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ANNUAL REPORT JULY 2014 / JUNE 2015 2-3 | Letters 14 | Commitment to Championships Campaign Phyllis Danley, Director of Foundation, University Advancement, & Alumni Relations Tiger Kickoff 2014 John R. Hargrave, President, East Central University 15 | Ken Turner Baseball Field and Centennial Endowment Craig Scheef, Foundation Chair, Outgoing Chris Lane Centennial Endowment Jay Horne, Foundation Chair, Incoming | 4 | History of Foundation 16 Golden Tigers | 5 | Board and Committees 17 Silver Tigers | 6-7 | “Our Past, Our Present, ECU’s Future”— Financial Information 18 Louise Young Diversity Lecture The purposes for which this Foundation is organized are exclusively scientific, Mike Turpen Booksigning 8-9 | Honors and Recognition Banquet literary, charitable, educational, and artistic for the benefit of East Central 19 | CURL Grand Opening Charles and Lila Acker Centennial Math Endowment Dr. Anderson Retires University, Ada, Oklahoma, its faculty, its student body, and its programs. Leon and Wanda Biddy Centennial Memorial Endowment Robert C. Coleman Centennial Memorial Endowment 20 | Mankin Piano Donation Justice Rudolph Hargrave Centennial Legal Studies Memorial Endowment Tigerpalooza 2014 Holloway Centennial Accounting Endowment | Chris Lane Centennial Memorial Endowment 21 Honor Benches W. E. and Minnie (Curtis) Martin Centennial Book Endowment 22 | President’s Circle Martha (Eubank/Wallace) Rhynes Centennial Endowment Ken Turner Centennial Athletic Endowment 23 | Chairs, Professorships, and Lectureships 10 | How Does An Endowment Work? 24 | How to Give to the Foundation/Ultimate Gift 11 | What is a Centennial Endowment? 25 | Callixylon Society—Lifetime Gifts Silver $10,000 – 25,000 - | East Central University’s mission statement is to foster a learning 12 13 Scholarships Awarded Gold $25,001 – 100,000 environment in which students, faculty, staff, and community interact to Bret Isenhower Memorial Scholarship Platinum $100,001 – 500,000 Daniel Minnich Memorial Student Teaching Scholarship Diamond $500,001 and up educate students for life in a rapidly changing and culturally diverse society. Bill and Margarett Harris Education Scholarship | Within its service area, East Central University provides leadership for St. Margaret’s Guild Scholarship 26 Circle of Annual Giving James and Mildred Dennis Student Teaching Scholarship 27 | Annual Gifts $1,001 and up economic development and cultural enhancement. Noble/Brown Biology Scholarship Briles $1,001 – 5,000 Justice Rudolph Hargrave Centennial Legal Studies Endowment Gordon $5,001 - 10,000 Lois and Cephus Lawson Education Scholarship Linscheid $10,001 – 25,000 Horace Mann Society Scholarship Spencer $25,001 – 50,000 Wagner $50,001 - 100,000 Cole $100,001 and up 28-29 | Annual Gifts $100 - $1,000 $100 – 500 $501 – 1,000 PHYLLIS DANLEY, LETTER FROM THE FOUNDATION DIRECTOR CRAIG SCHEEF, LETTER FROM FOUNDATION CHAIR, OUTGOING Greetings to all Foundation friends! We have enjoyed another exciting year at the ECU The past two years as Chairman of the East Central University Foundation have proven Foundation, in spite of economic “ups and downs.” We’ve continued to enjoy the loyalty rewarding to me, personally. The large number of first-class people giving their talents of old friends, and have also welcomed many new ones to the growing list of Foundation and treasure for the benefit of your University is inspiring. It has been a pleasure. More members. I feel very fortunate to be in a position to see firsthand the effects that generous than ever before, East Central University needs the support of the Foundation. State donors can have on a campus. funding tohigher education has been reduced each of the last several years and further Once again, we’ve experienced growth in new scholarships, and have continued to assist the funding reductions are expected. However, as a result of your generosity and sound ECU community by active participation and involvement. Thanks to the Foundation Board historical stewardship, the Foundation continues to grow its support for the University. of Trustees, committees, and especially Chair Craig Scheef for his leadership capabilities over This annual report is the Foundation’s report card to you and the University. The the past two years, and the enormous amount of time that he has spent on the Commitment Foundation Board ofTrustees believes you will be pleased with the results of the past year. to Championships Campaign. Also, President Hargrave has continued his energetic guidance Under the leadership of Jay Horne, the Tiger Nation can look forward to an exceptional of the University which has opened doors and provided opportunities that have not been East Central University Foundation Board of Directors for at least the next two years. available before. Fight on East Central! The information presented on the following pages would not have been possible without assistance from staff members Buffy Lovelis, Katie Wellington, Catie Caton, Ashlie Echard, and Dr. Gerald JAY HORNE, LETTER FROM FOUNDATION CHAIR, INCOMING Williamson. Also, a special thanks to Amy Ford, ECU’s Director of Communications and Marketing, It is an honor to be elected to serve as Chair of the East Central University Foundation, and I’m and her staff for help with the preparation of this report. hopeful that I will be able to assist the Foundation as it continues to provide benefits to ECU’s A special thanks to all of you who have made the Foundation what it was yesterday, student body, faculty, and programs. I’ve been involved in many activities of the Foundation and what it is today, and what it will be tomorrow! the University over the past few years, and have viewed firsthand the synergistic relationship that exists between these two groups. PRESIDENT JOHN R. HARGRAVE, LETTER FROM THE ECU PRESIDENT A big “thank-you” needs to go to out-going Chair Craig Scheef who has provided excellent Your university is doing well! leadership for the Foundation over the past two years. It will be a difficult task to follow him, but I The ECU Foundation, through the leadership of Foundation Board Chair Craig Scheef will definitely do my best! and Executive Director Phyllis Danley, has once again made a remarkable imprint on the East President John Hargrave continues to lead ECU into the 21st century with zeal, enthusiasm, Central University campus. and unique charm. Foundation Executive Director Phyllis Danley brings devotion and The ECU Foundation has helped with numerous projects this year including the development of dedication to the table, and this combination can only lead to a bright future for both the the campus master plan, major upgrades to the Sterling Williams Center and ongoing support for the Foundation and the University. Stonecipher School of Business along with ECU’s Fine Arts Season. The ECU Foundation remains the largest foundation of the six regional universities, Additionally, the Foundation has played a vital role in the upgrades to some of our campus and has stayed true to its purpose. It continues to find new and exciting ways to be of facilities. The Education and Psychology Building was recently remodeled with not only cosmetic assistance to the University, as you will see in the following pages. Thank you in advance improvements but state-of-the art technological advances. Coming soon is the construction of the to the Board of Trustees and the Executive Committee for assisting me in the coming Chickasaw Plaza at Norris Field and Koi Ishto Stadium with an inviting entry gate, team store, year, and a very special thank-you to the numerous donors who give their time and concession stand and restrooms. resources to the Foundation for the enrichment of ECU! I am so proud to work for a university that has so many generous people. In 2015-16, the Foundation will be able to award $700,000 in scholarships to more than 400 deserving students. Many of our students rely on scholarships, and by increasing scholarship opportunities this helps our students earn that degree. These opportunities have led to one of the largest freshman classes being on campus in Fall 2015, as well as having a large international student presence. We thank everyone for their support and their working hand-in-hand with the ECU Foundation in providing ways to support our students and campus. 2 : WWW.ECOK.EDU/GIVE2ECU OUR PAST, OUR PRESENT, ECU’S FUTURE : 3 The East Central University Foundation, Inc., was established in February of 1970 with A special thanks is given to the Trustees and committee members listed below a total contribution of $2,000 from five alumni and one University President. Did they have any idea of the dynamic, positive impact that their actions would have on the future of ECU, for their time, knowledge, and valuable service to the ECU Foundation, Inc. its faculty, staff and students? Probably not, but from that modest beginning, the support The responsibilities of a nonprofit board range from establishing also with helping the organization move forward while providing given to ECU programs has grown to include an asset level of over $27 million with the organization’s mission to approving its programs and services. guidance and direction. In addition, the board oversees all of the yearly scholarships being awarded to over 400 students, and many worthwhile activities The board is primarily charged with oversight and strategy, and actions and decisions required for financial security. from faculty positions to new facilities being funded through investment earnings as Glen Bawcum Russ Allen Richard Craig Diane Criswell HISTORY OF THE well as through special fundraising appeals. BOARD OF Alan Marcum Frankie Crawford Linda Zenker Drumm Yancy Spivey EAST CENTRAL The five alumni(R. Burl Harris, W. Harvey Faust, James A. Thomas Sr., Hugh Warren, TRUSTEES Victor Pryor Jimmy Eppler Randy Harp UNIVERSITY and Oscar L. Parker) shared a dream with Dr. Stanley Wagner, who was the President Larry Pulliam Alan Holloway Jay Horne of ECU in 1970, to establish a Foundation which would help attract to the University Karen Sweeney John Martin Robert Langland FOUNDATION, INC. and the Ada community a group of students who exceeded the academic ability of Chris Anoatubby Shirley Pogue Clayton Lodes their peers, and who were deserving and in need of assistance while Craig Scheef Vicky Petete OCTOBER 2012/OCTOBER 2016 2012/OCTOBER OCTOBER 2015 2011/OCTOBER OCTOBER OCTOBER 2014/OCTOBER 2018 2014/OCTOBER OCTOBER OCTOBER 2013/OCTOBER OCTOBER 2017 attending ECU. Dr. Wagner, a lover of the fine arts, also hoped that Brad Thompson Rick Simpson the Foundation would provide a means of assistance to bring certain cultural activities to the community and the University that were Craig Scheef, Chair unique and stimulating. COMMITTEES Richard Craig, Past Chair Jay Horne, Vice Chair For the first twenty years, the Foundation experienced slow and steady Randy Harp, Secretary growth. By 1990, the endowment level had grown to approximately EXECUTIVE Vicky Petete, Treasurer $2 million, and the income from investments was used almost exclusively Shirley Pogue, Scholarship Committee Chair to fund scholarships to incoming freshmen at ECU. There have been Clayton Lodes, Nominating Committee Chair fundraising campaigns and an increase in benevolent donors throughout the years that have aided the Foundation in reaching its current asset level of Vicky Petete, Chair over $27 million. Alan Holloway The ECU Foundation has certainly fulfilled and exceeded Dr. Wagner’s Russ Allen AUDIT/ FINANCE and his colleagues’ dream by attracting quality students, and also by Randy Harp, Chair bringing outstanding cultural programs to the campus. In addition, several Robert Langland new facilities have been built with Foundation assistance, and the number Pat Parsons of benefactors and their contributions is growing with each passing day.

