CONWAY, Ark. (August 4, 2015) – The Hendrix-Murphy
Foundation Programs in Literature and Language will host “Meet a Mule,” with
The Honorable Billy Roy Wilson ’62 on Monday, Nov. 2, at 1 p.m., on the Murphy
House Lawn.
Wilson is a federal judge of the United States District
Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas and member of the Hendrix College
Board of Trustees.
Judge Wilson raises mules at Rasputin Mule Farm in Bigelow,
Arkansas.
Charles Darwin said of the mule, “The mule always appears
to me a most surprising animal. That a hybrid should possess more reason,
memory, obstinacy, social affection, powers of muscular endurance, and length
of life, than either of its parents, seems to indicate that art has here
outdone nature.”
Wilson will offer the Hendrix community an opportunity to
get up close and personal with a real mule and provide commentary on these
icons of Southern history and literature.
For more information, contact Hope Coulter at 501-450-1388
or coulter@hendrix.edu.
About
Judge Bill Wilson ’62
After graduating from Vanderbilt University Law School in
1965, Wilson served in the United States Navy as a lieutenant. He worked in
private law practice in Texarkana and Little Rock and served as deputy
prosecuting attorney of Miller County before being nominated to the judiciary in
1993. He assumed senior status with the court in 2008.
About
Hendrix College
Hendrix College is a private liberal arts college in
Conway, Arkansas. Founded in 1876 and affiliated with the United Methodist
Church since 1884, Hendrix is featured in Colleges That Change Lives: 40 Schools That Will Change
the Way You Think about Colleges and is nationally recognized
in numerous college guides, lists, and rankings for academic quality,
community, innovation, and value. For more information, visit www.hendrix.edu.