Foundation Funds Honor Late Professor, Family

The Arkansas Schoolmarms being directed by Dr. Howard Groth in 1960 – FIRST ROW: Kathy Mills, Sue Conner, Janice Clay, Maxine McElroy, Dorothy Graves, Dorothy Thompson and Sandra Nichols – SECOND ROW: Neva Graves, Paula O’Neal, Royce Vest, Norma Bailey, Shirley Allison, Jo Ann Conrad and Ann Holland – THIRD ROW: Beth Mays, Nelle Flynn, Linda Hamil, Betty Hastings, Ruby Haynes and Jennie Morris – FOURTH ROW: Anne Reeves, Mazie Wilson, Gene Duvall, Susan Wade and Beverly Wilson
Photo courtesy of the UCA Archives.

The Howard Groth Vocal Performance Award has been renamed as the Howard and Helen Groth, Cathey Maxey Groth Vocal Performance Award.

The late Cathey Groth ’72 and Bill Groth ’74 of Germantown, Tennessee, initially established the fund in 1984 in honor of the late Dr. Howard Groth, a former University of Central Arkansas professor and department chair.

Dr. Groth joined Arkansas State Teachers College in 1950 and served as chair of the Department of Music from 1957-70. He retired from the university in 1975. The late Helen Groth ’68 received a Master of Science in Education from UCA and retired as assistant director of juvenile services for the state of Arkansas.

In addition, Bill Groth and sons Max Groth of Brooklyn, New York, and Bennett Groth of Memphis, Tennessee, have endowed the Howard and Helen Groth, Cathey Maxey Groth Special Education Scholarship Award.

Both funds are housed within the UCA Foundation. Alumni, former students and friends can contribute to the Howard and Helen Groth, Cathey Maxey Groth Vocal Performance Award or the Howard and Helen Groth, Cathey Maxey Groth Special Education Scholarship Award at uca.edu/giving/.