INVESTMENT Larry Pulliam Thanks to all of you who have been an integral part of this Foundation’s history Brad Thompson and who will be the key to the Foundation’s future. Clayton Lodes, Chair Vicky Petete

FOUNDATION, ADVANCEMENT, AND ALUMNI STAFF NOMINATING Phyllis Danley (left to right) DR. GERALD WILLIAMSON, Senior Advancement Officer Shirley Pogue, Chair KATIE WELLINGTON, Director of Alumni Relations Phyllis Danley BUFFY LOVELIS, Assistant to Foundation Director Buffy Lovelis CATIE CATON, Special Events Coordinator SCHOLARSHIP ASHLIE ECHARD, Secretary/Receptionist

4 : WWW.ECOK.EDU/GIVE2ECU Change from Change from 2010 to 2015 = ECU Foundation, Inc. 2010 to 2015 = ECU Foundation, Inc. $3,764,845 108 Number of Scholarships Available 26% increase Endowment Balances 46% increase

2015 2014 $14,335,592

2013 1 2010 2011 2012 $14,559,999 20 1

2010

2 $15,045,286 343 319 265 280 $15,317,762 235 251 $15,825,383 2014 2013 201

$18,100,437 2015

Change from OUR PAST, Change from ECU Foundation, Inc. 2010 to 20 15 = ECU Foundation, Inc. 2010 to 2015 = Total $ Amount of Scholarships Awarded 1738 Total Number of Donors OUR PRESENT, $274,494 180% in crease 109% increase ECU’S FUTURE 2015 2015 2014 2014 2012 2013 2012 2013 2011 2011 2,705 2010 $524,494 $469,292 2010 2,140 1,957 2,389 $360,149 $358,476 $315,910 1,647 $250,000 967

Change from ECU Foundation, Inc. 2010 to 2015 = ECU Foundation, Inc. Asset Balances $6,206,174 30% increase Investment Earnings

