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The Chapter is named after David D. Terry a prominent Little Rock resident. David was an Arkansas member of the US House of representative from 1933 to 1942. He was instrumental in many Corps of Engineer’s project along the Arkansas River including the construction of the Dardanelle Lock and Dam. David D. Terry attended the University of Virginia (1900-01) and graduated from the law department of the University of Arkansas in 1903; he was admitted to the bar that same year. He was practicing law in Little Rock when he enlisted in the Army during World War I. His record of public service includes serving on the Board of the local Y.M.C.A., National Director of the Boys' Clubs of America, Board Chairman of the Family Service Agency of Pulaski County, a Director of the Mississippi Valley Association and President of the Pulaski County Historical Association. Terry later was director of the Division of Flood Control Water and Soil Conservation of the Arkansas Resources and Development Commission (1945-1953). David D. Terry Lock and Dam is named in his honor. He had an important part in the redemption of the river for the great economic benefit of the region. According to an article in the Arkansas Democrat, Terry helped bring Camp Robinson to the Little Rock area and the Arsenal to Pine Bluff. He married Adolphine Fletcher, a member of a prominent Arkansas family who was quite well known in her own right. Their home, the Pike-Fletcher-Terry Mansion, located on East 7th Street in Little Rock, now serves as the Arkansas Decorative Arts Museum. Terry served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Little Rock School District from 1930 to 1934. His lifetime dream was realized when he saw for himself, shortly before his death, that construction of Dardanelle Lock and Dam was underway. He is buried in Mount Holly Cemetery in Little Rock. |
