TU Alumni Magazine - Homecoming 2015

alumni MAGAZINE

oklahomecoming October 21-25, 2015

Summer 2015

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Come back and give back Your reunion year provides an excellent opportunity to support the university in a way that is personally meaningful to you. As you return to campus to celebrate your time at TU, current students are enjoying their own TU experience and creating memories that will last a lifetime. Your gift can be designated to your college, athletics, scholarships or any initiative on campus.

To make your tax-deductible gift, visit www.utulsa.edu/giving, or call 918-631-2561.

president’smessage

Dear Friends: Many early pioneers traversed the Great Plains without ever conceiving of the land as anything but a passage to destinations farther afield.

Others saw opportunity here — or were forced to find it when circumstances cut their journeys short. Of course, by the time Anglos settled, native peoples had enjoyed a vibrant way of life on the plains for thousands of years.

However they got here — by migration, aim or accident — generations of Oklahomans have found ways to fashion rich lives through the combination of natural opportunity, hard work and community.

Like the land itself, Tulsa and the university that bears its name remain a destination and ever fertile home for the discerning pioneer. Those who stay and test themselves here find ample opportunities and a campus

The University of Tulsa Alumni Magazine The University of Tulsa Magazine ISSN 1544-5763 is published by The University of Tulsa, 800 South Tucker Drive, Tulsa, OK 74104-9700.

Publication dates may vary according to the university’s calendar, events and scheduling.

community that value learning and service — and work together to achieve them.

On behalf of all of us at The University of Tulsa, I invite you to come back to campus and be part of our “Oklahomecoming” celebration this October 21-25. This issue of our magazine highlights our schedule and those we honor this year as exemplary members of the TU family. We look forward to catching up with you as we celebrate our roots and our ever-expanding reach.

Best regards,

Steadman Upham, President

Steadman Upham

Leslie Cairns (MA ’99)

PRESIDENT

CREATIVE DIRECTOR

Kayla Acebo Hale

John Lew and Erik Campos

VICE PRESIDENT FOR INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT

PHOTOGRAPHERS

Amy Berry England (MBA ’11) ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT OF INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT

Mona Chamberlin DIRECTOR OF MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS

Amy Freiberger (BSBA ’96, MBA ’99) POSTMASTER: Send change of address to The University of Tulsa Magazine Office of Alumni Relations 800 S. Tucker Drive • Tulsa, OK 74104-9700

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF ALUMNI RELATIONS

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ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF ALUMNI RELATIONS

Leslie Blanchet (BSBA ’06) ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF ALUMNI RELATIONS

Amy Dodson (BS ’80) Katy Hough COORDINATOR OF ALUMNI RELATIONS

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In this Issue F E AT U R E S 3 Homecoming Schedule of Events

Connect with old friends and make new ones when you celebrate TU during five fun-filled days, October 21-25, 2015!

11 Homecoming Registration Form 12 TU Recognizes Excellence Meet this year’s Distinguished Alumni, J. Paschal Twyman Award winner and Ms. Homecoming.

O N T H E C OV E R It’s been nine years since jazz singer and musician Olivia Duhon (BA ’06) earned her degree, and the road to Tulsa calls her home.

TU’s annual Uncorked alumni event in June featured her musical stylings, (above) which have caught the attention of a national audience. In light of her success, there are albums to record and songs to write, but she never misses the chance to celebrate an Oklahomecoming.

For more information on the TU boots shown on the front cover, go to TUAlumni.com/boots

Like us on Facebook; follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest.

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22 Alumni Clubs and Chapters Fall is a great time to get involved with your local TU chapter or club.

D E PA R T M E N T S 1 Letter from the President 20 Alumni News 25 Class Notes 32 Bookend

OklaHomecoming OklaHomecom Wednesday, October 21 - Sunday, October 25, 2015 The Alumni Association looks forward to celebrating OKLAHOMECOMING with you!

Please check www.TUAlumni.com/Homecoming often as we add more details.

Please mark your calendars!

This year, the Homecoming football game will take place on Friday, October 23 (traditionally a Saturday game). We will cheer the Golden Hurricane as they take on the University of Memphis Tigers at 7:00 p.m. at H.A. Chapman Stadium. And because of the Friday game, we will celebrate the annual Bonfire and Pep Rally on the evening of Thursday, October 22.

Official Homecoming Headquarters

Join fellow alumni in Collins Hall to pick up your Homecoming T-shirts, enjoy refreshments and see some of the TU heritage collection.

If you have any questions about the Homecoming schedule, this is the place to visit!

Headquarter Hours Friday, October 23 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Saturday, October 24 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Parent and Family Weekend Registration will take place in Collins Hall on Friday, October 23 from 10:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.

For updates visit orgs.utulsa.edu/tupfa.

2015 HOMECOMING REUNIONS

For more information on the following reunions, please visit www.TUAlumni. com/homecoming. Other reunions may be announced, so visit the Homecoming website for the latest information. n 50 Year Reunion for Class of 1965 n 25 Year Reunion for Class of 1990 n Rowing Reunion n 2005 Liberty Bowl Reunion n TU School of Music and Marching Band Reunion

Registration deadline is Friday, October 16, 2015.

Visit www.TUAlumni.com/Homecoming for a more detailed and updated calendar of events and to register online.

You also may reach the Office of Alumni Relations via e-mail at tualumni@utulsa.edu, or by calling 918-631-2555 or 800-219-4688.

Share your Homecoming experience with us! #utulsahomecoming Tag your posts and then follow the conversation online.

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Visit our website for a more detailed and updated calendar of events and to register online. #utulsahomecoming Parent and Family Weekend Events

Family members of TU students will want to attend TU Parent and Family Weekend 2015 during TU Homecoming. Parent and Family Weekend registration will take place in Collins Hall on Friday, October 23, from 10:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Please contact Steve Denton or Kyle Meador at 918-631-3590, or stevendenton@utulsa.edu with any questions. For a complete listing of Parent and Family Weekend events, visit orgs.utulsa.edu/tupfa.

Hotel Accommodations

The TU Alumni Association is offering special rates at local hotels. Please book early as rooms are limited. Remember to mention TU Homecoming for group rates.

Aloft Tulsa Downtown...........................918-947-8200 Courtyard Marriott Tulsa Downtown...918-508-7400 Holiday Inn............................................918-585-5898 Hyatt Regency.......................................888-591-1234

Student Association Events

For a listing of Student Association Homecoming events, visit www.utulsa.edu/sa.

Celebrate Our Heritage

Enjoy TU’s rich history while celebrating Homecoming 2015 with family and friends.

TU memorabilia is displayed at Homecoming Headquarters in the Jill Zink Tarbel Heritage Room in Collins Hall. If you have heritage items that you would like to donate, you may bring them with you to Collins Hall or mail them to Alumni Relations, 800 South Tucker Drive, Tulsa OK, 74104. Instead of throwing these treasures away, let us take care of them for you.

Homecoming T-Shirts

Long-sleeved TU Homecoming shirts are $20 each. Pay $4 shipping or pick yours up at Homecoming Headquarters Friday or Saturday. To order, please use the official Homecoming registration form or purchase online at www.TUAlumni.com/Homecoming.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Wednesday October21 •••••••••••••••

10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

12:00 p.m.

6:00 p.m. Reception, 7:00 p.m. Ceremony

Free Day for Alumni at Gilcrease Museum

WOW (Worship on Wednesday)

2015 Distinguished Alumni Celebration

Visit one of Tulsa’s greatest treasures and see the new Helmerich Center for American Research at Gilcrease Museum, along with the exhibit Painted Journeys: The Art of John Mix Stanley. Complimentary admission will be extended to TU alumni during Homecoming weekend for those who register by Friday, October 16.

Sharp Memorial Chapel Alumni, students, faculty and staff are invited to this Christian praise and worship service in TU’s Sharp Chapel. After the service, lunch will be offered in the Buford Atrium.

Thursday October22 •••••••••••••••

10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

6:00 – 7:30 p.m.

Free Day for Alumni at Gilcrease Museum

BCM/BSU Reception and Reunion Celebration

6:00 – 7:00 p.m.

Baptist Collegiate Ministry BCM invites all students, alumni, parents and friends to celebrate what God has done and is doing through the Baptist Collegiate Ministries at TU. Live music.

Refreshments provided. All are welcome.

Shuttle service will be available from Bayless Plaza to Gilcrease Museum at the top of every hour beginning at 10:00 a.m.

Department of Psychology Open House Lorton Hall

Lorton Performance Center The TU Alumni Association will honor 2015 Distinguished Alumni Bill Carmody (JD ’88), Marcia MacLeod (BS ’75, JD ’80) and Wayne Rumley (BS ’60), along with the 2015 J. Paschal Twyman Award recipient Susie Collins Hentschel and 2015 Ms. Homecoming Vicki Hendrickson.

Hors d’oeuvres, wine and beer will be available.

Business attire. RSVP to tualumni@utulsa.edu, or 918-631-2555 by Friday, October 9.

Pep Rally and Bonfire Dietler Commons

7:30 P.m.