$20,872,244 $1,560,883 1 2010 1 2010 $3,169,311 $25,001,166 20 1 20 1

$1,615,711 $26,373,368 2012

$2,193,923 $23,208,133

$3,258,863 $26,287,240 2014 2013

$351,056 2015 2014 2013 2012 $27,078,418 2015 6 7 Jerry Anderson Centennial Memorial Athletic Endowment Chris Lane Centennial Athletic Endowment Long-time basketball coach Jerry Anderson has been honored by his family, Chris Lane was an ECU student from Melbourne, Australia, colleagues, friends, and former players with the establishment of this centennial attending on a baseball scholarship and preparing for his senior year endowment. The funds will be used to assist a student who is involved with the when he was fatally shot in Duncan, Oklahoma. This endowment ECU basketball program. has been established with donations in his memory, and will be used to assist a student athlete who no longer has eligibility under NCAA Robert C. Coleman Centennial Memorial Endowment guidelines to complete a degree. Accepting this award on behalf of Chris’ This endowment was established in 1987 by the Phi Kappa Tau fraternity after family is Dr. Gerald Williamson. Robert’s tragic death. With additional donations by Brad and Sandra Thompson, this scholarship will continue to be awarded to a student who is a member of this Holloway Centennial Accounting Endowment MAY 8, 2015, fraternity. Accepting this award are Brad Thompson, Sandra Thompson, Robert’s sister Tracey Siblings Alan and Anita Holloway are both ECU graduates, and Alan Jordan, and Robert’s mother Jennie Streetman. is now an attorney with McAfee and Taft, while Anita is a CPA with EAST CENTRAL UNIVERSITY Ernst and Young. Anita also worked for the Foundation while she Judith Whomble Centennial International Student Endowment AND THE ECU FOUNDATION was in college—in fact, Dr. Thomas wanted to keep her on as the Ms. Whomble had a true love for international students who were attending ECU, accountant for the Foundation, but she had other plans! They have HELD THE ANNUAL and this sscholarship was established by her friends and colleagues in her memory. established this endowment to assist students who are planning to major in accounting. “EVENING OF HONORS Justice Rudolph Hargrave Centennial Memorial Legal Studies Endowment AND RECOGNITION.” This centennial endowment was established by Madeline Hargrave and John and Martha (Eubank/Wallace) Rhynes Centennial Endowment Kay Hargrave after the death of Justice Hargrave in the spring of 2014. Justice Martha is an ECU graduate, former teacher, prolific author, and served as trustee and chair Hargrave’s accomplishments were many, and this scholarship will be used to assist of the Scholarship Committee for the ECU Foundation. She established this scholarship in 2015 Distinguished Former Faculty students who will be majoring in legal studies and planning to attend law school. 2012 to assist non-traditional female students who are attending ECU while single, working, Dr. Bill Osborne Accepting this award are John Hargrave (son), Madeline Hargrave (wife), Jana Howard and raising a family. She was also a generous donor in completing the Hallie Brown Ford (posthumous) Dr. Don Stafford (daughter), Paul Keefer (son-in-law), Cindy Keefer (daughter), Kay Hargrave (daughter-in-law), Fine Arts Center. Accepting this award is Martha, along with her husband Willard. and Mike Howard (son-in-law). 2015 Distinguished Alumni W.E. and Minnie (Curtis) Martin Centennial Book Endowment Deborah Cornelison Joe and June Sims Centennial Cartography/Geography Endowment In 2011, Pete and Jackie Duncan, along with Pete’s cousin Don Martin and his wife Maria, Todd Graham Dr. Sims was a long-time professor at ECU, and the original scholarship was established the W.E. and Minnie (Curtis) Martin Book Scholarship in memory of their established in his memory. After June’s death in 2013, additional donations were grandparents who were long-time teachers in Seminole County. They have steadily added to 2015 Distinguished Family made which elevated this scholarship to the centennial level. The funds are the balance of the scholarship, working toward an endowment. In 2014, Dorothy Merrick Higginbotham Family awarded each year to the cartography/geography student who has maintained made an additional donation in memory of her son and husband which elevated the balance the highest grade point average through his/her college career. to the centennial level. Accepting this award are Dorothy Merrick, and Jackie and Pete Duncan. 2015 Distinguished Service Kellogg and Sovereign, LLC Leon and Wanda Biddy Centennial Memorial Endowment Commitment to Championships Campaign Centennial Endowment Jane Kellogg/Debi Sovereign This endowment was established by family and friends after the death of Leon in Spearheaded by the Foundation’s Chair Craig Scheef, this campaign will provide up to April 2014. Mr. Biddy served in the US Army Air Corps during WWII, and he $5,000,000 in an endowment with the earnings to be used to enhance athletics on the Also included in the evening of honors and his wife Wanda owned and operated Biddy Printing Company in Ada. Leon ECU campus. was the recognition of donors for Centennial served on the ECU Foundation’s Board of Trustees, and was an active member of Endowments for 2014, defined as those several civic organizations. This scholarship will be used to assist an ECU student Ken Turner Centennial Athletic Endowment who is an active member of the Phi Kappa Tau fraternity, and will be awarded first Coach Turner came to ECU as a student athlete and earned both bachelor’s and master’s endowments which reached the $15,000 in the fall of 2015. Accepting this award are two of his sons, Brad and Phil. degrees at ECU. In 1967, he became a member of the ECU faculty, and served as head level or were newly-established at this level baseball coach, assistant basketball coach, and department chair. The ECU Foundation and during the past year. Shown on these two Charles and Lila Acker Centennial Math Endowment ECU Athletics announced the creation of the Ken Turner Athletic Campaign in October pages are ECU President John Hargrave, The Acker’s are both ECU graduates, and both majored in math. They also have 2014 which included the naming of the baseball field in Coach Turner’s honor, and also the Foundation Board Vice Chair Jay Horne, numerous advanced degrees, but Charles says that their math degrees from establishment of this centennial endowment which has been funded by friends, coaches, and and Foundation Director Phyllis Danley ECU are the most important in their lives. They have established this centennial former players. This scholarship will be used to assist students who are no longer eligible to with the Centennial Endowment donors. endowment which will benefit math students beginning in the fall of 2015. play baseball, but are still completing their degree.

8 : WWW.ECOK.EDU/GIVE2ECU OUR PAST, OUR PRESENT, ECU’S FUTURE : 9 This term was developed in 2009 which was ECU’s Centennial year. Dr. Duane C. Anderson, provost and vice president for academic affairs, was serving as interim president that year. He WHAT IS A CENTENNIAL challenged the University and the departments to raise five $15,000 scholarships which would A DONOR GIVES to the Foundation to establish a named be called “Centennial Endowments” in honor of ECU’s 100th birthday. To his surprise (and ENDOWMENT? delight!) a total of 22 centennial endowments was established that year for a total of $455,000! endowed scholarship in an area of his or her This tradition has continued on, with eleven Centennial Endowments in 2010, ten in 2011, ten passion. The minimum amount for a Foundation in 2012, twelve in 2013, and 14 in 2014--79 in all for a total of $1,840,450!! Endowment is $10,000, while the minimum for What great gifts for Centennial Endowment recognition is $15,000.

ECCentennial U Athletics and Endowment its students!! Gary/Linda Ainsworth Centennial Russia Travel Endowment 2012 HOW DOES 2009 Margaret Nims Centennial Writing Endowment John and Mary Ross Centennial SHARE Endowment A DONOR WORKS with the Foundation to develop AN ENDOWMENT Wanita Danley Centennial Honors Endowment Judy Crabtree Centennial Psychology Endowment criteria for the scholarship and guidelines for the John Bulman Centennial Endowment Citizens Bank Centennial Business Endowment WORK? distribution. A scholarship agreement is signed Ivan and Mary Jo Keatley Centennial Endowment Virgil Taylor Centennial Rehabilitation Endowment Watson Family/Family and Consumer Sciences Centennial Endowment Dr. Gerald Williamson Centennial Endowment by both parties. Dr. Tom Cowger Centennial Native American Studies Endowment Once a Tiger/Always a Tiger Centennial Endowment 1950’s Science Fund Centennial Endowment Linda Murray Centennial Flute Endowment Geraldine Hale Kerr Centennial Music Endowment Ruth Landrum/Walker Centennial Sculpture Endowment THE GIFT is entered into the ECU Foundation Louise Young Centennial Diversity Endowment Millsap Centennial Endowment for Health Professionals Dr. William C. Chapman Centennial Accounting Endowment Dr. James Harris Centennial Endowment Endowment fund. GLBT Centennial Diversity Endowment Dr. Barbara A. McKenzie Centennial Endowment Frank and Ruth Kennon Centennial Athletic Endowment 2013 Dr. Ronald D. and Estelle E. Evans Centennial Education Endowment Dr. Duane and Marian Anderson Centennial History Endowment THE FOUNDATION’S INVESTMENT COMMITTEE INVESTS the Horace Mann Society Centennial Endowment Randall and Shirley Pogue Centennial Math Endowment Carl Bardin Centennial Accounting Endowment Francis G. Mayhue Centennial Legal Studies Endowment--sophomore level donor’s gift in accordance with the Foundation’s Ladonne Latimer Centennial Endowment Francis G. Mayhue Centennial Legal Studies Endowment--junior level investment objectives to maximize returns and Lee Horne Centennial Endowment Francis G. Mayhue Centennial Legal Studies Endowment--senior level Grant Thorp Centennial Endowment Judy Carroll Centennial Memorial English Endowment minimize risk. Young Family Centennial Endowment Dr. Ray Quiett Centennial Gerlach Counseling Endowment Jack Paschall Centennial Graduate Endowment Morgan Family Foundation Centennial Music Endowment Madeline Hargrave Centennial Education Endowment A PORTION OF THE EARNINGS Dennis Boe Centennial Music Endowment Jane Muntz Centennial Music Endowment on the 2010 Gil and Jeanine Morgan Centennial Endowment Paula Rutledge Centennial Secondary Math Education Endowment invested funds will be used for Mary Demke/Girls’ State Centennial Endowment distribution as scholarships to Masonic Charity Foundation of Oklahoma Centennial Endowment Charles and Lila Acker Centennial Math Endowment 2014 students, while the fund’s principal Ada High School Class of 1970 Centennial Endowment Jerry Anderson Centennial Memorial Athletic Endowment Mark Stringfield Centennial Endowment Leon and Wanda Biddy Centennial Memorial Endowment amount remains intact. Vinita June (Shirley) Oliver Centennial Endowment Robert D. Coleman Centennial Memorial Endowment Ada Artists’ Association/Loretta Yin Centennial Endowment Commitment to Championships Campaign Centennial Endowment Trease Layton Centennial Endowment Justice Rudolph Hargrave Centennial Legal Studies Endowment BY REINVESTING the remainder of the Physics Centennial Endowment Alan and Anita Holloway Centennial Accounting Endowment Chris Lane Centennial Athletic Endowment earnings, the scholarship continues Glenn Watson Centennial Graduate Accounting Endowment W.E. and Minnie (Curtis) Martin Centennial Book Endowment 2011 to grow and is protected Molly Shi Boren Centennial Endowment Martha (Eubank/Wallace) Rhynes Centennial Endowment from inflation, providing annual Bob Bennett Centennial Fine Arts Endowment Diana Shannon Centennial Memorial Education Endowment Mick Cowan Centennial Accounting Endowment Joe and June Sims Centennial Cartography/Geography Endowment support to ECU’s students for Dr. Tim Green Centennial Endowment Ken Turner Centennial Athletic Endowment decades to come. Bill and Betty Parham Ely Centennial Business Administration Endowment Judith Whomble Centennial International Student Endowment President Emeritus Bill and Sondra Cole Centennial Biology Endowment R. Burl Harris Centennial Legal Studies Endowment Duane Godwin Centennial Memorial Endowment Weber/Raper Centennial Athletic Endowment 10 : WWW.ECOK.EDU/GIVE2ECU OUR PAST, OUR PRESENT, ECU’S FUTURE : 11 Daniel Minnich Golf Tournament Proceeds from the annual Daniel Minnich Memorial Golf Tournament provide funding for students in their semester of BRET ISENHOWER MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP student teaching. Pictured here are Brianna (left to right) Hanson (recipient), Rick Minnich (Daniel’s Major Michael Scanlon, Phyllis Danley, Krysten Isenhower, father), Andrew Minnich, Preston Minnich, Mr. & Mrs. Danny Maylen Carol Cook (recipient), Michelle Minnich, and Joann Minnich (Daniel’s mother).

