Springdale, AR - Northwest Arkansas Community Foundation (NWACF) announces two new members have been elected to the Board of Directors. The two new directors are William Jackson "Jack" Butt, II and Daniel E. Ferritor, both of Fayetteville.
"The Community Foundation feels very fortunate that both men have agreed to serve on our board. Jack Butt is one of the region's outstanding attorneys and brings significant experience in volunteer leadership. Dan Ferritor is a community leader who is known not only for the important role he played as Chancellor for the University of Arkansas, but also for his active commitment to northwest Arkansas's future," stated Adrian Luttrell, Chairman of NWACF.
Executive Director Suzanne Ward concurred with Luttrell's remarks.
"Jack Butt and Dan Ferritor will bring so many great qualities to the Community Foundation. Both of them share our interest in building regional approaches to addressing community issues, while helping each community build its own charitable funds. Jack is well known and respected by his peers in the legal professional, and Dan's background as an educator will provide our board with additional insights in our grantmaking," explained Ward.
William Jackson "Jack" Butt, II is a Fayetteville native. He received his undergraduate degree in government and foreign affairs from the University of Virginia, and his law degree and master's degree in taxation from George Washington University. He served four years active duty as an Army attorney in Germany, Korea, Virginia, and the Pentagon. Butt returned home in 1981 to join his present law firm. He is presently managing partner of the Fayetteville law firm of Davis, Wright, Clark, Butt and Carithers, PLC and practices in the area of business and tax law.
Certified as a specialist in tax law by the Arkansas Board of Legal Specialization, he has been twice rated among the top ten business lawyers in the state by the Arkansas Time poll. He is recognized in the current publication of Best Lawyers in America, served as President of the Washington County Bar Association, and was named Arkansas Bar Association/Arkansas Bar Foundation Outstanding Lawyer/Citizen for 1999-2000.
He was a co-founder of Fayetteville's Autumnfest, founding board chair of the Washington Regional Hospice Program, founding board president of the Fayetteville Public Education Foundation, and served six years on the Fayetteville School Board. In addition to numerous other civic board appointments, he has received the Fayetteville Education Association Distinguished Lay Service Award (1995) and Arkansas Times Arkansas Public School Hero award (1997) for his contributions to public education.
Daniel E. "Dan" Ferritor served as Chancellor of the University of Arkansas for eleven years, the secondÐlongest tenure in the history of the University. Ferritor received his B.A. in English from Rockhurst College in Kansas City, Missouri, and his M.A. and Ph.D. in Sociology from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.
Dan Ferritor joined the UA faculty as an assistant professor in the Sociology Department in 1967. He would eventually become chair of that department in 1980 and Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs in 1985. Ferritor became Chancellor in 1986, retiring in 1997 as Chancellor Emeritus and University Professor.
His career has been marked by numerous awards including: University of Arkansas Alumni Association Recognition as Honorary Alumnus in 1992, University of Arkansas Alumni Association Award for Distinguished Achievement in Teaching and Research in 1984, the naming of the Biological Sciences Building as the Daniel E. Ferritor Biological Sciences Hall in 2001, and 2001Citizen of the Year by the northwest American Heart Association.
Northwest Arkansas Community Foundation is a public charity founded in 1999. The foundation's vision is to be the most recognized charitable giving resource for this region, with a solid reputation for connecting donors to their charitable dreams. It recently met national standards for governance and accountability established by the Council on Foundations earlier this summer.