Celebrate Hurricane pride at the annual Pep Rally and Bonfire. The band plays, the cheerleaders pump up the crowd and representatives from the student body, alumni, faculty and administration light the bonfire. Fireworks conclude the evening with a grand display of blue and gold. Refreshments are available at the alumni tent.

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Friday

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

October23 •••••••••••••••

8:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. (Golf shotgun starts)

12:05 p.m.

TU Lettermen’s Association Golf Outing and Lunch

TU Catholic Daily Mass

LaFortune Park Golf Course The cost is $100 per person or $400 per foursome and includes lunch. The deadline for registration is Friday, October 16. To register, contact Mark Wojciehowski at 918-637-7115, or via e-mail at mwojo@mcgrawok.com.

10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Free Day for Alumni at Gilcrease Museum Shuttle service will be available from Bayless Plaza to Gilcrease Museum at the top of every hour beginning at 10:00 a.m.

10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Official Homecoming Headquarters & Heritage Hospitality Collins Hall, Jill Zink Tarbel Heritage Room 10:00 – 5:00 p.m.

Parent and Family Weekend Check-in Collins Hall, Mary Ann and Roy H. Koerner Alumni Conference Room Contact Steve Denton or Kyle Meador at 918-631-3590, or at steven-denton@utulsa. edu with any questions, or visit orgs.utulsa.edu/tupfa for more information.

TU Catholic Newman Center For questions, contact the TU Newman Center at 918-599-0204, or visit www. tu-newman.org.

3:00 p.m.

TU Volleyball vs. Memphis Reynolds Center 3:00 p.m.

Walking Campus Tour Depart from Collins Hall Lobby Take this opportunity to see the transformations at your alma mater seen through the eyes of a University Ambassador during this walking tour of TU’s campus.

3:30 p.m.

School of Music and Marching Band Reunion and Cookout Band Annex (north side of Mabee Gym, across from Pike fraternity house) Former members of the Sound of the Golden Hurricane Marching Band and alumni from the TU School of Music are invited to a reunion. For more information, go to the School of Music website http:// artsandsciences.utulsa.edu/academics/ departments-schools/music/.

Friday Night football TU GOLDEN HURRICANE VS. MEMPHIS TIGERS

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TU will take on the Memphis Tigers in the Homecoming football game. Kickoff time is 7:00 p.m. Remember to WEAR BLUE to the game! The 2015 Distinguished Alumni, J. Paschal Twyman Award winner, Ms. Homecoming, Top Ten Freshmen, Outstanding Seniors and Homecoming Court will be recognized.

Homecoming game tickets will be sold exclusively through the TU Athletics Ticket Office. To purchase tickets at a special discounted alumni price for the TU vs.

Memphis game, visit www.tulsahurricane.com. To receive your alumni discount, tickets must be purchased in advance and online only. When purchasing tickets, enter the promotional code: alumni. Some fees will apply.

3:30 – 6:40 p.m.

Sigma Nu Reunion Tailgate Jackson Commons Sigma Nu alumni are invited to a tailgate before the game on Jackson Commons. RSVP to Jeremy Edwards at jeremy-edwards@utulsa.edu.

4:30 – 6:30 p.m

Official Alumni Homecoming Tent Party Chapman Commons Alumni and friends are invited to the Official Alumni Homecoming Tent Party on Chapman Commons. Food and refreshments will be provided FREE while they last. Enjoy TU friends, live music and fun inflatables for the kids.

4:30 – 6:30 p.m.

Kappa Alpha Pre-Game Cookout Kappa Alpha House Kappa Alpha alumni are invited to celebrate Homecoming with a cookout at the chapter house along with house tours.

4:30 – 6:30 p.m.

Golden Hurricane Club Touchdown Tailgate (GHC members only) Chapman Commons Contact the Golden Hurricane Club for this members-only event and register by calling 918-631-2342 or visit www.

GoldenHurricaneClub.com.

H. A. Chapman Stadium

4:30 – 6:30 p.m.

Collins College of Business Alumni Tailgate Chapman Commons Dean Gale Sullenberger invites alumni and their families to attend the annual Collins College of Business Homecoming Tailgate. Join in the fan festivities on Chapman Commons prior to the Golden Hurricane Football team taking on Memphis. Reservations are required and can be made by contacting Calvin Moniz, senior director of development, at calvin-moniz@utulsa.edu.

5:00 – 6:30 p.m.

a team, come out to enjoy chili! For more information contact, Dottie Smith at 918631-2478, or dottie-smith@utulsa.edu.

Tours of Keplinger Hall Renovations

5:00 – 6:30 p.m.

Keplinger Hall Take a guided tour of the extensive $34 million remodel of the College of Engineering and Natural Sciences.

5:00 – 6:30 p.m.

College of Engineering and Natural Sciences Chili Cook-Off Samson Plaza If you’d like to participate in the 10th Annual Chili Cook-Off, gather your best buddies, your best chili recipe and start cooking! Everyone is invited to participate, including teams from Engineering and Natural Sciences departments, student organizations and alumni. Download the official entry form at www.TUAlumni.com/ homecoming under Schedule of Events, or pick one up in Keplinger Hall, Room 201. Deadline for chili cook-off entries is Tuesday, October 13. If you don’t have

Class of 1965 Welcome Reception John Rogers Hall Classmates from the class of 1965 will reunite the night before their induction into the Gold Medallion Society. After the reception, continue the fun at the Pep Rally and Bonfire. RSVP online or by returning the registration form on page 11.

5:00 p.m.

Baptist Collegiate Ministry Tailgate

BCM invites all students, alumni, parents and friends to stop by the BCM Lawn for a free burger and ice-cold soft drink. All are welcome.

5:30 – 7:00 p.m.

Rowing Alumnae Tailgate Jack Zink Rowing Center Mabee Gymnasium

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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

October24 •••••••••••••••

5:30 – 8:30 a.m.

10:30 – 11:30 a.m.

Rowing Team Practice

Office of Admission Presentation

J. Birdshell Nest, Catoosa, Okla.

Collins Hall, Office of Admission Learn about our vibrant campus community, the admission process and the Golden Hurricane family from a member of the Admission office.

9:00 – 11:00 a.m.

Alumnae Row J. Birdshell Nest, Catoosa, Okla.

10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

Office of Admission Legacy Open House Collins Hall An alumni grant of $2,000 is available to new undergraduate students based on at least one parent having a TU degree. Parents of high school students are invited to learn about the TU admission process.

10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Free Day for Alumni at Gilcrease Museum

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Walking Campus Tour Depart from Collins Hall Lobby Take this opportunity to see the transformations at your alma mater with a University Ambassador through this walking tour of campus.

11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Gold Medallion Society Luncheon Allen Chapman Student Union, Great Hall TU honors the Class of 1965 as they are inducted into the Gold Medallion Society. Cost is $25. Tickets must be purchased in advance. All graduates who have been honored in previous years are encouraged to wear their medallions to all Homecoming activities. Register online at TUAlumni.com/ Homecoming. Law alumni will be complimentary guests of Dean Lyn Enzeroth. For law alumni reservations, please contact 918-631-2555.

11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Rowing Alumnae Brunch J. Birdshell Nest, Catoosa, Okla.

10:00 a.m.

– 12:00 p.m.

Official Homecoming Headquarters & Heritage Hospitality Collins Hall

2:00 p.m.

Phi Eta Sigma Induction Ceremony Lorton Performance Center 5:00 – 6:30 p.m.

Class of 1990 Reunion Happy Hour TBD Join classmates from the class of 1990 for the 25th Reunion celebration to reminisce and enjoy the company of old and new friends. RSVP online or by returning the registration form on page 11.

6:00 p.m.

TU Men’s Soccer vs.

UConn Hurricane Soccer and Track Stadium

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Homecoming Schedule at a Glance DAILY 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Free Day at Gilcrease Museum

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21 12:00 p.m.

6:00 p.m.

Worship on Wednesday Distinguished Alumni Celebration

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22

TU ON TAP

Linde OKTOBERFEST

7-10P.M. saturday Linde Oktoberfest, River West Festival Park The 11th Annual TU on Tap will once again be held at Tulsa’s Linde Oktoberfest.

Free admission will be available to a limited number of TU alumni through a special code. Register today as free admission is limited!

Visit the website for more information about TU on Tap.

Sunday October25 •••••••••••

10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Free Day for Alumni at Gilcrease Museum 10:00 a.m.

TU Catholic Mass and Brunch TU Catholic Newman Center For questions, contact TU Newman Center at 918-599-0204, or visit www.tu-newman.org.

10:30 a.m.

Sharp Chapel Worship Service and Brunch Sharp Chapel Join the Rev. Dr. Jeff Francis (BME ’78, MA ’88, PhD ’90) for worship and fellowship. Free brunch for visitors.

6:00-7:00 p.m.

6:00-7:30 p.m.

7:30 p.m.

Psychology Open House BCM/BSU Reception Homecoming Bonfire and Pep Rally

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23 8:00 a.m. & 1:00 p.m. Lettermen’s Association Golf Outing 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Homecoming Hospitality 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Parent and Family Check-In 12:05 p.m.

TU Catholic Newman Center Mass 1:00 p.m.

TU Women’s Volleyball Game 3:00 p.m.

Campus Walking Tour 3:30 p.m.