JAMES & MILDRED DENNIS STUDENT TEACHING SCHOLARSHIP (left to right) Ashley Viss (recipient) & June Caruthers

NOBLE/BROWN BIOLOGY SCHOLARSHIP DANIEL MINNICH STUDENT (left to right) TEACHING SCHOLARSHIP (left to right) Dr. Elmer Brown, Kaitlinn Wright (recipient), Nan Schmidt & Helen Noble & Dr. Nick Cheper Brianna Hanson (recipient)

BILL AND MARGARETT HARRIS EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP (left to right) Debbie Claxton & JUSTICE RUDOLPH Annie Honeycutt (recipient) HARGRAVE CENTENIAL LEGAL STUDIES ENDOWMENT (left to right) Phyllis Danley, Lauren Stafford ST. MARGARET’S GUILD SCHOLARSHIP (recipient), Cindy Keefer, (left to right) President Hargrave Shirley Mixon, Debra Simmons (recipient), Ruth Parkhurst, & Dr. Christine Pappas Sue Milner, Jennifer Greenstreet, & Phyllis Danley

Essie Roark listed the ECU Foundation in her trust, and these donated funds will be used to establish a music scholarship and elevate other scholarships to the endowed level. Pictured here from left to right: Shirley Pogue, Chair LOIS & CEPHUS LAWSON EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP of Foundation Scholarship Committee; Vicky Petete, Vision Bank CFO and (left to right) Foundation Treasurer; Keywood Deese, Vision Bank Trust Officer; Phyllis June Caruthers & Victoria Lotter (recipient) Danley, Foundation Director; Russ Allen, Vision Bank and Foundation HORACE MANN SOCIETY SCHOLARSHIP Trustee; and President John Hargrave (left to right) Nan Schmidt & Brittany Collier (recipient) 12 : WWW.ECOK.EDU/GIVE2ECU OUR PAST, OUR PRESENT, ECU’S FUTURE : 13 CHAMPIONS Jay Allbaugh Farrell Large DONORS TO KEN TURNER Todd Alpers Louis Larose BASEBALL FIELD AND Anonymous John and Angela Long Derick and Sandra Bowers Tom Luttrell CENTENNIAL ATHLETIC BI Bridgwater James Malone ENDOWMENT Ken Turner Baseball Field C.T. Bronaugh Coach Ron Miller Naming and Centennial Justin Brown Chris Mims Roy and Aggie Allen Don and Jane Kellogg Endowment Charles Burchell Josh Newby Tish Anderson Gayle Logsdon Homecoming, October 30, 2014: Long time ECU baseball Bryant Calip Coach Pat O’Neal Elaine Bearden Billy Jack Lucas coach Ken Turner was honored when the baseball field Cheo Cavil Preston O’Neal Billy Blackburn James Lucas was named in his honor and a centennial endowment was RUSO REGENT CONNIE REILLY Ron Cox Keith Patterson Merle Boatwright Bart and Cheryl McCortney established in his name to assist “bat and ball” sports PRESIDENT HARGRAVE,ECU University Don Crownover Randy Porter Mary Ann Briggs Mike McGaha at ECU. Turner obtained his bachelor’s and master’s J. Glenn Custar Tommy Redman Jerry Carroll Duane Murray degrees from ECU, and came to ECU as a faculty member THE COMMITMENT in 1967. He served as both the head baseball coach Ruben and Karla Elizarde James Rhodes Larry and Jeanne Cole Donnie and Shirley Nero and assistant men’s basketball coach under legendary Thomas Erwin Chad Roark Tom and Diane Criswell Carolyn Nimmo TO CHAMPIONSHIPS coach Jerry Anderson. He also served as the Chair of WANT TO DONATE? H. O. Estes Craig Scheef Forrest Danley Benton O’Neal Ann Dotson August Petersen the Department of Health, Physical Education and CAMPAIGN, SPEARHEADED CONTACT ECU Alumni Association John Scott Recreation during his time at ECU. Tom & Joyce Erwin Neil Sherman Robert and Deborah Dudley Dale Pflaum Craig Scheef During his 23 years at the helm of the Tiger baseball BY FOUNDATION CHAIR Ron Evans Hicks Smith Michael Fairchild Victor Pryor at Craig.Scheef@ program, Turner won 467 games and was honored as TexasSecurityBank.com James Fikes James Smith Mike and Debbie Flowers Mark and Susie Stringfield CRAIG SCHEEF, WILL RAISE or James and Janice Herndon Jamie and Ronnie Valenzuela Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference Coach of the Year Shawn Blake Foster Terry Summers in 1979. He was a favorite among students as advisor Gerald Williamson Ron Hill Mick Weiberg $5,000,000 TO ASSIST ECU at [email protected]. Jimmy Franklin Duard Thomas and instructor. Todd Graham Monroe Hodges Kevin Wells Joe Tunnell “I am so honored to be here today in honor of Coach FOOTBALL IN BECOMING A John Hargrave Chris Van Dehende Tony and Sherry Humphreys Pat and Kim Wood Kieth and Vicki Hunley First United Bank Turner,” said former student athlete Robert Dudley. Shawn Hime Scott Varner “One of the first things I learned when I walked on DOMINANT PARTICIPANT IN COACH TIM MCCARTY, ECU Football Lloyd and Effie Jack Noble Foundation Don Hood Mickey Via to this field for fall practice was that Coach Turner’s NCAA DIVISION II FOOTBALL. Jay Horne Larry Ward expectations were high on the field and in the classroom, Judy Horne John Wheat but those expectations helped me learn responsibility William Hunt Steve Whitworth and accountability.” John Ingram Gerald Williamson “I played and worked with Coach Turner for four years Kevin Kammerlocher Craig Wiseman and he had a lasting impact on my life. He was not only Wink and Rachel Kopczynski J. Frank Wolf an outstanding coach but he also cared deeply for his Robert Langland Layoid Woodson players and the student body as a whole,” stated former student athlete Mike Fairchild.

