Mary B. Stallcup, 42, of Little Rock, executive assistant to the University of Central Arkansas' president and a former state attorney general, died Saturday (May 17, 1997) in Conway.
Ms. Stallcup joined UCA in 1992 as general counsel and became executive assistant to President Winfred Thompson on June 1, 1996. Before coming to UCA, she had worked for 12 years in the state Attorney General's office and had served as acting attorney general in 1991-92 following the resignation of Steve Clark.
She earned her bachelor's degree in history in 1974 from Louisiana College at Pineville and her law degree in 1979 from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law. She was admitted to practice law before the Arkansas Supreme Court, the federal courts and the U.S. Supreme Court, and was a Supreme Court Fellow in 1988.
After joining the state AG's office in 1980 in the division of energy conservation and rate advocacy, she became director of the consumer utility rate advocacy division and served as assistant attorney general, deputy attorney general and chief of staff prior to being the first woman appointed as an Arkansas attorney general. Then-Gov. Bill Clinton made the appointment.
As executive assistant to the UCA president, Ms. Stallcup helped prepare materials for the board of trustees, served as Thompson's liaison of the state Department of Higher Education and worked with faculty member Bill Stephens in coordinating relations with the state Legislature.
"Mary was an absolutely wonderful staff member and a wonderful person," said Thompson. "She was as close to being indispensable at UCA as anyone can be. We're all devastated and will miss her terribly."
Thompson said Ms. Stallcup had great people skills. She served initially as university counsel and was chosen to take on the responsibilities of executive assistant, which included management of office as well the governmental relations program.
"She was just superb," said Thompson. "All the legislators liked her. And even though the relationship with the state Board of Higher Education has been contentious in recent years, everyone at 'higher ed' liked Mary.
"I gave her the assignments that involved dealing with more than one vice president at the university because she got along with all of them so well."
Ms. Stallcup was in line to become executive vice president July 1, said Thompson.
Ms. Stallcup had a bout with cancer some years ago before she joined UCA, said Thompson, and became ill again about a year. Ms. Stallcup attended a gathering at the president's home Friday, May 9, but she declined very rapidly in the last week.
Ms. Stallcup also worked at the Pine Bluff Arsenal for the Naval Sea Systems Command and the Little Rock law firm, Friday Eldredge & Clark.
Born June 21, 1954, at Omaha, Neb., a daughter of Conway residents Lt. Col. Ed Stallcup and Helene Conrey Stallcup, she was a member of Calvary Baptist Church at Little Rock.
Other survivors are two brothers, Mark Stallcup of Bentonville and Stephen Stallcup of Russellville; and three sisters, Jane Rampona of Centralia, Ill., and Sally Harms and Susan Stallcup, both of Little Rock.
Services will be 1 p.m. Tuesday at Calvary Baptist Church in Little Rock, with Dr. Fred Williams officiating. Burial will be in Crestlawn Memorial Park.
Pallbearers will be Richard Lucy, Jerry Lineberger, John Ward, Jack Gillean, Winfred Thompson and Ron Burrow.
Visitation will be 6 to 9 p.m. today at Roller-McNutt Funeral Home.
Ms. Stallcup joined UCA in 1992 as general counsel and became executive assistant to President Winfred Thompson on June 1, 1996. Before coming to UCA, she had worked for 12 years in the state Attorney General's office and had served as acting attorney general in 1991-92 following the resignation of Steve Clark.
She earned her bachelor's degree in history in 1974 from Louisiana College at Pineville and her law degree in 1979 from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law. She was admitted to practice law before the Arkansas Supreme Court, the federal courts and the U.S. Supreme Court, and was a Supreme Court Fellow in 1988.
After joining the state AG's office in 1980 in the division of energy conservation and rate advocacy, she became director of the consumer utility rate advocacy division and served as assistant attorney general, deputy attorney general and chief of staff prior to being the first woman appointed as an Arkansas attorney general. Then-Gov. Bill Clinton made the appointment.
