government, economics, and international relations at Immaculata High School in Leavenworth, Kansas.  Ursula's final rank in the U.S. Army Reserve was Lt. Colonel.  Ursula died of complications related to breast cancer on June 26, 2005 at Providence Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas.  She was survived by her husband Fred, son John, and daughter Jessica.

1974 - Ross Moore

1975 - Lionel Owens

After graduating from UCA with a degree  in Political Science in August 1976, Lionel Owens attended law school at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville.  Upon graduating from law school in 1980, Lionel worked as a Judge Advocate in the United States Air Force (U.S.A.F.) at Keesler AFB, Mississippi and Clark AFB, Republic of the Philippines from 1980 to 1985.  Subsequently, Lionel worked as a Special Agent with the U.S.A.F. Office of Special Investigations (OSI) at various locations in the U.S. and Saudi Arabia until retiring from active duty in the U.S.A.F. in 2003.  At that time, Lionel began working as a civilian special agent with the U.S.A.F. OSI.  In June 2003, Lionel was deployed to serve in Operation Iraqi Freedom as Deputy Director of Counter-Intelligence for the Coalition Provisional Authority's (CPA) in Baghdad, Iraq.  Shortly after returning to the U.S. in December 2003, Lionel worked as an Instructor at the U.S.A.F. Special Investigations Academy in Glynco, Georgia (April 2004-February 2006); Force Protection Attache at the U.S. Embassy in Sana'a, Yemen (February 2006-September 2006); and Chief of Counter-Intelligence, U.S.A.F. OSI, 4th Field Investigations Region (FIR), Randolph AFB, Texas (September 2006-present).

1976 - Larry Lanes

1977 - Bill Wadell

1978 - Hadrian Hatfield

1979 - Lisa Miesenbacher

1980 - Paul W. Kimbrough

Paul W. Kimbrough graduated from Little Rock's Parkview High School in 1977. Four years later, he graduated from the University of Central Arkansas in Conway with a degree in political science. He joined the U.S. Army before returning to complete his education at the University of Arkansas School of Law in Fayetteville, where he headed up the Black Law Students Association. Paul followed his commitment to public service into the political arena, first working on the staff of U.S. Representative Ray Thornton, and then running in his own campaign for a seat in the Arkansas House of Representatives. He lost that race, but that didn't slow him down. Paul's next challenge took him to Washington, DC, where he came to work in the U.S. Department of Transportation in the inspector-general's office.  Lieutenant Colonel Kimbrough remained active in the U.S. Army reserve, and in June he was deployed to Afghanistan with the 416th Engineer Command, where he helped to oversee improvements to living conditions for soldiers at Bagram Air Base. On October 3, 2003, Paul was flown to Incirlik, Turkey for medical treatment. He died of cardiac arrest en route to Turkey.

1981 - David Bolin

1982 - Carroll P. Lester, Jr.

1983 - Tim Troup

1984 - David C. Allen

1985 - Stephen W. Lea

1986 - Lisa C. Carver

1987 - Preston Scroggin

1988 - Jody Webb

1989 - Randy L. Grice

1990 - Felicia C. Scholl

1991 - Robin C. Hudson

1992 - Mike May

1993 - Casey Semmler

1994 - Kevin Rogers

1995 - Christopher Jenkins

1996 - Tobias Vancil

1997 - Jenny Shelton

1998 - Michael Hopkins

Michael Hopkins, formerly of Russellville, Arkansas and a graduate of Russellville High School now resides in Little Rock, Arkansas and is the owner of Max Motors, Inc., an independent automobile dealership near downtown North Little Rock.

1999-2000 - Kylie Neal

2001 - Angela Weber

2002 - Rachel Price

2003 - Sarah Post

2004 - Molly Smith

2005 - Hristijan Gjorgievski

2006 - Jose Guzzardi

2007 - Timothy Hurley

2008 - Ryan McCormack