Chris Lane Centennial Athletic Endowment In addition to the Ken Turner Centennial Athletic Endowment, a centennial endowment in memory of (left to right) Chris Lane was announced at the event. Chris was an GOV. BILL ANOATUBBY ECU baseball player from Melbourne, Australia, who HANK WALBRICK, Former ECU Coach was fatally shot in Duncan, OK, in August 2013. COACH TIM MCCARTY PAT O’NEAL, Former ECU Coach PRESIDENT JOHN HARGRAVE OUR PAST, OUR PRESENT, ECU’S FUTURE : 15 DEWEY MCCLAIN, PRESIDENT HARGRAVE, JAMES BROWN

WENDELL GODWIN, Dean of the Stonecipher School of Business HARDY PATTON, New Silver Tiger BETH VEZINA, President of ECU Alumni Association

DR. CLARENCE OLIVER, PRESIDENT HARGRAVE GERRI STEPHENS, TOM STEPHENS, PRESIDENT HARGRAVE GOLDEN TIGERS (ALUMNI SILVER TIGERS NOT OLD ENOUGH TO BE A Angela Ables, 1972 John Hudson, 1982 WHO ATTENDED AND/OR David Alexander, 1974 Karen Hudson, 1985 GOLDEN TIGER? BECOME Janet Alexander Willie Hughes, 1986 GRADUATED 50 YEARS AGO, Duane Anderson Pamela Jackson A SILVER TIGER AND GIVE OR LONGER!) MEET EACH Morgan Bond, 2013 Brad Jessop BACK TO ECU AND SHOW Michael Brown, 1970 Charlie Jones Nicholas Cheper Julie Lee, 1999 YEAR AT HOMECOMING FOR KENNETH MURPHY, PRESIDENT HARGRAVE, JOE HOCKETT TIGER PRIDE BY PROUDLY HENRY EVANS, PRESIDENT HARGRAVE Mickey Cowan, 1974 Mary Ann Lockhart, 1970 A TIME OF FELLOWSHIP Phyllis Danley, 1973 Alan Marcum, 1990 WEARING YOUR SILVER AND FUN! PRESIDENT Jerris Dee Egge, 2013 Todd Moon, 2000 TIGER MEDALLION!! Angela Eppler, 1987 Betty Parham, 1945 HARGRAVE PRESENTS Jimmy Eppler, 1986 Jack Paschall A 25-year association with ECU as MEDALLIONS TO EACH NEW Leslie Fisher, 1984 Hardy Patton, 1990 an alumnus, faculty or staff member, Deborah Flowers Vicky Petete, 1985 administrator, or friend of the University “GOLDEN TIGER,” AND A Nick Flowers, 2013 Dakota Phillips, 2013 Pat Fountain, 1979 Rodney Phillips, 1973 qualifies you to become a Silver Tiger. John Fritz, 2013 Carl Rutledge Less than 25 years? Then you can be a GREAT TIME IS HAD BY ALL! RICHARD ELY, BETTY ELY-PARHAM, PRESIDENT HARGRAVE LELAND NEWTON, PRESIDENT HARGRAVE Caleb Fulton, 2013 Betty Smith, 1974 Future Silver Tiger!! Walter “Buddy” Gaster, 1970 Eric Steger, 1970 Wendell Godwin, 1984 Danielle Tate, 2013 For more information, contact John Hargrave, 1977 Thomas Volturo, 1989 Wendell Godwin at [email protected] Kay Hargrave, 1978 Bruce Weems, 1972 or Pat Foundation at [email protected]. Yvette Harjo, 1969 Marcus B. Whitt II, 1974 Claudia Hisle, 1975 Karen Williams, 1988 Edward Hobbs, 1988 Gerald Williamson Mark Hollingsworth Richard Williamson, 1986 TONY EDWARDS, WAYNE EDWARDS, PRESIDENT HARGRAVE 16 : WWW.ECOK.EDU/GIVE2ECU OUR PAST, OUR PRESENT, ECU’S FUTURE : 17 ROSA SNOW HENIX, PRESIDENT HARGRAVE LOUISE YOUNG DIVERSITY On September 11, 2014, Mike Turpen held a CURL GRAND OPENING book review and signing on the ECU LECTURE/MARCH 10, 2015 campus. Turpen is a former Oklahoma On a rainy April day in 2015, the 7th Annual Louise Young Diversity Lecture Attorney General, Outstanding Alumni from Ramadan family and ECU celebrated the University of Tulsa, current chairman the grand opening of the Dr. Raniyah Mr. R. V. Burgin of the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Ramadan Center for Undergraduate Education, weekly participant on “Flashpoint with Research and Learning (CURL). The “Recollections from America’s Turpen and Humphreys,” and current partner in the law state-of-the-art facility, located on the Greatest Generation” firm of Riggs, Abney, Neal, Turpen, Orbison, and Lewis lower east end of ECU’s Education in Oklahoma City. His book, “Turpen Time: 50 Shades of Building, features two laboratories for Author of “Island of the Damned: Life” offers short stories about life, each woven around biology and one each for chemistry A Marine at War in the Pacific” one of his famous one-liners. and environmental health science, in addition to a conference room and a All sponsorships (over $55,000!!) were donated to the refrigerated storage area. Consultant to Emmy-Award ECU Foundation, particularly the Nikki Stonecipher Winning Series “The Pacific” Memorial Scholarship fund. Nikki, the granddaughter of by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks Harland and Shirley Stonecipher, died along with her parents in a tragic plane crash in 2005. At Mike’s urging, the Stonecipher’s established this scholarship to provide a college education to deserving students. Ongoing funds are provided by an annual golf tournament. Little did Turpen know that his close friend Harland would die less Dr. Louise Young than 2 months later, on November 10th, 2014. A great friend to the & R.V. Burgin University, Harland left an impression that will not soon fade. His wife Shirley continues on with the annual Nikki Stonecipher Memorial Golf Tournament which has resulted in donations of $600,000 and over $210,000 paid out in scholarships.