As executive assistant to the UCA president, Ms. Stallcup helped prepare materials for the board of trustees, served as Thompson's liaison of the state Department of Higher Education and worked with faculty member Bill Stephens in coordinating relations with the state Legislature.
"Mary was an absolutely wonderful staff member and a wonderful person," said Thompson. "She was as close to being indispensable at UCA as anyone can be. We're all devastated and will miss her terribly."
Thompson said Ms. Stallcup had great people skills. She served initially as university counsel and was chosen to take on the responsibilities of executive assistant, which included management of office as well the governmental relations program.
"She was just superb," said Thompson. "All the legislators liked her. And even though the relationship with the state Board of Higher Education has been contentious in recent years, everyone at 'higher ed' liked Mary.
"I gave her the assignments that involved dealing with more than one vice president at the university because she got along with all of them so well."
Ms. Stallcup was in line to become executive vice president July 1, said Thompson.
Ms. Stallcup had a bout with cancer some years ago before she joined UCA, said Thompson, and became ill again about a year. Ms. Stallcup attended a gathering at the president's home Friday, May 9, but she declined very rapidly in the last week.
Ms. Stallcup also worked at the Pine Bluff Arsenal for the Naval Sea Systems Command and the Little Rock law firm, Friday Eldredge & Clark.
Born June 21, 1954, at Omaha, Neb., a daughter of Conway residents Lt. Col. Ed Stallcup and Helene Conrey Stallcup, she was a member of Calvary Baptist Church at Little Rock.
Other survivors are two brothers, Mark Stallcup of Bentonville and Stephen Stallcup of Russellville; and three sisters, Jane Rampona of Centralia, Ill., and Sally Harms and Susan Stallcup, both of Little Rock.
Services will be 1 p.m. Tuesday at Calvary Baptist Church in Little Rock, with Dr. Fred Williams officiating. Burial will be in Crestlawn Memorial Park.
Pallbearers will be Richard Lucy, Jerry Lineberger, John Ward, Jack Gillean, Winfred Thompson and Ron Burrow.
Visitation will be 6 to 9 p.m. today at Roller-McNutt Funeral Home.
Mary B. Stallcup, 42, of Little Rock, executive assistant to the University of Central Arkansas' president and a former state attorney general, died Saturday (May 17, 1997) in Conway.
Ms. Stallcup joined UCA in 1992 as general counsel and became executive assistant to President Winfred Thompson on June 1, 1996. Before coming to UCA, she had worked for 12 years in the state Attorney General's office and had served as acting attorney general in 1991-92 following the resignation of Steve Clark.
She earned her bachelor's degree in history in 1974 from Louisiana College at Pineville and her law degree in 1979 from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law. She was admitted to practice law before the Arkansas Supreme Court, the federal courts and the U.S. Supreme Court, and was a Supreme Court Fellow in 1988.
After joining the state AG's office in 1980 in the division of energy conservation and rate advocacy, she became director of the consumer utility rate advocacy division and served as assistant attorney general, deputy attorney general and chief of staff prior to being the first woman appointed as an Arkansas attorney general. Then-Gov. Bill Clinton made the appointment.
As executive assistant to the UCA president, Ms. Stallcup helped prepare materials for the board of trustees, served as Thompson's liaison of the state Department of Higher Education and worked with faculty member Bill Stephens in coordinating relations with the state Legislature.
"Mary was an absolutely wonderful staff member and a wonderful person," said Thompson. "She was as close to being indispensable at UCA as anyone can be. We're all devastated and will miss her terribly."
Thompson said Ms. Stallcup had great people skills. She served initially as university counsel and was chosen to take on the responsibilities of executive assistant, which included management of office as well the governmental relations program.
"She was just superb," said Thompson. "All the legislators liked her. And even though the relationship with the state Board of Higher Education has been contentious in recent years, everyone at 'higher ed' liked Mary.
"I gave her the assignments that involved dealing with more than one vice president at the university because she got along with all of them so well."
Ms. Stallcup was in line to become executive vice president July 1, said Thompson.
Ms. Stallcup had a bout with cancer some years ago before she joined UCA, said Thompson, and became ill again about a year. Ms. Stallcup attended a gathering at the president's home Friday, May 9, but she declined very rapidly in the last week.
