Ducks throughout North America benefit from the enthusiastic activities of Rollie and Ruth. They are veterans of decades of fund raising for Ducks Unlimited, and their unique “Rollie Sticks” have been presented to special people worldwide.

A boyhood hobby turned into a career of international renown for this archery expert. His instrument was the longbow, and he took it on hunting trips to several continents and into a highly successful business enterprise. He is most notable for starting the first company in the United States to mass-produce archery sets and equipment.  In 1972, he was among the first inducted into the Archery Hall of Fame.

From an early career as a wildlife biologist, working for the AGFC, he moved to the Arkansas Highway Department and was its longtime director. He developed the Marine fuel Tax system in which state taxes on boat fuels are used to build access to waterways. He held the position of Director of Highways from at least March 1973. A Senate Resolution from 1987 commended Henry Gray for his invaluable service to the people of Arkansas. 

Neil Ernest Compton of Bentonville was a physician of obstetrics by profession and a conservationist by avocation. He is widely recognized as the founder of the Ozark Society to Save the Buffalo River, which he and his associates initiated on May 24, 1962, at a meeting in Fayetteville. He loved the untamed Buffalo River even more than his vocation of treating the sick and bringing babies into the world. As founder and first president of the Ozark Society, he was in the forefront of the long and eventually successful fight to prevent building of dams on the Buffalo.

Compton was also a talented author and photographer. He wrote his first book in l982, The High Ozarks: A Vision of Eden, featuring photographs he made during his favorite Ozark explorations.