HARLAND STONECIPHER SHIRLEY STONECIPHER GOV. BILL ANOATUBBY, Chickasaw Nation

DR. ANDERSON, Retirement

R. V. Burgin & The vision for CURL was provided by Dr. Duane C. Arlie Daniel HARLAND STONECIPHER Anderson, provost and vice president for academic PHYLLIS DANLEY affairs—with its completion, his work at ECU was done!! MIKE TURPEN He had been at ECU since 1994, and had also served as interim university president in 2009. His retirement dinner on June 25, 2015, was attended by over 160 friends, colleagues, and family members. Of course, he had to go home with a BIG tiger! 18 : WWW.ECOK.EDU/GIVE2ECU OUR PAST, OUR PRESENT, ECU’S FUTURE : 19 HONOR BENCHES Because of the beautiful trees, ECU Centennial—Chi Omega Alums Justice and Mrs. Rudolph Hargrave shaded sidewalks, and history ECU Normal 1909 to ECU 2009 Dr. James Harris ECU Veterans Dan Hayes “This is a beautiful piano, and a of the area, the Frank Crabtree Faculty of ECU Business Department 1961-1965 J. Chalmers Herman wonderful gift to EC U. We are grateful Honor Plaza on the west side Robert S. Kerr, Ernest McFarland, George Nigh Louise Hornbeak to the Mankins for this donation and they of Science Hall has become Dr. Wendell R. Altmiller Harrel Kennedy can be assured that their gift will be a place to honor former ECU Dr. Duane C. Anderson Dr. Marvin E. Kroeker appreciated by students, faculty, staff and faculty and staff, distinguished Pamla Alford Armstrong Dr. Don Noble community people for years to come.” Dr. Richard Baumgartner Pat O’Neal -Phyllis Danley alumni, and others who have Dr. Dennis Boe Dr. Joe Parsons provided significant service or Dr. Palmer Boeger Dr. Mickey Rowe contribution to the University. Lyle H. Boren Dr. Elizabeth Schmelling Charles W. Briles Dr. Ralph Sharp Dr. John G. Bulman Dr. Barbara K. Shelton Domenica Carsten Dr. James A. Thomas, Sr. Dr. William A. Carter Dr. Stanley P. and Diana Wagner Dr. Joseph T. Catalano Hugh B. Warren Kenneth C. Clinton M.ED. Dr. Bruce Weems Coach Wayne Cobb Dr. Gerald Williamson Tigerpalooza was organized in Bill S. Cole Tom Wood 2010 in memory of Bron Warren, Jim and Jo Conway Mr. and Mrs. John W. and Clara F. a talented young man who left us Dr. Arlie V. Daniel (Martin) Zimmerman, Sr. too early. The proceeds from the Dr. Raymond Estep marching band contest are used to DR. BRUCE WEEMS BENCH, “In honor of Dr. Norman Frame DR. DON NOBLE BENCH, “In honor of Dr. Don Noble, Dr. Bruce Weems for 42 years of excellent Class of ’59, Professor of Biology 1965-1993, for provide scholarships to outstanding The family of Joe and Tammy Mankin service to ECU as College of Health and Elvan George inspiring his students toward a deep respect and students in instrumental music. Sciences Dean, Physics Department Chair, Dr. Tim Green appreciation for the biological world.” donated a Conober Cable Grant Piano to and Physics Professor (1972-2014).” the ECU Foundation in March 2015. The piano, which has been placed in the David Lockmiller Lobby in the Hallie Brown Ford Fine Arts Center, features a disc player which allows it to act like a player piano. BRON WARREN The piano has already been used for receptions and other campus activities. Pictured left to right is the Mankin family of Cody, Corbin, Casey, Joe and Tammy, along with Dr. Mark Hollingsworth, dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences; Dr. Brad Jessop, director of the School of Fine Arts; and Phyllis Danley DR. ANDERSON, “Historian, Teacher, and Administrator CONWAY FAMILY, “In honor of Jim and Jo Conway for their years of tireless service and Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Interim President, and Professor” dedication, not only to the students, but to the physical foundation of ECU. 1972-1998”

