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Championship tournaments. Mr. Wanzer received several awards throughout his career, including induction into the National Indicator Fraternity (2000), being named an Oklahoma ASA Hall of Fame Inductee — Umpire (2008) and receiving the Award of Excellence — Region 6 (2013). He was a life member of the OSU Alumni Association and loved all things OSU, especially attending sporting events. Mr. Wanzer married Shella in 1989, and the couple had a son, Kyle, who is also an OSU graduate. Both survive him. Todd D. Griffith, ’92 animal science and business, died March 21, 2021, after a battle with multiple sclerosis. While in high school, he worked on the family farm, was active in FFA and attended Newcastle (Oklahoma) First Baptist Church. He married Leslie Dawn Chester, in 1993, and they raised their daughter, Emily. Both survive him. For more than 20 years, Mr. Griffith owned and operated TG Farms, a full-service greenhouse and nursery growing and selling vegetables and operating a pumpkin patch in the fall.
Lt. Col. Larry
D. Harrison, ’92 chemical engineering, died Nov. 1, 2020, in Washington, D.C. He was born to parents Larry D. Harrison and Sherry C. Potter on July 1, 1963, in Ponca City, Oklahoma. After beginning school at OSU, he joined the U.S. Army in 1984. He served in Germany, eventually becoming a tank commander and a sergeant and receiving several awards and ribbons, including the Army Good Conduct Medal. Lt. Col. Harrison joined the Army National Guard in Tonkawa, Oklahoma, and he received his bachelor’s at OSU. Following graduation, he rejoined the U.S. Army as a second lieutenant and served in Bosnia. As a lieutenant colonel, he served as the military attaché in Albania, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan. Cody Knight, ’17 chemistry, married Megan Trantham, ’19 agricultural communications and agribusiness, on Dec. 19, 2020, in Stillwater. The couple met as students at OSU. After dating for nearly four years, Cody proposed to Megan at his family’s farm. The couple looks forward to coming back to football games and raising their future children to say, “Go Pokes!” Steven Melton, ’17 master’s in fire and emergency management administration, married Tristena Layton in September 2020. The two met in 2018, thanks to the OSU Polo Club. Their wedding was originally scheduled for March, but it was postponed due to the pandemic. The two faced many challenges after rescheduling their ceremony. First, their wedding venue changed ownership. The two had to plan the ceremony all over again and deal with a complete remodel of their venue. Then, their honeymoon hotel did not have any vacancies for their new dates, so they had to rebook. Their original airline began limiting flights, forcing them to rebook. After that, they found out their second hotel was remodeling and would not reopen in time, so they had to rebook their hotel once again. After a lot of perseverance, the two enjoyed an intimate wedding ceremony on Sept. 12, in McKinney, Texas, before enjoying a well-deserved honeymoon in Bora Bora.
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