i N MEMORY

Alumni

• Opal Elaine Murphy (BSEd ’42)

• Frank G. Stepp Sr. (BA ’56)

• Donald K. Cox (BS ’61)

• Betty P. Harris (BSEd ’64)

• Ronald Lewis Bruce (BA ’65)

• Jimmie Dean Jones (BA ’69)

• Cdr. Craig A. Morin (BS ’73)

• Jolene Schwind (BSEd ’73, MEd ’76)

• Carole Ann Heitz (MA ’74)

• Jolene Schwind (MEd ’76)

• Michael Jenkins (BS ’78)

• Sandra Kay Emrich (MEd ’79)

• Deanne Upchurch (BSEd ’80)

• Glenda Boeckman Wolf (BA ’88)

• Gregory Riggs (BMEd ’02)

• Melissa Diane Kamphaus (BSEd ’06)

• Brett Thomas Rawdon (BS ’09)

• Victor Keith Seidel III (BA, BS ’13)

Former Faculty and Staff

• Mary Lou Bond (MEd ’71)

• Ruth Boring

• John Finch

• Cheryl R. Hensch

• James L. Stovall

• Michael Walker (MMEd ’94)

• Mack Robert Wedel, Ph.D.

A Legacy, Broadcasted

Keith Alan Swezey, Ed.D., died July 29, 2019. Swezey built the award-winning student broadcast program at Central, which he joined after 15 years of radio news experience. He began as a state capitol correspondent for KOMA radio in 1975, moving to WKY radio in 1976 as public affairs editor amd later as news director from 1983-88. At Central, he directed Academic Broadcast Education Association and advised the UCO chapter. An associate member of The Emmys, he won numerous state and national awards for teaching and radio news, including RTNDA’s Edward R. Murrow Award for best documentary. In 2011, Swezey was inducted into the Oklahoma Journalism Hall of Fame.

Lauren Best writes Alumni Notes/ In Memory. Want to highlight a birth, wedding, achievement or other important life event of a Central alumnus? Please send Alumni/In Memory notes, along with any accompanying photos, to University Communications, ucomm@uco.edu, with “Alumni Note” in the subject line.