Julian Duval Streett

Julian Duval Streett of Little Rock, age 76, died Thursday, July 18, 2013. Born in Camden, Ark., and graduated from the University of Arkansas School of Law, Julian Streett practiced law in Camden, Ark., and served five terms in the Arkansas General Assembly as a State Representative from Ouachita County during the terms of Governors Rockefeller, Bumpers and Pryor. Mr. Streett, a lifelong Democrat, was a strong supporter of civil rights, education, and labor and served on the board of Independent Community Consultants, an organization that provided training to nonprofit agencies worldwide. He served as a member of the Southern Regional Education Board by appointment of Governor David Pryor. As a result of his interest in higher education, Julian Streett was appointed Vice President for Government Relations of the University of Arkansas system in 1978. He subsequently opened a law practice in Fayetteville with his wife, Sharon Carden Streett and Ceclia Ryker Seay. In 1983, Mr. Streett relocated to Little Rock where he founded Community Resources Network, an advocacy organization that coordinated efforts state-wide among non-profit providers serving people with developmental disabilities. During his tenure as director of the association, he dramatically increased funding for client services provided by the association's members. Mr. Streett was honored by the American Network of Community Options and Resources in Washington, D.C. as a 2011 ANCOR Legacy Leader for his outstanding work in preserving critical funding utilized in twenty states to serve people with developmental disabilities. Mr. Streett was preceded in death by his father, J. Bruce Streett; his mother, Gertrude Sanderson Streett; and two brothers, James Albert Streett and John Bruce Streett. Survivors include his beloved wife, Sharon Carden Streett; children Rebecca Louise Streett, Katherine Sanderson Streett, David Julian Streett, of Little Rock, Sarah Burns Streett and husband Adam of Lewisville Colorado, Lindsay Williams Zimliki and husband Chip, of Chevy Chase, Maryland, and John Carden Streett, of Hyde Park, New York. He is also survived by his brother, Alex G. Streett of Russellville, Arkansas; two sisters, Gertrude Kenny of Reno, Nevada and Shelly Grunden of Russellville, Arkansas; and grandchildren Rachel Hope Anderson, McKinley Burns Streett, Perry Sanderson Streett, Chase Munroe Binsky, Hannah Chilton Streett, Morgan Elizabeth Boyd, Sydney Streett Boyd and Charles Leo Zimliki III. A reception celebrating Julian Streett's life will be held in Sturgis Hall at the Clinton School of Public Service, Clinton Presidential Center on Saturday, July 27, at 4 p.m. Friends and family are invited. Julian Streett was an ardent supporter of conservation efforts in Arkansas particularly in preserving Arkansas' Rivers. Memorials may be made to the Nature Conservancy, Arkansas, Restoring the Iconic Cache River (http://www.nature.org/), the Buffalo River Watershed Alliance (http://buffaloriveralliance.org/) or the charity of your choice.