Jean Bussell Sugg was born on December 18, 1938, in West Helena, Phillips County, Arkansas.
She attended Memphis State University and transferred to the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, where she earned a B.A. in business. She married B. Alan Sugg, her high school sweetheart, and then moved with him to a US Army base where she taught in the Army Education Center in Germany.
Sugg worked as a cotton buyer in Corpus Christi, Texas. When she moved back to Arkansas, she was the president of the Junior League Sustainers Board and served on the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra Board. She was instrumental in planning and hosting many fund-raisers and events for the University of Arkansas System.
#1: Composite image of early photo and still from Pryor Center video interview and of Jean Bussell Sugg
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#2: Jean Bussell (Sugg) and her father, Carl Bussell, 1941
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#3: Carl and Virginia Bussell with their daughters, Ann and Jean, 1943
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#4: Jean Bussell (Sugg) portrait at age 5; 1943
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#5: Jean Bussell (Sugg) saluting with Uncle Ralph, 1942
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#6: Carl Bussell, father of Jean Bussell (Sugg), in navy uniform
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#7: Jean Bussell (Sugg), 1947
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#8: Jean Bussell (Sugg), portrait, age 9
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#9: Jean Bussell (Sugg), ca. 5th grade
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#10: Jean Bussell (Sugg) at Storm Creek Lake where she frequently fished with her stepfather; Field & Stream had her display the fish, but she did not catch them; about 12 years old
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#11: Jean Bussell (Sugg), 1st from left, at a 7th-grade ballroom dance; age 13
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#12: B. Alan Sugg crowns Jean Bussell (Sugg) the 9th-Grade Homecoming Queen; Helena, Arkansas
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#13: Jean Bussell (Sugg), 13, is the junior high homecoming queen, and B. Alan Sugg, 14, is the football captain; Helena, Arkansas, 1951
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#14: B. Alan Sugg and Jean Bussell (Sugg) at a carnival; Helena, Arkansas, 1954
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#15: Jean Bussell (Sugg), 4th from right; B. Alan Sugg, far right, at Boys and Girls State, 1955
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#16: Jean Bussell (Sugg) and B. Alan Sugg in a yearbook picture titled: "Mr. and Miss Central High;" Helena, Arkansas
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#17: Jean Bussell (Sugg), 4th from right, sitting on drum, Central High School Band majorettes, Helena West Helena, Arkansas
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#18: B. Alan Sugg and Jean (Bussell) Sugg, Sigma Chi "Girl of My Dreams" dance, University of Arkansas, 1957
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#19: Jean Bussell (Sugg), University of Arkansas majorette
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#20: Jean Bussell (Sugg), 3rd from left, Razorback Marching Band
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#21: Jean Bussell (Sugg) and B. Alan Sugg, University of Arkansas Kappa Kappa Gamma Formal, 1958
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#22: Jean Bussell (Sugg), University of Arkansas Sigma Chi Sweetheart Formal, 1958-1959
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#23: Jean Bussell (Sugg), 3rd from left, Sweetheart of Sigma Chi, University of Arkansas, 1958-1959
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#24: Jean Bussell (Sugg), ROTC Sponsor, University of Arkansas, 1958
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#25: B. Alan Sugg and Jean Bussell (Sugg) at the ROTC US Army Military Ball, University of Arkansas
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#26: Jean Bussell (Sugg), junior year at the University of Arkansas, portrait was taken for the Commerce Queen Pageant within the School of Business
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#27: B. Alan Sugg and Jean Bussell Sugg on their wedding day at West Helena First Baptist Church; on left: Fulton and Virginia Simpson, Jean's stepfather and mother; on right: Louise and Barney Sugg, Alan's parents; June 8, 1960
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#28: B. Alan Sugg and Jean Bussell Sugg on their wedding day; Alan's father, Barney Sugg, back left; June 8, 1960
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#29: B. Alan and Jean Sugg with their dog, Doagie, Christmas Eve, 1961
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#30: Jean Sugg and daughter, Katie; Worms, Germany, August 1963
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#31: B. Alan and Jean Sugg with daughter, Katie, October 1963
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#32: Jean Sugg and daughters, Katie and Jenifer; Fayetteville, Arkansas, January 1965
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#33: B. Alan and Jean Sugg with daughters, Jenifer and Katie
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#34: Jean, Katie, Jenifer, and B. Alan Sugg; debut of Katie; Corpus Christi, Texas, 1983
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#35: Jean, Jenifer, B. Alan, and Katie Sugg; debut of Jenifer, 1984
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#36: B. Alan and Jean Sugg with their daughter Katie's dog, Daisy, 1989
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#37: B. Alan and Jean Sugg with General Norman Schwarzkopf
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#38: Virginia Simpson and her daughters, Ann Stone and Jean Sugg
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#39: B. Alan and Jean Sugg, portrait, 1992
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#40: Jean Sugg with her grandson, Jackson White, 1993
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#41: Jean and B. Alan Sugg, 1996
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#42: Sugg family, top left side to bottom: B. Alan Sugg, Katie Sugg Gunter, Virginia Sampson, Jackson White, Jeff White; top right side to bottom: Cliff Gunter, Jean Sugg, Jenifer Sugg White, Mitchell White
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#43: Jean Sugg making cookies, Christmas in the Woodlands; Texas, 1996
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#44: B. Alan and Jean Sugg with daughter, Katie Sugg Gunter, and her husband, Cliff Gunter, 1998
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#45: Reynie Rutledge, Gary George, B. Alan Sugg, Jim Lindsey, and Jean Sugg at the Arkansas vs. Texas football game
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#46: B. Alan and Jean Sugg with President Bill Clinton at the home of Jim Blair, November 6, 1998
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#47: From the right: B. Alan Sugg, Jean Sugg, and John McDonnell with the University of Arkansas Track Team, June 2003
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#49: Behind-the-scenes photo from Pryor Center interview with Jean Sugg at at the UA System president's home; Little Rock, Arkansas, 2008
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