School of Music and Marching Band Reunion and Cookout 3:30-6:40 p.m.

Sigma Nu Reunion Tailgate 4:30-6:30 p.m.

Homecoming Tent Parties 5:00 p.m.

BCM Tailgate 5:00-6:30 p.m.

Tours of Keplinger Renovation 5:00-6:30 p.m.

ENS Open House and Chili Cook-off 5:00-6:30 p.m.

Class of 1965 Welcome Reception 5:30-7:00 p.m.

Rowing Alumnae Tailgate 7:00 p.m.

TU Football vs. Memphis

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24 5:30-8:30 a.m.

Rowing Team Practice 9:00-11:00 a.m.

Alumnae Row 10:00-10:30 a.m.

Office of Admission Legacy Open House 10:30-11:30 a.m.

Office of Admission Presentation 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Homecoming Hospitality 11:30 a.m.

Walking Campus Tour 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Gold Medallion Society Luncheon 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Rowing Alumnae Brunch 2:00 p.m.

Phi Eta Sigma Induction Ceremony 5:00-6:30 p.m.

Happy Hour for the Class of 1990 6:00 p.m.

TU Men’s Soccer Game 7:00-10:00 p.m.

TU on Tap at Oktoberfest

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25 10:00 a.m.

10:30 a.m.

TU Catholic Newman Center Mass and Brunch Sharp Chapel Worship Service and Brunch

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The University of Tulsa Campus Map While you are on The University of Tulsa campus, be sure to stop by the renovated second floor of the Allen Chapman Student Union (formerly ACAC), as well as Hardesty Hall, the newest residence hall. The TU Bookstore has relocated to the SE corner of Harvard Avenue and 11th Street.

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STUDENT HOUSING Brown Village Apartments Pat Case Dining Center Fisher Hall South Fisher Hall West Suites Hardesty Hall Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority Delta Gamma Sorority Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority Kappa Delta Sorority 5th Place House Delta Delta Delta Sorority Chi Omega Sorority John Mabee Hall Kappa Alpha Fraternity Kappa Sigma Fraternity LaFortune House Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity T H E U N I V E Lorton Village Apartments Lottie Jane Mabee Hall Mayo Village Apartments

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Homecoming 2015 Official Registration Form Registration Deadline: Friday, October 16, 2015 Return to: Office of Alumni Relations • The University of Tulsa • 800 South Tucker Drive • Tulsa, OK 74104-9700 • Fax: 918-631-3172

Full Name____________________________________________

Friday, October 23, 2015

Class Year(s)____________________________________________

Lettermen’s Association Golf Outing and Lunch To register, contact Mark Wojciehowski at 918-637-7115, or contact him via e-mail at mwojo@mcgrawok.com. The deadline for registration is Friday, October 16, 2015.

Name when student_____________________________________ E-mail________________________________________________ Address_______________________________________________ City__________________________________________________ State ____________________Zip__________________________ Phone________________________________________________ Guest Full Name______________________________________

Football Game – TU vs. Memphis 7:00 p.m., H.A. Chapman Stadium Visit www.tulsahurricane.com. To receive your alumni discount, tickets must be purchased in advance and online only.

When purchasing tickets, enter the promotional code: alumni.

Some fees will apply.

Guest TU Class Year (if applicable)_________________________

Saturday, October 24, 2015

Is this your spouse? Yes No More than one guest? Attach that information to this form.

Gold Medallion Society Luncheon 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.

Allen Chapman Student Union, Great Hall (No tickets issued. Your name will be at the door.)

Alumni _______ x $25 = $_________ Law Alumni _______ Free Guest _______ x $25 = $_________

Complimentary Activities For details, see the Calendar of Events, or visit www.TUAlumni. com/homecoming. Space is limited, so please indicate the number of people attending below.

Wednesday, October 21, 2015 # Attending ________ 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., Free Day at Gilcrease Museum Thursday, October 22, 2015 ________ 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. , Free Day at Gilcrease Museum ________ 5:30-7:00 p.m., Pep Rally and Bonfire

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You may also reach our office via e-mail at tualumni@utulsa.edu.

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Homecoming 2015 Distinguished Alumnus

Bill Carmody A native New Yorker, Bill Carmody first circled the globe as a cadet at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy.

He was earning his bachelor’s degree in engineering and preparing to serve his country. He spent a year at sea as an officer in training.

Fast-forward to 2015: Carmody (JD ’88) is one of the nation’s top litigators and found himself in the enviable position of being able to treat his family to an around-theworld excursion. They spent a month traveling from New York to Los Angeles, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Dubai and Cape Town before ending their adventure with a South African photo safari.

This certainly was not the life Carmody envisioned as a boy being raised in a blue-collar neighborhood. Thanks to supportive parents and a neighbor who encouraged him to dream big, take chances and bet on himself, Carmody grew into a novel thinker who has become the go-to lawyer for companies that have exhausted other options.

New clients often call him at the 11th hour to step in and try their case, and Carmody manages to turn the tide for them.

Currently the managing partner of Susman Godfrey’s New York City office and a permanent member of the firm’s executive committee, Carmody recalls some of his favorite cases coming while he was an attorney in Dallas. One, in the mid-1990s, had him leaning on his engineering background to create a quarter-scale crude oil tower in the courtroom. He used the model to educate jurors on the facts of the case and won a $61 million verdict for his client against Chevron. In another memorable case a decade later, Carmody was sought out by an insurance company just six days before a classaction trial in which the plaintiffs were seeking more than $100 million. He was able to get up to speed on specifics of the case in record time, win the case in just eight days and save the company from what could have been a total loss.

To this day, Carmody is grateful to the TU Law professors who were instrumental in helping him get ahead. Faculty who had an impact on Carmody’s future success include Judith Finn, who taught a young engineer to write simply and clearly; Tom Arnold, whose contract classes formed the basis for Carmody’s business litigation

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work; and Chris and Marianne Blair, who laid a solid foundation for the legal field through their evidence and civil procedure courses (respectively).

“I would recommend TU Law in a second. And the evolution of campus from the 1980s to today is night and day,” he said, acknowledging the work of former College of Law Dean Janet Levit and university President Steadman Upham. “Being selected as a Distinguished Alumnus is among the greatest honors I’ve ever received,” Carmody said. “To join the ranks of TU’s finest graduates humbles me to the core.”

The move from New York to Oklahoma was admittedly a culture shock for Carmody. “I had never been in this part of the country,” he said. “I was shocked that drivers were allowed to pump gas before they paid for it. I thought, ‘How are these people going to stay in business?’” He recalled one instance in particular of language barrier when a group of law students ventured out to Mazzio’s for dinner, and Carmody tried to order a few “pies.” The clerk kindly told him that the restaurant did not serve pies, but that the pizza was sure to please.

Thus began his “grand romance” with Tulsa and TU. Some of his most treasured memories revolve around making friends and exploring the city, taking in a Drillers’ baseball game or sharing a meal at the old Grapevine on Brookside.

The Tulsa connection also allowed him to meet his wife, Catherine Gillis (JD ’94), some years later. The two were introduced at an event for law school alumni.

He speaks of her with glowing praise, noting that she is an accomplished businesswoman in her own right and manages to keep the family on track. “TU changed my life in the greatest ways possible,” he said.

Through all the millions of dollars of judgments and settlements, feature profiles in the Wall Street Journal and Forbes magazine and expert commentary on national television, Carmody is genuinely appreciative of all the good fortune that has come his way.

“My biggest accomplishment is being able to do what I love to do professionally while having an incredibly fulfilling home life,” he said. “The spoils of a successful career are meaningless without family and friends with which to share it.”

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Marcia MacLeod Growing up along the Red River in Marietta, Oklahoma, attending The University of Tulsa seemed unattainable to Marcia (Mott) MacLeod. However, an influential acquaintance – then-Gov. Dewey Bartlett Sr. – intervened and encouraged the bright high school student to apply to TU. MacLeod received a full scholarship, joined Chi Omega and began a journey that has taken her across the country and back to Tulsa.

“I’ve had a life filled with opportunity, and I’ve been able to reach out and grab those opportunities because of the confidence I gained at TU,” said MacLeod (BS ’75, JD ’80). “When I was notified that I had been selected as a Distinguished Alumna, I almost broke into tears.”

The university can’t take all of the credit for MacLeod’s success, of course. Her grandfather was an attorney and legislator who delighted in showing her around the state Capitol and impressive courtrooms. Her father was a geologist in the oil and gas industry, who schooled her in the ups and downs of a volatile market.

MacLeod’s parents and grandparents were her biggest supporters, assuring her she was capable of making her mark in whichever career she chose. Today, she says, her biggest fan is her husband, Ron. The couple has been married 38 years, and Ron has stood solidly behind his wife as she’s made her way up the corporate ladder.

Currently senior vice president of human resources and administration at WPX Energy and an owner of Mott Production LLC, a privately held company holding various oil and gas interests, MacLeod has held leadership posts in several companies, including HEB Grocery Co., Electronic Data Systems and JC Penney before returning to Tulsa’s Williams Cos. 15 years ago. In 2011, she was handpicked to help WPX spin off from Williams and become a stand-alone, publicly traded corporation.

Now her office sits on the 26th floor of the BOK Tower, overlooking the former oil capital of the world.

