Background
Pennington, Donald Harris was born on September 13, 1945 in Clarksville, Arkansas, United States. Son of John Powers and Verna Olive (Harris) Pennington.
Pennington, Donald Harris was born on September 13, 1945 in Clarksville, Arkansas, United States. Son of John Powers and Verna Olive (Harris) Pennington.
Bachelor, University of the Ozarks, 1968. Doctor of Medicine, University Arkansas, 1972. Wine diploma, California Department Agriculture, 1973.
Intern, St. Vincent Infirmary, Little Rock, 1973; physician, founding partner, Clarksville Medical Group, P.A., 1972-1993; physician, Mercy Medical Superior vena cava syndrome, Inc., Fort Smith, Arkansas, 1993-1998; retired, 1998. Consultant family planning services Arkansas State Board of Health, 1973-1993. Member physician advisory board Mercy Medical Group, since 1996.
Member National Trust for History Preservation, since 1982, Clarksville Planning and Zoning Commission, Drug Policy Alliance. Member volunteer United Methodist Committee on Relief. Assistant church organist 1st United Methodist Church, Clarksville, since 1968.
Full time organist 1st Presbyterian Church, since 1994. Board directors Johnson County Regional Hospital, Clarksville, 1973—1982, Johnson County Community Foundation. Member American Medical Association, American Civil Liberties Union, Association American Physicians for Human Rights, National Trust for Historic Preservation, Arkansas Medical Society (county delegate 1972-1996), Arkansas Academy Family Practice, Religious Coalition for Abortion Rights, Johnson County History Society (life member, president since 2000), National Organization for Reformed Marijuana Laws, National Drug Policy Task Force, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, 90-Year Old's Friday Bridge Club (chauffeur), Nature Conservancy, Sierra Club (member legal defense fund), Planned Parenthood Federation, League to Make a Difference, Tuesday Culture and Bridge Club, Lone Pine Rook Consortium.
Married Susan Myree Snyder, August 27, 1966 (divorced August 1982). Children: Thomas Walter, Aimee Myree, John Herrick.