Ms. Stallcup also worked at the Pine Bluff Arsenal for the Naval Sea Systems Command and the Little Rock law firm, Friday Eldredge & Clark.
Born June 21, 1954, at Omaha, Neb., a daughter of Conway residents Lt. Col. Ed Stallcup and Helene Conrey Stallcup, she was a member of Calvary Baptist Church at Little Rock.
Other survivors are two brothers, Mark Stallcup of Bentonville and Stephen Stallcup of Russellville; and three sisters, Jane Rampona of Centralia, Ill., and Sally Harms and Susan Stallcup, both of Little Rock.
Services will be 1 p.m. Tuesday at Calvary Baptist Church in Little Rock, with Dr. Fred Williams officiating. Burial will be in Crestlawn Memorial Park.
Pallbearers will be Richard Lucy, Jerry Lineberger, John Ward, Jack Gillean, Winfred Thompson and Ron Burrow.
Visitation will be 6 to 9 p.m. today at Roller-McNutt Funeral Home.
Ms. Stallcup joined UCA in 1992 as general counsel and became executive assistant to President Winfred Thompson on June 1, 1996. Before coming to UCA, she had worked for 12 years in the state Attorney General's office and had served as acting attorney general in 1991-92 following the resignation of Steve Clark.
She earned her bachelor's degree in history in 1974 from Louisiana College at Pineville and her law degree in 1979 from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law. She was admitted to practice law before the Arkansas Supreme Court, the federal courts and the U.S. Supreme Court, and was a Supreme Court Fellow in 1988.
After joining the state AG's office in 1980 in the division of energy conservation and rate advocacy, she became director of the consumer utility rate advocacy division and served as assistant attorney general, deputy attorney general and chief of staff prior to being the first woman appointed as an Arkansas attorney general. Then-Gov. Bill Clinton made the appointment.
As executive assistant to the UCA president, Ms. Stallcup helped prepare materials for the board of trustees, served as Thompson's liaison of the state Department of Higher Education and worked with faculty member Bill Stephens in coordinating relations with the state Legislature.
"Mary was an absolutely wonderful staff member and a wonderful person," said Thompson. "She was as close to being indispensable at UCA as anyone can be. We're all devastated and will miss her terribly."
Thompson said Ms. Stallcup had great people skills. She served initially as university counsel and was chosen to take on the responsibilities of executive assistant, which included management of office as well the governmental relations program.
"She was just superb," said Thompson. "All the legislators liked her. And even though the relationship with the state Board of Higher Education has been contentious in recent years, everyone at 'higher ed' liked Mary.
"I gave her the assignments that involved dealing with more than one vice president at the university because she got along with all of them so well."
Ms. Stallcup was in line to become executive vice president July 1, said Thompson.
Ms. Stallcup had a bout with cancer some years ago before she joined UCA, said Thompson, and became ill again about a year. Ms. Stallcup attended a gathering at the president's home Friday, May 9, but she declined very rapidly in the last week.
Ms. Stallcup also worked at the Pine Bluff Arsenal for the Naval Sea Systems Command and the Little Rock law firm, Friday Eldredge & Clark.
Born June 21, 1954, at Omaha, Neb., a daughter of Conway residents Lt. Col. Ed Stallcup and Helene Conrey Stallcup, she was a member of Calvary Baptist Church at Little Rock.
Other survivors are two brothers, Mark Stallcup of Bentonville and Stephen Stallcup of Russellville; and three sisters, Jane Rampona of Centralia, Ill., and Sally Harms and Susan Stallcup, both of Little Rock.
Services will be 1 p.m. Tuesday at Calvary Baptist Church in Little Rock, with Dr. Fred Williams officiating. Burial will be in Crestlawn Memorial Park.
Pallbearers will be Richard Lucy, Jerry Lineberger, John Ward, Jack Gillean, Winfred Thompson and Ron Burrow.
Visitation will be 6 to 9 p.m. today at Roller-McNutt Funeral Home.
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