It’s the fundamentals – critical thinking and problem solving – MacLeod mastered in TU’s Kendall College of Arts & Sciences that led her to believe she could tackle anything. As a communications major, she also took classes in history, science and other areas that piqued her interest. Her favorite professor was James Watson, who

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taught American literature. An engaging public speaker, MacLeod went on to graduate from TU Law and even toyed with the idea of entering politics. “I love mastering new things, and I thrive on change,” she said.

MacLeod looks for chances to give back to TU and Tulsa. She currently serves on 10 different councils and committees in the community, including TU’s Friends of Finance Board and Collins College of Business Executive Advisory Board. Several local organizations are near and dear to her heart – United Way, Tulsa Community Foundation and Saint Simeon’s, to name a few. She also is a guiding hand at Gilcrease Museum and says the partnership that allows the university to manage museum operations is one of the smartest public-private marriages of all time.

Among the highest ranking women in the national energy scene, MacLeod prides herself on helping to grow female talent. “Energy has always sort of been a man’s world. It’s fun to see all of the bright women we’re hiring,” she said. “Encouraging female participation in the science, technology, engineering and math fields is extremely important and gratifying.”

MacLeod knows her success can be measured by the overall success of her team and works to build a strong unit at WPX. She’s quick to thank her current boss, CEO Rick Muncrief, for allowing her to be a creative manager and mentor for the next generation of executives.

She also appreciates the TU team, which she says has been fortunate when it comes to quality leadership.

Specifically, she cites the “calm, cool” demeanor of university President Steadman Upham and the college deans who have turned TU from a largely commuter college into a thriving residential campus that constantly ranks among the nation’s finest. “TU has a wonderful reputation outside of Tulsa,” she said. “Stead has advanced this university by leaps and bounds.”

MacLeod strives to leave a lasting legacy, both in and out of the work place. “The most important thing is to make a positive impact on those around me, especially those I work with,” said the former Top 10 senior. “And I love TU!”

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Homecoming 2015 Distinguished Alumnus

Wayne Rumley From the desk of a one-room schoolhouse, Wayne Rumley (BS ’60) learned early to rely on diehard determination and a resilient work ethic. He grew up in the small community of Flint, Oklahoma, and attended Kansas High School. He cherishes his TU experience as one of the most enlightening times of his life, but it wasn’t easy. To afford the classes, Rumley worked nights as a clerk at Tulsa’s downtown post office.

“I carried 12-15 hours a semester and worked 60 hours a week,” he said. “Tuition was $500 a semester, and when you’re making $1.65 an hour, that’s a hell of a lot of money.”

Rumley initially enrolled in the business college but found he couldn’t ignore his interests in math and engineering. He eventually switched majors and became one of 16 graduates to receive the first bachelor of science degree in chemical engineering (formerly known as petroleum refining). Rumley studied under some of TU’s most well-known engineering faculty of the era including Ralph Kauffman, Ralph Veatch, Paul Buthod, E.A. Howard and Arthur Meehan — sound mentors for Rumley when the demands of a full-time job weighed heavily on his course schedule. “I remember asking my boss if I could take off work to go to chemistry class and he said, ‘I don’t see how that chemical engineering degree is going to help your career at the post office at all.”

Luckily for Rumley, his career ambitions reached beyond the duties of a post office clerk. Jobs were scarce in the early 1960s, but that didn’t stop him from buying a suit, a plane ticket and flying to Houston. “I’m old school.

Kids today want the jobs to come to them, but I went out and found a job.”

Rumley received six offers, and when he accepted a position with the lowest salary he was confident in his decision. “It’s important when you start out to get the right experience and not money,” he said.

His career began as a junior processing engineer at Champlin Oil Refinery in Enid, Oklahoma. Later when he and his family, including children Wayna, Sharon, Wayne II and Warren, returned to Tulsa, Rumley’s late wife, Barbara, secretly saved his paychecks for two years to support the launch of his first company, Air Cooled Exchangers. “When I told her we’d need around $12,000,

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she said, ‘Well, we’ve got it.’ She had saved every other check.”

In 1968, Rumley founded R&R Engineering and gave up his salary for six months to secure the company’s financial wellbeing. The company thrives today as a leading expert in the engineering, design and fabrication of air cooled heat exchangers for the chemical, petrochemical and natural gas transmission industries.

From his pearl snap shirts to an infectious grin and sunny attitude, Rumley is a man of distinct traits, including his voice. Hoarse and faint, his voice was weakened by a bout with cancer in the mid-1970s.

During his treatment, tragedy struck the family when Barbara unexpectedly passed away. Following her death, Rumley found the strength to undergo a fourth and final procedure.

“I guess I was tougher than I thought I was. The doctor told me you can’t sing and you can’t shout, but you’re alive,” he said.

Forty years later, the memory of Barbara lives on in a TU scholarship named in her honor and specifically allocated to aspiring special education teachers.

“TU changed me and gave me the keys to do what I’ve done in my life,” he said.

Rumley and his wife, Andrea, are avid supporters of TU’s academic programs, establishing the university’s first endowed chair in chemical engineering. Among the scholarship endowments he has created, Rumley requests selection focus more on the effort of working students, rather than grade point average. “I know what hardship means, and I don’t want that for anyone else.”

A Western art collector, Rumley also campaigned for the Gilcrease Museum partnership TU enjoys with the city of Tulsa. While serving on the museum’s search committee for a new director, he told Mayor Susan Savage “We don’t own anything — we’re just caretakers. The Gilcrease collection is Oklahoma’s greatest asset.”

Much like his days as a TU student, Rumley still strives to make the most of every moment, every hour of the day by supporting those who’ve chosen his path. “It’s important to follow your desires. If you do it and do it well, you will be successful.”

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The J. Paschal Twyman Award, sponsored by the TU Alumni Association, honors any alumnus/a, student, faculty, staff member or friend of TU for outstanding support of the university. The individual exhibits leadership, commitment, and other qualities admired by the late J. Paschal Twyman, TU’s 14th president.

J. Paschal Twyman Award Recipient Susie Collins Hentschel You can never have too much TU blue in your wardrobe, according to Susie Collins Hentschel. For more than 30 years, she and her family have supported the university as generous donors and loyal friends. A vibrant presence on campus, she is a member of the Board of Trustees who has established herself as one of TU’s most enthusiastic advocates.

“TU is the city’s school, and I’m so proud of our campus, its programs and growth,” she said.

Hentschel’s genuine and energetic personality shines in projects she has overseen with the board’s student life committee. She is a strong proponent of campus beautification initiatives that elevate TU’s image as a top national university and is a member of the building and grounds, executive and nominating and governance committees.

A retired teacher and reading specialist, Hentschel holds a special place in her heart for education. An adventurous spirit led the Iowa native to college first at Barat College near Chicago and later California State University, but TU is home. When she and her late husband Fulton Collins, a three-time Stanford alumnus, moved to Tulsa (his hometown) in 1981, TU pulled at their heartstrings.

“Fulton knew that if he made a donation to Stanford, it wouldn’t have as big of an impact as it would at TU,” Hentschel said.

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Collins passed away in 2008, and in his final days drafted a 9-page letter to her and TU President Steadman Upham. Handwritten on simple notebook paper, the words describe in detail his wishes for further expansion and advancement of a university he’d grown to love.

“It’s been wonderful to pick up the baton and carry on Fulton’s vision and university traditions,” she said. “It was never a plan for us to become so involved at TU, but when we did, it was a natural progression to follow in his footsteps.”

In addition to TU and her role as president of Collins Investments Inc., Hentschel’s priorities are faith, family and fitness. She and her husband, Dave, are involved in many nonprofit organizations such as Day Center for the Homeless and San Miguel School. Hentschel also is active in the Girl Scouts of Eastern Oklahoma and Philbrook Museum. Together, they enjoy a blended family of six children and 12 grandchildren.

A competitive tennis player, Hentschel also enjoys golf, cycling and hiking. Throughout the years, her family’s interest in fitness and Golden Hurricane athletics has inspired several state-of-the-art TU facilities including a fitness center and softball complex. Three decades after discovering TU, Hentschel’s campus involvement has not only advanced the university but also cultivated a treasured friendship. “It turned out to be an amazing opportunity.

TU is my family – my Tulsa family.”

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Ms. Homecoming Vicki Hendrickson All roads to college begin in the Office of Financial Aid where Vicki Hendrickson says she has one of the best jobs on campus. As director of Student Financial Services, Hendrickson considers it a privilege to guide students and their parents down the financial path to graduation.

Over the past 16 years, she has dedicated her career to improving TU’s financial aid process with unwavering enthusiasm.

“I’m fortunate to have an incredible job and honored to work for the university in this role,” she said. “I have a great staff, and without them I would be nobody.”

Hendrickson oversees the Office of Financial Aid and administers scholarships. Through careful analysis of costs and expenses, a customized aid package is crafted for each student who applies to TU. A few years ago, she spearheaded a project that implemented new academic requirements for scholarships.

“Every family has a puzzle, and every puzzle is different,” she said. “We start in January, and by the time that student arrives in August, we’ve found the pieces that help it all come together.”