20 : WWW.ECOK.EDU/GIVE2ECU OUR PAST, OUR PRESENT, ECU’S FUTURE : 21 CHAIRS, Endowed Chairs Robert S. Kerr Endowed Chair in Environmental Health Science PROFESSORSHIPS, Thomas A. Thomas Endowed Chair in Human Resources AND LECTURESHIPS Valley View Regional Hospital Endowed Chair in Nursing East Central University Endowed Chair in Nursing The strength of any University lies in its students, Gene A. Nelson Endowed Chair in Business faculty and staff, and the tremendous support Sadie Knotts/McCasland Endowed Chair in Nursing Chickasaw Nation Endowed Chair in Native American Studies of alumni. ECU’s alumni and other supporters Hallie Brown Ford Endowed Chair in Fine Arts have created endowments at the Foundation to help recruit and maintain faculty members and Endowed Professorships MEMBERS aid the University in other ways in the form of Adolph Linscheid Endowed Distinguished Teaching Professorship Chairs, Professorships, and Lectureships. The Crabtree Family Endowed Professorship in Business Angela Ables minimum monetary gift for a Chair is $250,000; Choctaw Nation Endowed Professorship in Nursing Jay Allbaugh for a professorship is $125,000; and for a Tom and Diane Criswell Endowed Professorship in Nursing Leon and Pauline Lanoy Duane and Marian Anderson Lectureship is $25,000. Once these are matched Chickasaw Nation Endowed Professorship in Accounting John and Pam Martin Bill Anoatubby dollar for dollar by the Regents, interest from Horne and Company Endowed Professorship in Accounting Charles and Teresa Mayhue Vision Bank Endowed Professorship in Banking and Finance The President’s Circle is an Steven and Jeanetta Bagwell these gifts benefits the University in perpetuity to Rick McMurtrey assist in academic endeavors and to enhance the Chickasaw Nation Endowed Professorship in Business Administration exclusive group of individuals and Glen and Tracy Bawcum Gordon and Patricia Melson academic programs of the University. businesses who provide targeted Jessica Boles Endowed Lectureships support for the advancement of East Duane Murray BI and Twyla Bridgwater Marvin Stokes Endowed Lectureship in Education Central University. This important Robert Nelson Leonard Limes Endowed Lectureship in Entrepreneurship group provide the University and Slover and Louise Cape LOCKMILLER LECTURE Julian Rothbaum Endowed Lectureship in Public Affairs Policy Susan and Gary Paddack Guerilla Girls the President with access to non- Katie and Wayne Case Lou Watkins Endowed Lectureship in Political Science Betty Parham designated funds that can be used Richard and Pam Craig R. Darryl Fisher Endowed Lectureship in Writing and Scholarship Patterson Family Foundation to enhance educational experiences Phyllis Danley George Nigh Endowed Lectureship in Government Vicky and Leon Petete Shirley Pogue Endowed Lectureship in Business and opportunities for students, Betty Dicus faculty, and staff. Katricia and Michael Pierson David A. Lockmiller Endowed Lectureship in Art History Dee and Linda Drumm Vinita June (Shirley) Oliver Centennial Fine Arts Lectureship Randall and Shirley Pogue During the past year, the Robyn and Wayne Elliott-Scribner Stanley P. and Diana M. Wagner University Chorale Lectureship President’s Circle has provided Tawfik and Siham Ramadan Jimmy and Angela Eppler Jim Gray Center for Student Excellence Lectureship assistance for student and faculty Richard Ryerson Morgan Family Foundation Cartography Lectureship Hillary Farrell recruitment, faculty and staff Craig and Christie Scheef Jane Muntz Music Lectureship professional development, facility Glenn and Judy Floyd Stringfield Physics Lectureship—Equipment Mike and Karen Smith and equipment needs, University Brian and Amy Ford Stringfield Physics Lectureship—Travel Michael and Debi Sovereign promotional events, and scholarship Roger and Leigh Gaddis Harland and Shirley Stonecipher Other Lectureships endowments. Shelley and Jim Hamby Mark and Susie Stringfield S.C. Boswell Endowed Distinguished Professorship in Business Randy and Margarette Harp Parker Ethics Center Endowed Lectureship Brad and Sandra Thompson Butch and Claudia Hisle Dr. Louise Young Diversity Lecture Doree and Darrell Thompson Jay and Kenda Horne Todd and Melanie Thomsen Carlos and Pam Johnson Kelvin Williams Raymond and Jane Johnson Gerald and Winola Williamson Don and Jane Kellogg Roger and Ernestine Kite 22 : WWW.ECOK.EDU/GIVE2ECU OUR PAST, OUR PRESENT, ECU’S FUTURE : 23 How to Give to the Foundation PLATINUM LEVEL - $100,001-$500,000 DIAMOND LEVEL - $500,001 + Kay E. Adair Carol C. Smith Ethics and Excellence in Eleanor Dedmon Donors give to the Foundation for many different reasons: CALLIXYLON SOCIETY Anonymous Kenneth Smith Journalism Foundation Hallie Ford • Some want to repay the investment • Some simply want to support Elizabeth Blakesly Michael G. Smith Farnham Family Trust Dorothy C. Higginbotham that others made in them. the ECU family Giving levels in The Callixylon J.H. Criswell Dorothy I. Summers Kerr Foundation, Inc Louise Hornbeak Thomas Criswell Thomas A. Thomas McCasland Foundation Shirley Pogue • Some want to give a gift that adds value to and make a positive impact on faculty, Society have been established Raymond Estep Kevin Turner Mercy Hospital of Ada Harvey Price the University, and that also brings deeper staff and students of the future. to recognize the contributions of Eugene Hensley Albert T. Watson Oklahoma City Harland C. Stonecipher meaning to their lives. Bill J. Horne Reggie Whitten Community Foundation ORGANIZATIONS the individuals, corporations and Ayleene R. McKeel Sterling L. Williams Sarkeys Foundation Ada Coca-Cola Bottling Company Whatever the reason, donor gifts are important to the Foundation and to the University, and we want to Gene Nelson ORGANIZATIONS Texoma Health Foundation Briles Scholarship Fund Fred M. Pfeffer Valley View Hospital make sure that you are aware of all of the different ways that you can donate. organizations who through their total Childrens Reading Chickasaw Nation Division of Commerce Randall R. Pogue Charitable Trust Vision Bank of Ada Ford Family Foundation lifetime gifts provide support for the Siham T. Ramadan Texoma Health Foundation THE ULTIMATE The Foundation will consider any level of gift, and in all cases, the wishes of the donor will be the guiding Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Inasmuch Foundation principal as to how the funds are used: Tawfik Ramadan Citizens Bank of Ada Valley View Hospital Oregon Community Foundation enhancement of the University. Patricia Richard Estate of Essie Roark Vision Bank of Ada • an endowed scholarship, • endowed chair/professorship/lectureship, or GIFT IS THAT OF Bryan D. Roark Estate of Mark Landrum • academic department fund, • capital improvement project. A CHARITABLE SILVER LEVEL - $10,000-$25,000 GOLD LEVEL - $25,001-$100,000 The Foundation encourages you to discuss the various methods of giving with your accountant and/or Angela Ables Mary M. Forster Wilburn L. Smith Laurco Energies, Inc. Linda Ainsworth Doris W. McCoy Compass Group BEQUEST DEFINED attorney in order to select the giving mechanism which best fits your circumstances. Charles K. Acker Michael T. Graham Patrick L. Stone Microsoft Matching Gifts Program Jay H. Allbaugh Rick L. McMurtrey ConocoPhillips Company Arnold R. Allen James R. Hamby Shirley Stonecipher Oklahoma Rehab. Association Nathan Atchison Gil B. Morgan Devon Energy Corporation IN A WILL OR OTHER Gifts of Cash, Check, or Credit Card These gifts are always Gifts of Insurance Naming the Foundation as the owner Duane C. Anderson Shelley Hamby David C. Story Oklahoma Temporary Services Inc Judy Boreham Mary J. Muntz Diamond “K” Kiwanis of Ada welcome because they are available immediately to and beneficiary of your life insurance policy is also an Bill J. Anoatubby Kent M. Hamilton Melinda S. Stringfield Pearson John Charboneau Duane Murray Dicus Corporate Office Paul M. Barby Yvette Harjo Sharyn K. Taylor Professional Food-Service Mgmt Martin H. Clark Trudy Nance Carter Dicus Supermarkets ESTATE-PLANNING strengthen the Foundation and the University or begin option, especially when your policy has a face amount Margaret M. Barton Janis Harris James A. Thomas Puterbaugh Foundation Bill Cole Victor R. Neal Dole Enterprises, L.L.C. DOCUMENT earning income for the future. that is much greater than the amount you could afford to Glen E. Bawcum Edd I. Henson Rahmona A. Thompson Riggs, Abney, Neal, Turpen, Jack T. Conn Betty Parham East Central Credit Union give in cash. By assigning ownership to the Foundation Richard Bays Arthur Herman Steven J. Turner Orbison & Lewis Edna M. Cooley Julian Rothbaum East Central University Gifts of Securities These gifts include stocks, bonds, mutual and making the Foundation the beneficiary of an old John A. Bedford Cameron L. Horne Hugh B. Warren Rowlett Investors, LP Blake Crabtree James Saied ECU Alumni Association funds and IRAs, and are also available immediately to policy that is no longer needed for its original purpose, Sally J. Bennett Raymond D. Johnson Mattie B. Warren