He is currently on the Executive Committee of the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, and is a past Arkansas Arts Center trustee, PTA president, political cartoonist, and Hendrix Alumni Association president. His daughter Catherine is an historic preservation lawyer and his daughter Sarah is a graduate student in education. He is married to Nan Selz, the chief development officer for the St. Vincent Health System. By November, the Committee has some serious money available to do Thanksgiving baskets for needy families, and then Christmas baskets, including special ones for the homeless, and gifts for scores of institutionalized elderly people. But, the biggest deal is the night we descend on the nation's largest retailer with the children of lawyers and staff members to buy tons of toys.
Kids know what kids want, and they really think it over and shop carefully.
Some tag along when the toys are delivered to places such as domestic violence shelters. Unquestionably, they and their parents benefit as much as the recipients. They get a sense of proportion about the holidays. They feel like they are part of a quality project that is bigger than just themselves. And, they know that money is being well spent.