Hendrickson’s expertise is rooted in valuable financial aid experience she first gained working at a guarantee agency for the Oklahoma State Regents. She also worked in the Office of Financial Aid at Oklahoma City University for 10 years, serving as assistant director and later as director.

Hendrickson studied public administration at the University of Oklahoma and received her MBA from OCU, but her family is closely tied to TU. As a child, she admired her father’s determination to juggle work and school for seven years to earn a TU mechanical engineering degree.

“That’s what made it so special to work here,” Hendrickson said. “TU is such a phenomenal school and is held in such high esteem.”

Her sister, Carri Crutchfield Wilson (BA ’84), and daughter, Jordan (BS ’14), also are alumnae. Jordan was named a Jess Chouteau Outstanding Senior and crowned Homecoming Queen in 2013. She currently is a student at the Saint Louis University School of Medicine.

Hendrickson and her husband, Steve, also are proud parents of son Landon, a sophomore at Texas Christian University.

In addition to traveling and volunteering at her church, Hendrickson is a devoted Golden Hurricane sports fan and enjoys watching football, basketball and soccer. As Ms. Homecoming, she beams with TU spirit and is respected for her talents as a compassionate mentor and supportive financial aid expert.

“I’ve been in education my whole life, and I believe that anybody who can further their education is going to benefit from it – one way or another,” she said.

The TU Alumni Association bestows the title of Mr. or Ms. Homecoming to a TU employee who consistently performs above his or her job requirements, leads by example and serves as a helpful mentor. The individual provides quality service to all TU constituents and displays a strong sense of TU pride.

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Uncorked pops at Reynolds Center TU Uncorked welcomed more than 500 guests to the Donald W. Reynolds Center on June 5 for the 11th annual Uncorked, The University of Tulsa Alumni Association’s wine festival. Since its inception, the event has raised more than $700,000 for the TU Alumni Association Scholarship Fund.

This was the first year Uncorked was held on campus. The event included a wine pull and silent and live auctions, featuring items such as a TU football game package, dinner with TU men’s basketball coach Frank Haith, an Oklahoma winery tour and custom bracelets from Rustic Cuff. Kendra Scott Jewelry sponsored a popular jewelry pull, donating 50 pieces to the event. The jewelry pull sold out in nine minutes.

Attendees were invited to sample food and drinks from local restaurants and wineries that generously donated their offerings. Guests also enjoyed the music of Olivia Duhon (BA ’06).

The event was led by event chair Maria Gaw (BA ’07) along with cochairs Matthew (BS ’10) and Hilary (BSN ’13) Hauth.

Honorary chairs of the event were Bob (BS ’80) and Cathy (BS ’80) Laird.

TU Uncorked 2016 will be held on Friday, June 3.

Alumni Relations welcomes alumna to team Alumna Leslie Steinbeck Blanchet (BSBA ’06) has joined the Office of Alumni Relations as the new associate director of alumni relations. Leslie joins TU from Talmadge Powell Creative where she served as the account services manager. She has previously worked as an account executive in the advertising industry. Leslie is very involved in the community and has served on the TU Uncorked committee. She will work closely with alumni chapters, TU Uncorked and various alumni committees and boards.

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TU at SMU December 19 n TU Commencement

Alumni Association Board welcomes new leadership Binoy Agarwal (BSBA ’01, MBA ’06) has concluded his two-year term as Alumni Association president. Under his leadership as the first president outside of Tulsa, two new clubs were established and chapters and clubs were more active than ever, hosting more than 200 events annually across the country. TU Day of Philanthropy was established, and the Alumni Association website was redesigned.

On July 1, Katie Neville Ahrens (BS ’01, MS ’02) took over as Alumni Association president. Katie lives in Tulsa and is a petroleum compliance manager at QuikTrip Corporation.

The Board of Directors appointed the following members for new three-year terms as at-large directors: Dianne Dunning-Gill (BA ’92) of St. Louis; Andrew Comstock (BSBA ’00) of Kansas City; Misha Goli (BSBA ’04) of Oklahoma City; Kevin Lawlor (BS ’94) of Tulsa; Andrea Miranda (BSBA ’10) of Atlanta; Mark Plumb (BSBA ’88) of Denver; and Evan Taylor (BA ’98) of Washington, D.C. Kevinn Matthews (JD ’99) of Tulsa was appointed to a one-year presidential term. Jamie Townsend (BSBA ’86) of Tulsa will join as the chair of the Heritage Committee.

New chapter presidents who recently have joined the board include Brooke Bedford (BSBA ’10), Dallas; Dan Finnerty (BSBA ’08), Chicago; Sara Lewis (BS ’13), Denver; Tony Meehan (BCS ’03, MS ’05), Washington, D.C.; Suzie Morrel (BSBA ’01, MS ’03), Los Angeles; Stephanie Dudley Morris (BSBA ’11, MBA ‘13), Kansas City; John Pettifer (BSBA ’06), Oklahoma City; and Thomas Porter (BSBA ’14), Houston.

The TU Alumni Association Board of Directors is represented by 12 chapter presidents and up to 24 at-large members. To find a chapter or club in your area, visit www.TUAlumni.com.

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TU Tavern on the Green Parties Join the TU Alumni Association before home football games on Chapman Commons for the official alumni tent party. Music and food will be provided by the Alumni Association. Beverages will be available for sale.

Tavern on the Green parties begin 2 ½ hours before kickoff. Please note that TU Tavern on the Green parties will not be held prior to any games with a kickoff before noon. Most game times will not be announced until 12 days before kickoff. Visit www.TUAlumni.com for the latest information and follow the Alumni Association on social media.

Join us for the home opener on Saturday, September 5, from 12:00 – 2:00 p.m. on Chapman Commons before the TU vs. Florida Atlantic game. To buy game tickets, visit www.tulsahurricane.com.

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Around the world, TU alumni are out and about, representing their alma mater and engaging with their communities, embodying the values of the university.

From charity events to networking socials and athletics watch parties, these chapters and clubs are representing TU all across the nation, providing business and professional networking opportunities, cultivating relationships, serving as student recruiters and hosting social and service events.

TU boasts 12 chapters and 21 clubs from coast to coast. If you want to take an active role in planning or participating in local activities, contact the Office of Alumni Relations at tualumni@utulsa.edu, or 918-6312555 for the chapter or club leader in your area. Or, better yet, you might want to become a leader yourself and start a new club in your hometown.

On April 7, 2015, the St. Louis Chapter invited alumni, prospective students and parents to a reception. Guest speakers were Dr. Gerry Clancy, vice president for health affairs and dean of the College of Health Sciences and professor of community medicine, and Kayla Acebo Hale, vice president for institutional advancement.

The Alumni Association hosted a fan party during the American Athletic Conference men’s basketball tournament on March 13, 2015, in Hartford, Connecticut. Pictured are Bob Laird (BSBA ’80), Mark Marra (MS ’84), TU Vice President and Director of Athletics Derrick Gragg, Cathy Laird (BSBA ’80), Larry Durham (BSBA ’99), Melissa Durham, Cinda Marra, Sarah Taylor (BS ’78) and Jerry Taylor (BSBA ’78, MBA ’08).

Marilee and Ed (BS ’55, MS ’57) Runyan hosted a reception for alumni and Jim Sorem, dean of the College of Engineering and Natural Sciences, at their Midland, Texas residence in January. Midland was approved as the 22nd alumni club in February and is led by Michael DeShazer (BCE ’07).

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The Los Angeles Chapter hosted a reception on March 8, 2015, featuring TU President Steadman Upham, Alumni Association President Binoy Agarwal (BSBA ’01, MBA ’06) and Vice President for Institutional Advancement Kayla Acebo Hale. Pictured are Stephen Nimick (BEE ’11), Doriean Stevenson (BA ’07), Chris Aragon (BA ’08), Suzie Morrel (BSBA ’01, MS ’03), Meghan Giffin (BSP ’01, MS ’03) and Lu Frew (BS ’84).

The Denver Chapter hosted its fourth annual ski weekend in Keystone, Colorado, February 6-8, 2015.

The Denver Chapter hosted a St. Patrick’s Day Parade tailgate in downtown Denver on March 14, 2015. The celebration was followed by a basketball watch party.

The Washington, D.C. Chapter celebrated its 10th anniversary as a chapter with a reception on June 18, 2015. Special guests were Earl Johnson, vice president for enrollment management and student services, and Lyn Entzeroth, dean and Dean John Rogers Endowed Chair of the TU College of Law.

The Houston Chapter showed off their TU Alumni gear at a happy hour event on July 16, 2015.

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The Houston Chapter cleaned up Galveston Beach as part of the Texas Land Office’s Adopt-A-Beach program.

The second annual TU Day made an impact across the nation on Saturday, April 18, with 10 Alumni Association chapters and clubs spending their day volunteering at different organizations in order to make a difference in their communities.

Washington, D.C. Chapter alumni gathered in Delaplane, Va., for a wine tasting and food drive for the Capital Area Food Bank.

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Members of the Raleigh Club collected food for Interfaith Food Shuttle’s BackPack Buddies Program.

The Denver Chapter of the TU Alumni Association volunteered at the Food Bank of the Rockies, which helps provide food for more than 411,000 people annually.

