FAYETTEVILLE COUPLE LEAVE FUNDS FOR UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS DRAMA AND MUSIC SCHOLARSHIPS

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — The late "Voice of the Razorbacks" and his late wife have left over $60,000 to the University of Arkansas for scholarships. The estate of Walter (Wallie) B. and Mary Ingalls of Fayetteville designates $30,000 for the Wallie B. and Mary Ingalls Drama Scholarship and $30,000 for the Wallie B. and Mary Ingalls Music Scholarship.

"With many close ties to the University, the Ingallses have been so generous to remember the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Science. This gift will enable talented students to pursue their music and theatrical careers at the University," said Chancellor John A. White. "In view of our recent appointment of Sarah Caldwell to head our opera program, this bequest is especially helpful."

A native of New York, Mr. Ingalls lived in Fayetteville for almost 50 years before he died in 1998. He had a degree in music education from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pa., where he played football and participated in the 1939 Sugar Bowl game.

He got a master’s degree from the University of Arkansas. He served as sports program director and announcer for Fayetteville radio station KGRH (now KHOG) where he provided play-by-play coverage of Fayetteville High School and Razorback football and basketball games. His familiar "Win, lose, or draw, stick with your local team and let’s be sports about it," concluded each broadcast.

In1950, Mr. Ingalls started the University of Arkansas Sports Network and was the "Voice of the Razorbacks" for eight years. For 19 years he served the University as assistant registrar. He also worked as a traffic manager and company pilot for Jones Truck Lines. After he retired, he worked as a Wal-Mart greeter, participated in several volunteer activities, and played violin with a local music group called the Ragtime Perfessors.

A native of Pennsylvania, Mary Lewis Ingalls also graduated from Carnegie Mellon University, where she met the man who would become her husband. She earned a master’s of arts degree from the University of Arkansas and taught drama at Fayetteville High School for many years. She was the first woman to watch a football game from the press boxes at Razorback and War Memorial stadiums, special privileges ordered by John Barnhill. She died in 1992.

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