Coulter Completes Service on South Shore Foundation Board
May 2007

Ed Coulter

Ed Coulter, a charter member of the South Shore Foundation Board of Directors, completed his service on the board at the end of his term. Dr. Coulter is the chancellor of Arkansas State University Mountain Home.

Dr. Coulter has served since mid-1997, shortly after Northern Arkansas Telephone Company organized South Shore Foundation as its charitable arm. Since then, the foundation board has granted more than $650,000 to area nonprofit organizations and agencies.

Dr. Coulter said the work of the South Shore Foundation in education had been of particular interest to him. “I will never forget South Shore Foundation’s support of higher education at ASUMH. The foundation created an endowment with gifts that eventually totaled $100,000. Interest from that investment provides scholarships every year for deserving area students,” he said.

Highlights of his service as a member of South Shore Foundation’s board were providing scholarships for young people, recognizing outstanding teachers,and supporting adult leadership programs, he said.

The mission of South Shore Foundation is to advance education, preserve the environment, and promote economic development, according to its mission statement. Dr. Coulter commended the foundation for projects that fulfilled that mission, such as various grants to the schools in the South Shore area for computer equipment and environmental projects, and providing $25,000 to the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission for the Conservation Education Center in Yellville.

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