The Oklahoma City Chapter volunteered at the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma as a part of the second annual TU Day.

St. Louis Chapter alumni participated in TU Day by stocking kits and organizing supplies for The Little Bit Foundation, which helps disadvantaged school children by creating a positive impact for personal growth, increasing self-esteem and encouraging a more focused and active learning environment.

The Minneapolis/St. Paul Club assisted the American Red Cross with a blood drive at the University of Minnesota.

Alumni and friends of the Kansas City Chapter helped prepare and serve meals at the Ronald McDonald House for TU Day.

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How to Submit Class Notes Please share your news with the Alumni Association!

To submit your Class Notes and view other Class Notes that have been submitted online, visit TUAlumni.com/class-notes. You may also send an e-mail to tualumni@utulsa.edu. Submitted Class Notes may be edited for length, style or content before publication in the TU Alumni Magazine.

1950s Ron Modell (BM ’57, MS ’60) has released his memoir, Loved Bein’ Here With You, with foreword by Qunicy Jones. The book chronicles his career that lasted 65 years and traversed many different genres of music, including his time as the principal trumpet of the Tulsa Philharmonic Orchestra. It includes per-

sonal stories with such legends as Maynard Ferguson, Quincy Jones and Phil Collins. The book is available through Amazon.com. Ron was recognized as a TU Distinguished Alumnus in 1957.

1960s William E. Dunstan (MA ’66) announced the publication of Finding My Way, the sixth and final book of his series Adventures of a Southern Boyhood, a memoir about growing up on the coast of North Carolina during the colorful 1940s and 1950s. William resides in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Daniel Keating (BS ’67) was reappointed to the Oklahoma State Board of Education by Gov. Mary Fallin.

Steve Wilkerson (BM ’74) and Andrea Baker Wilkerson (BME ’77) are retiring from teaching careers — Steve from Mount San Antonio College in Walnut, California, where he has been a jazz educator since 1989; and Andrea from Pasadena City College, where she has been a jazz educator since 2001. The Wilkersons plan to return to the Tulsa area and continue their busy careers as jazz artists. The couple recently released two critically acclaimed albums: Quietly There, The Music of Johnny Mandel and Alone Together.

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Bill Hinkle (BS ’69), adjunct professor of advertising at The University of Tulsa, recently won the national Gold Award for the best creative in the broadcast/video category produced for all credit unions across the United States.

Stu Crum (BSBA ’82) delivered the TU commencement address on May 9, 2015. Stu is the chairman and president of Bridgestone Retail Operations, LLC.

the National Association of the Distinguished Counsel for performing in such a way that provides a benchmark for other lawyers to emulate.

He also was presented an Iowa Top 10 Attorney Award for excellence in the field of family law by the National Academy of Family Law Attorneys.

Joann Furlow Allen (MA ’78, PhD ’04) was promoted

to full professor of English in the English and Modern Languages Department at Oral Roberts University in Tulsa.

Kara Gae Neal (EDD ’78) has been selected for induction into the Oklahoma Educators Hall of Fame. Most recently, she was the director of The University of Tulsa School of Urban Education.

1970s Dennis Maley (BS ’70) has written a young adult book entitled Three Links of Chain.

The book tells the story of an escaped slave who makes his way across the Kansas Territory in the mid-1850s.

Gilbert R. Caldwell III (BS ’74, JD ’77) has been selected as a member of the Nation’s Top One Percent by

Mary Jo McCleary Speaker (BS ’83) and John Speaker (BS ’83) recently celebrated their 30th wedding anniversary with a trip to Lake Como, Italy.

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Melody V. Suess (JD ’93) received her executive LLM degree in taxation from Georgetown in May 2015 with a certificate in state and local taxation.

Ron H. Walker (BST ’95, MA ’96) has been selected as one of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association’s 2015 Most Distinguished Athletic Trainer award recipients. Ron is the director of the athletic training program and coordinator of clinical education at TU. He also received his doctorate from Oklahoma State University in May 2015.

Toneille Bent (BA ’96) completed a master in human relations degree from the University of Oklahoma.

Her thesis was titled “Critical Pedagogy and Student Voice as Agents of Education Reform.”

Friends from TU met in Cayman Islands after the TU Alumni Magazine included a picture of John and Nadine White requesting their friends come visit them in their new home. Pictured are Nadine Bissonnette White (BA ’01), Jerry Suva (BCS ’99), John White (BA ’00), Tracy Arnold Pepper (BS ’02), Matthew Pepper (BS ’00), Steve Nelson and Morgan Paulus (BA ’99).

U.S. District Judge Rodney Sippel (BS ’78) has been appointed chair of the Judicial Branch Committee of the Judicial Conference.

1980s Katie Colopy (JD ’82) has been named partner at Simon, Ray & Winikka LLP in Dallas.

Maggie Martin (EDD ’83) celebrates 50 years working as a reporter at the Shreveport Times. As a tribute to her hard work and contribution, the Louisiana State Exhibit Museum opened a display that focused on Maggie’s life titled “50 Years of Journalism: Maggie Martin and The Times.”

Lauren Fitzgerald (BA ’84) coauthored a book titled The Oxford Guide for Writing Tutors that serves as a guide detailing the basics and theoretical

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Nancy Hermann (BA ’84) received the Media in the Arts Award from Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin for her commitment to the arts through her work as marketing director for the Tulsa Performing Arts Center for the past 22 years.

Diane Dickman (BED ’86, MS ’90) is the new managing director of Division 1 governance for the NCAA. Previously, Diane was the managing director of academic and membership affairs.

Mary Quinn Cooper (JD ’86) was appointed by the board of directors of McAfee & Taft, Oklahoma’s largest law firm, to co-lead the state’s largest litigation practice.

She serves as trial counsel for a number of Fortune 500

corporations, including Ford Motor Company and General Motors, and defends product liability claims and class actions across the country.

Scott Estes (BSBA ’88) and his wife, Isabell Estes (BSBA ’88), purchased the Tulsa franchise of EnviroMaster.

Rachel Blue (JD ’88), Bill Freudenrich (JD ’88) Robert Joyce (BCE ’81, JD ’88), Kathy R. Neal (JD ’82) and Christina M. Vaughn (JD ’06) were among McAfee & Taft attorneys to be honored in their respective practice areas in the Chambers USA Guide to America’s Leading Lawyers for Business.

1990s Wendy Garrison (JD ’93) was awarded the Missouri Lawyers Weekly Women’s Justice Award in the Public Service

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Matt Moffett (BA ’96) was the official artist for the 2015 Tulsa International Mayfest poster. He is executive director of the Tulsa Girls Art School and an artist at M2 Studio.

Tim Latimer (BMG ’12) and the Houston Chapter of the TU Alumni Association participated in the Casa de Esperanza Young Professional Chili Cook-off on February 21, 2015. The cook-off raised funds for the organization, which provides a safe place for children in crisis.

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Lucinda Rojas Ross (BA ’06) and husband, Rich, welcomed their first child, Reynolds Leif, on March 11, 2014. Lucinda serves as the director of communications at LifeChurch.tv and president of the Tulsa Chapter of the TU Alumni Association, and Rich is a film, video and advertising professional.

Michelle Simms Gray (BSBA ’01) traveled in February to Kitongo, Tanzania, to spend the month with the Tulsa-based nonprofit organization Janada Batchelor Foundation for Children (JBFC). JBFC works to alleviate poverty by providing refuge, education, health care and rural economic development in East Africa. While working alongside their staff, she met Travis Purser (BEX ’13), the JBFC Kitongo campus manager. It was great for these TU alumni to meet halfway around the world, working to make the world a better place. As the Tanzanian proverb states, “Little by little, a little becomes a lot.”

Anna Kathleen Studenny (BSBA ’02) and Michael Craig Krupka (BSBA ’00, MBA ’03) were married on May 2, 2015, at Sharp Chapel.

TU alumni in the wedding party were Amy Wilson Dorsey (BSP ’03), Adriane Studenny Bradshaw (BSBA ’98), Jeffrey Rudd (BSBA ’01) and Donivan Bradshaw (BSBA ’00). The newlyweds reside in Tulsa.

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Dawn Walker (BA ’96) was named teacher of the year for Newman Middle School in Skiatook, Oklahoma.

Deanna Scott (JD ’97) is on the board of the newly created group, Southern Missouri Women Lawyers.

Brian Surratt (BA ’98) is the new director of Seattle’s Office of Economic Development. Previously, he served in the Mayor’s Office of Policy and Innovation as senior policy advisor on economic development issues. In that role, Brian helped guide the work of the Income Inequality Advisory Committee that developed the path to a $15 minimum wage.

Holly Becker (BSBA ’99) has accepted the position of executive director for the Arts and Humanities Council of

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Tulsa. She previously served as vice president of business operations at the Tulsa Zoo. Leslie Cairns (MA ’99) won a Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) Gold Award in logo design for the new University of Tulsa logo.

Anthony D. Na’ayem (JD ’99) has been certified by the Ethics and Compliance Officer Association as a leading professional in ethics and compliance and also by the International Association of Risk and Compliance Professionals as a certified risk and compliance management professional.

Jennifer Riso (JD ’99) joined Archer Norris law firm in San Francisco, California. She specializes in Greek Organization Litigation.

