David Pryor to join Rutherford at UAM

MONTICELLO — Former U. S. Sen. David Pryor, D- Ark., and Skip Rutherford, dean of the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service, will be the featured speakers Thursday at the Southeast Arkansas Political Animals Club.

The event will be held at 6 p. m. in the Capitol Room of the University of Arkansas at Monticello’s John F. Gibson University Center, said John Davis, assistant professor of political science and director of governmental relations at UAM.

Admission is free and open to the general public. Pizza and beverages will be provided at the event.

Organizers ask anyone who plans to attend to send an RSVP by emailing John Davis at searkpoliticalanimals@ gmail. com or calling ( 870) 460- 1189.

Pryor has been a longtime political leader in the state. He was Arkansas’ 4th Congressional District representative from 1966- 1973. From 1975- 1979, he was Arkansas’ governor. Later, he won a seat in the U. S. Senate, a position he held from 1979- 1997. Pryor now serves on the University of Arkansas System board of trustees.

Rutherford led the planning and construction of the Clinton Presidential Center in Little Rock and served as founding president of the William J. Clinton Foundation. He was an administrative assistant to Pryor. Rutherford is the founding chairman and creator of the Political Animals Club of Little Rock, the first organization of its kind in Arkansas.

The Southeast Arkansas Political Animals Club is a nonpartisan group for southeast Arkansans who seek civil discussion of political and policy issues. There are no membership fees to join the club.