Arkansas Tech trustee resigns his post
Michael Lamoureux, who has been secretary for the Arkansas Tech University board of trustees, resigned from the board effective Sunday.
“My law firm has accepted representation of a client that will preclude my service on a state board,” Lamoureux, of Russellville, which is home to the university’s main campus, stated in his resignation letter. “I am proud of the work we have done and have no doubt this board will continue its great work.”
“It has been an honor and a privilege to serve on this board,” added Lamoureux, who was appointed by thenGov. Asa Hutchinson in 2022 to a five-year term scheduled to expire Jan. 14, 2027. “My passion for Arkansas Tech University is unwavering, and I look forward to helping in other ways.”
His replacement will be named by Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders. The next scheduled meeting of the Arkansas Tech board of trustees — down to four members after the departure of Lamoureux — is April 18.
Lamoureux succeeded Eric Burnett of Fort Smith, who served on the board from 20112016 and 2017-2022, including stints as chairman in 2015 and 2021, according to Arkansas Tech. Lamoureux earned a bachelor of arts degree in history and political science from Arkansas Tech in 1997 before receiving his law degree from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock W.H. Bowen School of Law in 1999.
Russ Jones, Arkansas Tech’s interim president, thanked Lamoureux for his service and “his longstanding support of his alma mater” in a statement Monday.
“He was an active and engaged board member, and I know that he will continue to be an active and engaged alumnus,” Jones added. “His advocacy for our students has made an authentic and positive difference in their educational experience.”
Lamoureux, 48, served in the Arkansas House of Representatives from 2002-2008 and in the Arkansas Senate from 2009-2014, according to Arkansas Tech. He was House minority leader, Senate minority whip and president pro tempore of the Arkansas Senate — the first bachelor’s degree graduate of Arkansas Tech to hold the latter of those positions — and he was chief of staff in the governor’s office from January 2015 to May 2016 before returning to the private sector as an attorney and consultant.