2000s Jeff Oldham (BSBA ’00) presented an oral argument in front of the country’s highest court in January to defend Asarco against paying extra lawyer fees in the Supreme Court case Baker Botts v. Asarco.

Jeffrey T. Rudd (BSBA ’01) was named vice president of finance for TokenEx in Tulsa.

TokenEx, founded in 2010 by Alex Pezold (MS ’03) and Jerald Dawkins (MS ’03, PhD ’05), is a cloud-based security platform that offers tokenization, encryption and data vaulting as a unified software as a service with compatibility to payment processors and card-reader devices.

Angela Kouplen (MBA ’02) was promoted to vice president, information technology for WPX Energy in Tulsa.

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James R. Hicks (JD ’05) was appointed to the Oklahoma Bar Association Board of Governors. He will represent all Oklahoma counties on the 17-member board.

Kelly Allen McCollom (BA ’05) and her husband, Trevor, welcomed identical twin boys, Westin Mark and Easton John, on October 7, 2014.

Paul-Andrew Cromer (BA ’06) graduated in May with a master of science degree in nursing from the University of Oklahoma’s Adult/Geriatric Nurse Practitioner Program.

He will be working at St. John Clinic in Tulsa.

Jesse Lotay (JD ’06) was recognized in the San Antonio Scene’s 2015 “Best S.A. Lawyers” list for the energy and oil and gas category.

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Jill Stinedurf (BSN ’14) and Shawn Crisp (BSBA ’06, MBA ’08) were married on August 1, 2014, in Miramar Beach, Florida. Members of the wedding party included Tiffany Peterson, Kelsey Stinedurf, Ashley Stough, David Crisp (BSBA ’05), Patrick Mazza (BSBA ’05) and Lance Sheehan (BSBA ’07).

Kaycee Schleich (BSBA ’11, JMB ’13) married Josh Klugh on May 30, 2015.

Julia Bond (BSBA ’12) married Chris Dixon (BSBA ’12) on May 30, 2015. The wedding party included Laurie Waters (BSP ’12, MS ’14), Tim Latimer (BMG ’12), Garrett Guthrie (BSBA ’12), Michaela Marine (BA ’12), Jeffrey Metcalf (BA ’11), Michael Dixon, Lance Bond, Jill Bond, Anna Lukeman (JD ’15), Alexandra Parham (BA ’12), Lindy Cranfill (BA ’12), Tim Dixon (BAM ’10, MS ’13), Calvin Moniz (BSBA ’06, MBA ’08, JD ’15), Kayla Ward (BPE ’11), Phillip Dixon (BCE ’14), Katherine Dixon, Madison Maxey and Carter Still (BSBA ’12).

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Calvin Michael Moniz (BSBA ’06, MBA ’08, JD ’15) was appointed to the National Leadership Council by the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation’s National Board of Directors.

Kalan Chapman Lloyd (JD ’07) has released two novels, a revamped version of her debut novel Home is Where Your Boots Are and the second volume in The Misadventures of Miss Lilly series, These Boots are made for Butt-Kickin’. Kalan is an attorney and author currently residing in Tulsa.

Sarah Brown (BA ’07, JD ’10) was appointed to the Oklahoma Commission on the Status of Women, which is the state’s advisory entity on gender bias and equity. Sarah was appointed by the Senate President Pro Tempore Brian Bingman.

Jessica Noonan (BA ’07) received the 2014-2015 Teacher of the Year award at Kendall-Whittier Elementary.

Ashley D. Johnson (BGS ’09, MS ’11) married Vincent Oletu on October 4, 2014, at Gilcrease Museum in Tulsa. Alumni and friends in the wedding party included Emily Meader, Courtney Banks (BA ’12), Molly Simpson (BGS ’09, MS ’11), Shaleah Marshall, Kimani Oletu, Chris Lewis, Nick Sapia and Sandeep Rao. The couple currently resides in Denver, where Ashley works as a QA analyst for Halliburton/ Landmark, and Vincent is a mechanical engineer for IMI plc.

Chrissi Nimmo (JD ’08) and her husband, Jim, welcomed twins Mattie Ross and James Leep on August 15, 2014.

Adrienne Lalli Hills (BFA ’09) received her master of curriculum and instruction degree from the University of Missouri-Kansas City. She currently works as an interpretive planner in the education division of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Missouri.

2010s Andrea Long (JD ’10) was awarded the Missouri Lawyers Weekly Women’s Justice Award in the Rising Star category.

Andrea is also on the board of the newly created group, Southern Missouri Women Lawyers.

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Megan Kirby (BSBA ’13) married Bryan Wertz (BMG ’13) on August 31, 2014, in Tulsa.

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Kristle Lacy (BA ’11) was named senior admission counselor for The University of Tulsa Office of Admission.

Meghan Neels (BSBA ’11) was named senior executive admission counselor for The University of Tulsa Office of Admission.

Adrienne Tyrey (BA ’11), a Ph.D. degree candidate at Michigan State University, received a Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad fellowship. This award enables her to spend nine months

in Morocco and three in France conducting oral and archival research. Her dissertation research examines the Amazigh (Berber) ethnolinguistic revival movement through the lens of language education policy in protectorate and independent Moroccan schools.

Sarah Hagan (BS ’12) was featured in an article on NPR Ed titled “The Teacher Who Believes Math Equals Love.”

Sarah is a math teacher at Drumright High School in Drumright, Oklahoma.

Rachael F. Hughes (JD ’13) joined the Litigation Group at McAfee & Taft law firm.

Amanda Schenk (BA ’13) is coordinating a program called Crime Stoppers in which anonymous tippers can inform the police of a crime

that is going to happen and later be reimbursed for their cooperation.

Blondy Baruti (BA ’14), former TU basketball player,

has been cast as a lead in a comedy pilot about an NBA player from a small village outside of the United States.

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RJ Young (BEX ’10) published his first novel, It Only Got Worse, which tells the story of neurotic newspaper reporter Mikey McNulty, who is in love with June Summers and serious about his plan to marry her.

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inmemoriam Important Notice: The University of Tulsa erroneously listed Margaret (McEwen Huston) Thomason (BS ’70) as deceased in the spring 2015 edition of the alumni magazine.

We apologize for the mistake.

Barbara Kay Ehman Bryant (BSN ’86), March 11, 2015 David Ray Carpenter (BS ’67), January 21, 2015 Sandra A. Casler (BS ’78), May 29, 2014 Richard L. Causby (BA ’58), January 29, 2015 Erin Reed Christhilf (BA ’03), April 6, 2015 Alumni Barbara Ann Clark (MA ’78), Harold Darnell Baker February 26, 2015 (BS ’51), May 21, 2015 Bonnie J. Core (BS ’84), John J. “Jack” Barta February 23, 2015 (BS ’49), February Marge L. Creager (MA ’71), 4, 2015 January 24, 2015 Maxine K. Bosch (BSN Donald E. Cummings (BA ’72), March 29, 2015 ’66), February 1, 2015 Thomas Morgan Box Richard S. Curby (BA ’66), (BS ’77, MBA ’79), April 13, 2015 May 23, 2015 Priscilla Sharp DesJardins Gerald L. Breeding (BS (BA ’56), February 27, ’57), April 30, 2015 2015 Betty Lou Britton (BS Clarence Wayne Dill (MEN ’46), May 15, 2015 ’94), February 9, 2015 Jimmy Brooks (BS ’51), Randi Susan Everett (MA February 17, 2015 ’96), April 9, 2015 Robert M. “Bob” Walter L. Farrington, Jr. (BS Brooks, Jr. (BS ’70), ’50), February 19, 2015 May 6, M 2015 S U M E R 2 0 1 5

Nehemiah B. Fischer (BA ’02), May 29, 2015 Elizabeth “Betty Ann” Polk Fleener (BA ’38), December 27, 2014 Frederick W. Fleming (JD ’67), March 13, 2015 Paul Russell Flowers (BS ’84), March 2, 2015 Tina Clements Floyd (BA ’70), May 20, 2015 Donald L. “Don” Forsman (BA ’50), April 30, 2015 Ida Nell Fox (MA ’88), January 15, 2015 James W. “Jim” Fransein (BA ’65), May 6, 2015 Diamantina “Diamond” Garza Freeberg (MA ’69, PHD ’77), April 30, 2015 William D. Galbraith (BS ’49), March 31, 2015 Richard Ganders (BS ’65), March 22, 2015 Lori Lee Gann (BS ’86), March 13, 2015 Richard Perry Gebhart (JD ’99), TU applied associate professor of operations management, May 30, 2015

Allie Maurine Proffitt Graham (BS ’69), May 10, 2015 Neighl Lawrence Groh (BA ’49), April 15, 2015 John Tower Halbrook (BS ’78), April 6, 2015 Beauford Victor “Vic” Hansen (MS ’58), March 19, 2015 Robert L. “Bob” Hansen (BS ’49), April 13, 2015 Gene M. Harris (PHD ’93), April 21, 2015 Randall M. “Randy” Harris (JD ’87), March 1, 2015 Robert B. “Rob” Harris (BS ’71), May 2, 2015 Barbara Foreman Henshaw (BS ’75), March 5, 2015 Arnold L. Hensley (BS ’63), April 13, 2015 Robert R. “Butch” Hill (PHD ’81), September 2, 2014 Leman “Lee” Holley (BS ’52), January 22, 2015 Jack D. Howard (MS ’53, PHD ’62), December 27, 2014

