In 1947, Little Rock businessman Raymond Rebsamen donated 80 acres on the east side of Hayes Street for a new campus for Little Rock Junior College. The undeveloped land in far south Little Rock was covered in pine, hickory and oak trees.
Shelia Vaught will be presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award and Cynthia VanWinkle will receive the President's Award at the Nov. 18 National Philanthropy luncheon. But the rest of the winners are a secret.