Arkansas State University-Mountain Home issued the following announcement on Oct. 23.
Thank you to the #AweSUMH Brenda Nelson for this incredible donation to the Norma Wood Library. This week, she boxed up all the books from the people she had interviewed and donated them to the Arkansas State University-Mountain Home library. She gave our campus three boxes of books that were given to her before their interviews by authors: Clive Cussler, Robin Cook, John J. Nance, Barbara Taylor Bradford, Frank Abagnale, Dale Brown, Franklin Graham, Jack Canfield, Graham Hancock, Noel Botham;
actors/entertainers: Tab Hunter, Jennifer O’Neill, Dixie Carter, Andy Williams, Hill Harper, Rachel Hunter, Chuck Negron, Marlo Thomas, Mickey Rooney, Pat Boone, Lisa Welchel, Bobby Goldsboro, Connie Francis, Yakov Smirnoff, Jim Brickman; activists/influencers: Anderson Cooper, Bill Clinton, Daniel Ellsberg, Stephen Singular, David Gergen, Hilary Clinton, Hugh Sidey, Phil Donahue, Steven Covey; and athletes/adventurers: surfing legend Kelly Slater; NFL stars Terry Bradshaw, Jimmie Johnson & Todd Blackledge; high-altitude climbers Jon Krakauer, David Breashears, & Jamie Clarke; baseball pitcher Orel Hershiser, basketball stars Rick Barry & Meadowlark Lemon; Sports Illustrated/60 Minutes reporter Jon Wertheim; PGA stars Nick Price & Bobby Clampett; Deep Sea divers John Chatterton, Richie Koehler & Mel Fisher; sports/adventure writers Roger Kahn, Jennifer Carter, & Josh Bernstein.
In over 12,000 live or taped interviews, she talked with guests about almost everything from A-Z: Amish shunnings, Bermuda Triangle/Black holes, Crime scene investigations, Drag racing, Emergency preparedness, Film & movie reviews, Grieving process, Hostage-taking, International foods, James Dean, Kathmandu/Nepal, Living rockstars, Mummification, NASA, Organ donations, Princess Diana, Quantam leaping, Rodeos, Shroud of Turin, Treasure hunting, Urban legends, Volcanoes, Woodstock, X-games, Youth gangs/bullying, and Zombies/vampires.
Thank you, Brenda Nelson! You are #AweSUMH!
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Source: Arkansas State University-Mountain Home
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