Tommy J. Hudspeth (BA ’53), TU Assistant Director for Athletic Development, June 23, 2015 Zully Margarita HuertaMaune (BS ’82), October 28, 2014 Freeman Eldridge Jones (MTA ’73), May 1, 2015 James R. “Ray” Jones (BA ’56), November 16, 2014 Tom R. Jones (BA ’63, MA’66), April 13, 2014 James William Karr (BS ’73), February 28, 2015 Ruth Olesen Kelley (BA ’41), February 6, 2015 Clevanne McGhee Kirberger (BM ’52), retired TU director of the Golden Hurricane Club and development for athletics, June 16, 2015 Roland P. Knode (BS ’52), December 8, 2014 Rodney W. Lofton (BS ’74), March 7, 2015 Gary C. Lookabaugh (BS ’66), November 29, 2014 31

Earl E. Loyd (BS ’58), February 15, 2015 Robert C. Lucas (JD ’75), April 17, 2015 Jean Conway Lush (BA ’60), January 24, 2015 Elizabeth Ann “Liz” Maggi (JD ’86), former TU associate professor of nursing, February 7, 2015 Charles Edward “Chuck” Malone (MA ’56), retired TU dean of admission and records, February 13, 2015 Duane E. Mason (BS ’58), January 24, 2015 Felicia Danuser Matthews (BA ’59), January 24, 2015 Bob L. McGoffin (BS ’63), January 19, 2015 Louise “Marea” Jones McKeague (BA ’73), April 2, 2015 Louis A. McPherron (BS ’50), March 10, 2015 Guy Roderick “Mac” McWilliams (BS ’52), March 30, 2015 Jack C. Meek (BS ’65), January 22, 2015 Delvin C. Menge (JD ’68), February 18, 2015 Joe H. Miller (BS ’50, MS ’51), August 29, 2014 Nicholas H. Mundy (JD ’68), February 12, 2015 John A. Naughton (BS ’56), March 18, 2015 Billy James Neal (BS ’59), April 4, 2015 William Ward Neel (MED ’56), April 15, 2015 Janis Kay Noulles (BS ’76, JD ’90), May 5, 2015 Margaret “Marge” Powers (BS ’77), March 25, 2015 Rosalind Ruth Rains (BS ’74), February 4, 2015 Michael Paul Reeves (BA ’69), April 29, 2015 Gary Lee Rigney (JD ’72), April 4, 2015 Chris Robb (BS ’74), February 15, 2015 Warren L. Roberts (BA ’50), April 26, 2015 Sandra Lee Pflueger Ruess (BS ’81), March 25, 2015 Robert “Bob” St. Clair (BS ’53), April 20, 2015 Norma L. Costantini Sander (BA ’51), April 18, 2015 Margaret Ellen Schneider (BA ’88), January 4, 2015 Linnah W. Schoen (BA ’57), February 5, 2015 Elizabeth Ann Schweikhard (BA ’65), January 21, 2015 Fred Townswell Shaddox, Jr. (BS ’59), March 18, 2015

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Frederick Allen “Fred” Smith (BA ’58, JD ’60), February 12, 2015 Jerry Lee Smith (JD ’70), January 30, 2015 Claudine “Dene” Shofner Barnes Spalding (JD ’67), April 7, 2015 Michael Ray Stapp (BS ’69), February 5, 2015 Jack Delano Tannehill (BA ’65), February 24, 2015 B. H. “Handy” Waychoff, Jr. (BS ’57), May 31, 2015 Sara L. Wheeler (BA ’83), February 3, 2014 Patricia A. Whitman (BS ’48), May 8, 2015 Marilyn E. Whitson (BSN ’93), April 3, 2015 Betty Ann Davis Willman (BS ’80), January 22, 2015 Delbert D. “Del” Wilmoth (MM ’68), January 26, 2015 Roger Dale Wilson (BS ’92), March 4, 2015 Tommy Dare Yarbrough (BS ’75, MS ’82), April 13, 2015 Current Students Brittney Coen, April 21, 2015 Former Students Lindsay Lee Alexander, March 4, 2015 Victor Allen Banham, January 31, 2015 Edward Marcellus Barnes, Jr., March 31, 2015 Suzanne Camille Speer Bassett, February 8, 2015 Michael Patrick Bellamy, March 4, 2015 Donald Benefield, January 12, 2015 Harold “Max” Bullard, April 1, 2015 Bob G. Burns, January 2, 2015 Rosaleen Craig Buthod, April 8, 2015 Ricky C. Cariker, January 11, 2015 Larry E. Chandler, April 5, 2015 Virginia Cagle Chrisco, April 26, 2015 Benjamin Neil Davis, March 17, 2015 Phillip Lawrence Day, April 10, 2015 James E. (Jim) Dillinger, February 14, 2015 Sara Lande Dritch, April 12, 2015 George V. Dunn, Jr., April 7, 2015 Gregory A. Farmer, April 16, 2015

Jack I. Gaither, February 27, 2015 Winona Marie Gates, February 12, 2015 William Craig Gille, February 4, 2015 Cecile Gillespie, April 30, 2015 James D. Greenlee, January 6, 2015 John Robert Greenstreet, March 1, 2015 David P. “D.P.” Hall, April 13, 2015 Jason N. Haney, February 16, 2015 Charles I. “Chuck” Hannis, January 10, 2015 Janice B. Harrington, April 9, 2015 Louis W. Heavner, Jr., May 2, 2015 Harold E. Holland, May 5, 2015 Carol Lee Capshaw Hudson, June 3, 2015 Clifford Allen Hull, May 1, 2015 Trula Lorraine Guiou Hunt, December 11, 2014 Roger Arment Kirkland, May 5, 2015 John W. Kirkpatrick, February 25, 2015 Gerry Anne Linker, January 8, 2015 Floreine Brooks Lomax, March 3, 2015 Peggy Ruth Campbell Long, February 15, 2015 Betty Blackman Marsh, February 26, 2015 Saul L. Martinez, January 18, 2015 Samuel T. Martner, January 19, 2015 Robert B. “Bob” McGill, January 12, 2015 Kristine Jean Farnsworth McManus, March 7, 2015 Betty Grandstaff Moses, January 9, 2015 Daniel G. Osborn, January 30, 2015 Denzil E. Oswalt, January 10, 2015 Margaret L. Petrik, January 26, 2015 Gertrude E. “Trudy” Plowman, January 26, 2015 Carolyn Ruth Crabtree Quiggle, former TU assistant to director/CI, March 10, 2015 Lester Lee Remington, March 27, 2015 Nancy Ann Athy Roberts, April 8, 2015 John Joseph Schmidt, May 22, 2015

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Harry R. “Ray” Goldsmith, April 4, 2015 Kenny Kay Grundy, February 23, 2015 James Asa Tripp Haggard III, January 22, 2015 Richard Lee “Dick” Hall, TU professor emeritus of education, January 30, 2015 Richard Albert Horner, January 7, 2015 JoRetta Mae Hutton, May 3, 2015 Ron Jackson, February 25, 2015 Joseph H. Jahraus, May 1, 2015 Alfred Bishop “Al” Knight, former TU adjunct professor of law, March 12, 2015 Selman M. Kremer, March 16, 2015 Bill Lipe, February 9, 2015 Jim Luetjen, January 17, 2015 Jean Elizabeth Meeks, March 10, 2015 William Robert “Bill” Myers, March 14, 2015 Vesper “June” Oakes, former TU library associate II, January 16, 2015 John W. Peterson, February 2, 2015 Kenneth E. L. “Ken” Petty, January 14, 2015 Elliott Waite “Chope” Phillips, April 26, 2015 Beatrice E. Pierson, February 13, 2015 Edna Alexander Prater, March 6, 2015 Allen C. Richardson, March 12, 2015 Peter C. Rollins, March 23, 2015 Pat Schnake, January 26, 2015 Patricia M. Stanfield, January 11, 2015 Patricia Jean Sturner, March 18, 2015 Nancy Gail Teas, January 8, 2015 Dorothy Florence Thacker, April 27, 2015 Anna M. Titus, March 24, 2015 Dorothy “Dotty” Westby, March 17, 2015 Barbara Nell Wilburn, February 1, 2015

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Enjoy the Ride!

Barbara and Don (BA ’66) Blackburn have shared 55 amazing years together, raising their children, enjoying their grandchildren and building successful careers in places like Washington, D.C., Wichita, Kan., and Providence, R.I. They even have a prized HarleyDavidson that’s carried them down life’s highways.

For the Blackburns, the road led back home to Tulsa after they retired in 2000.

Recently, they became members of the CHAPMAN LEGACY SOCIETY by establishing a scholarship endowment through a planned gift.

“We want to give back to the right places,” said Don Blackburn. “TU is a wonderful school. It opened many doors for us, and our good fortune and careful planning eventually will benefit future generations.”

What will your legacy be?

Chapman Legacy Society details at legacy.utulsa.edu.