Stanley E. Reed

Stanley Eldon Reed was born on August 1, 1951, in Milan, Tennessee , and grew up in in Marianna, Lee County, Arkansas.

He earned a B.A. in agricultural engineering in 1973 and a J.D. in 1976 from the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville.

Governor Mike Huckabee appointed him to the University of Arkansas Board of Trustees in 1998. With his experience as both a lawyer and a Marianna-based cotton farmer, Reed became the president of the Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation in 2003 . He also served on the boards of Simmons National Bank, the Brandon Bu r lsworth Foundation, and Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield.

Reed passed away on July 15, 2011.

About the Pryor Center | Donate