Semira Charboneau Tom B. Crabtree Craig T. Scheef Estate of Francis E. Mayhue impact the work of the Foundation. Thanks to John and Kay Brad L. Biddy Ivan H. Keatley Diana Watson-Maile Internal Medicine, P.C. James O. Cranford Ellen B. Sherman First United Bank - Ada such as sheltering children’s education, you can make Hargrave, Jane Muntz, Martha and Willard Rhynes, and Brad Daniel W. Boone Mary J. Keatley Essie O. Wilburn Shell Oil Company Victoria Davison Betty Stevens First United Bank - Durant a substantial gift at a low cost and take an immediate Molly N. Boren Paula Kedy Elsie O. Williams Texas Instruments Foundation Janice K. Diamond James M. Stringfield First USA and Sandra Thompson for their gifts of stock to the Foundation! General bequest: income tax deduction for the value of the policy. You Emma Box Don Kellogg Kelvin W. Williams The Capitol Group Co. Ronald D. Evans Cleo K. Sumter Home Title Guaranty Co An agreed-upon dollar amount Gifts of Personal Property Personal property can include can then contribute an amount equal to the policy’s Carol J. Bridges Harrel L. Kennedy Gerald Williamson Thompson College Stores, Inc. Brad Fenton Bertha Thomas John McGee Trust William E. Bridgwater Linda Kulp Loretta Yin Tinker Federal Credit Union James P. Gray Brad S. Thompson Kellogg & Sovereign coin collections, antique cars, gun collections, artwork, premiums to the Foundation and deduct that gift as a James W. Burke Adrianna Lancaster Ronald W. Young Vanguard Charitable Janice L. Gray William C. Thrash Consulting, LLC Specific bequest: charitable contribution. Proceeds of the policy will pass musical instruments, etc. Thanks to the Mankin family for Richard Campbell Marquis C. Landrum ORGANIZATIONS Endowment Program Rodney Gray Glenn Unterkircher KPMG Foundation A specific identified property their beautiful grand piano! to the Foundation free of estate taxes. New policies may Slover T. Cape Phyllis N. Lasarsky Ada Artists Association Video Plus, LP John R. Hargrave Stanley P. Wagner Lamar Companies or security also be obtained listing the Foundation as the owner and/ Jerry Carroll Tom E. Luttrell Ada Fraternal Order of Police Wagner, Falconer & Judd LTD. Mark R. 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When the Foundation Ada Regional United Way after all debts and other bequests Diane Criswell Clarence G. Oliver Ada Rotary Club Sarah Holmes Louise Young of Oklahoma acquires your gift of appreciated stock or property, you have been made Jay Cuccia Pat O’Neal Alpha Kappa Alpha Educational Jay M. Horne ORGANIZATIONS Morgan Family Foundation receive a tax deduction equal to its fair market value and also Many organizations will match your donation, some James G. Custar Donald W. Orr Advancement Foundation, Inc. Judy Horne Ada Elk’s Lodge #1640 New York Life Foundation avoid costly capital gains tax on the increase in value. up to 150%! Thanks to the following business and Forrest J. Danley Christine Pappas Arkla Gas Lee Horne Ada Orthopedics & Oklahoma Gas and Contingent bequest: organizations for encouraging their employees to show Phyllis J. 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If your information etc., that can avoid capital gains taxes and provide an Your Cause/Electronic Arts Glenn E. Floyd Clayton Shannon J. Chalmers Herman 1996 is omitted or listed incorrectly, please accept our apology and contact the Foundation as soon as Koy M. Floyd Terry Shannon 24 : WWW.ECOK.EDU/GIVE2ECU annual income for life. Revocable Living Trust possible so that we can make corrections. Amy T. Ford Lynda K. Simpson Jearl Smart Foundation Also, please understand that while gifts may have been received from a couple or a family, only one name per couple or family is listed here because of spacing concerns. BRILES CIRCLE OF ANNUAL GIVING GORDON CIRCLE OF ANNUAL GIVING $1,001 - $5,000 / July 1, 2014 – June 30, 2015 $5,001 - $10,000 / July 1, 2014 – June 30, 2015 Angela Ables Robert P. Muntz Davis Public School Nathan Atchison James M. Stringfield Linda Ainsworth Duane Murray De Beubien, Knight, Simmons, Sally J. Bennett Sharyn K. Taylor Russ W. Allen Randell B. Nail Mantzaris & Neal LLP Kerwin T. Farmer Louise Young Duane C. Anderson Monica L. Neal Devon Energy Corporation Michael T. Graham ORGANIZATIONS Steven Bagwell Victor R. Neal Early Childhood Association Madeline Hargrave Ada High Class of 1975 Margaret M. Barton Donnie L. Nero of Oklahoma Chapter Bruce L. Jones Citizens Bank of Ada Glen E. Bawcum Pamela A. Newcombe Evans, Loewenstein, Shimanovsky Bill G. Lance THE BRILES CIRCLE is named for the founding president Deloitte Foundation Jessica A. Boles Carolyn H. Nimmo & Moscardini Tom E. Luttrell Ernst & Young Foundation of East Central Normal School, Charles W. Briles, who Derick R. Bowers Helen A. Noble Fairway Outdoor Funding, LLC Joseph M. Mankin Mercy Accounts served from 1909 to 1916. This Circle honors those Carol J. Bridges Christine Pappas First United Bank - Ada Alan Marcum Payable Shared Services Rick L. McMurtrey donors who contribute to the University or Foundation William E. Bridgwater Keith N. Patterson First United Bank - Durant Oklahoma Gas and Mark Brown Franklin H. Patton Great American Conference Inc. Betty Parham Electric Foundation through an annual contribution of $1,001 to $5,000. James W. Burke Vicky Petete Hatton Enterprises, LLC Michael G. Smith Texas Book Company Richard Campbell Katricia G. Pierson KPMG Foundation Chris Snowden Kevin Cantrell Derek S. Porter Landmark Bank - Ada THE CIRCLE OF ANNUAL THE GORDON CIRCLE, which honors East Central Normal Slover T. Cape Michael Prince Lawn Tech, Inc. LINSCHEID CIRCLE OF ANNUAL GIVING $ $ School’s second president who led the college from 1969 Jerry Carroll Connie Quiett LegalShield 10,001 - 25,000 / July 1, 2014 – June 30, 2015 GIVING RECOGNIZES John Charboneau George N. Rhodes Mercy Hospital of Ada Charles K. Acker Mary J. Muntz to 1920, recognizes the generosity of those who make Daniel Cody Martha Rhynes Morrison Agency Jay H. Allbaugh Craig T. Scheef GIFTS OF $1,000 OR MORE annual contributions to the University or Foundation of Brent Cole Carol C. Smith NCS Pearson Bill J. Anoatubby Shirley Stonecipher $5,001 to $10,000. Timothy A. Coleman Yancy Spivey Northwestern Mutual Brad L. Biddy ORGANIZATIONS Jerry L. Compton John S. Sutrick Oklahoma City Community Foundation Victoria Davison AT&T AT SIX GIVING LEVELS. Andrea Conway Mark D. Sweeney Oklahoma Gas and Electric Service Ruben Elizarde East Central University Michael A. Crawford Duard B. Thomas Oklahoma Heritage Bank James P. Gray Kellogg & Sovereign THESE GIFTS ENHANCE THE LINSCHEID CIRCLE is named for East Central State James G. Custar Brad S. Thompson Patriot Ford John R. Hargrave Consulting, LLC Warren S. Dellinger Darrell W. Thompson Pearson Teachers College’s third president who led the college Sarah Holmes Liberty Mutual Group Inc. SCHOLARSHIPS AND OTHER Mildred L. Dennis Rahmona A. Thompson People’s Electric Cooperative from 1920 to 1948. It recognizes the special commitment Jay M. Horne Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation Linda Drumm Alvin O. Turner Ponotoc County Drug Court Judy Horne Texoma Health Foundation UNIVERSITY INITIATIVES, of those donors who annually contribute between Robert D. Dudley Sherri J. Waters Seminole State College Educational Rachel Kopczynski Vision Bank of Ada THEREBY ENABLING THE $10,001 and $25,000. Ronald D. Evans Steve A. Whitworth Foundation, Inc Michael Fairchild Kelvin W. Williams Southeastern Drive-Ins Inc SPENCER CIRCLE OF ANNUAL GIVING Gerald D. Forbes Charlie S. Williamson Texas Tech University $25,001 - $50,000 / July 1, 2014 – June 30, 2015 UNIVERSITY TO PURSUE A Amy T. Ford Gerald Williamson TIAA-CREF Employee THE SPENCER CIRCLE, which honors East Central State Anonymous Wendell L. Godwin Winola Williamson Giving Campaign ORGANIZATIONS Shirley Pogue LEVEL OF EXCELLENCE NOT College’s fourth president who led the college from 1949 to Paula K. Green Pamela L. Williamson Tinker Federal Credit Union Sarkeys Foundation 1969, recognizes those making annual contributions to the James R. Hamby ORGANIZATIONS Wagner, Falconer & Judd LTD. OTHERWISE POSSIBLE. Shelley Hamby Walmart Stores, INC. WAGNER CIRCLE OF ANNUAL GIVING University or Foundation of $25,001 to $50,000. Ada Elk’s Lodge #1640 $ $ Zela M. Hanson Ada Jobs Foundation Wells Fargo Matching Gift Program 50,001 - 100,000 / July 1, 2014 – June 30, 2015 Kay L. Hargrave Ada Nissan Inc. Tawfik and Siham Ramadan Yvette Harjo THE WAGNER CIRCLE, which honors East Central Ada Regional United Way Mark R. Harp Ada Rotary Club COLE CIRCLE OF ANNUAL GIVING University’s fifth president who led the University from Jerry Havens Ada Tire Center, Inc. $100,001 & Up / July 1, 2014 – June 30, 2015 1969 to 1989, recognizes those donors who make annual Gregory L. Henson Alpha Kappa Alpha Educational ORGANIZATIONS Shawn D. Hime contributions to the University or Foundation of $50,001 Advancement Foundation, Inc. Chickasaw Nation Division of Commerce Claudia K. Hisle Arvest Bank Operations Childrens Reading Charitable Trust to $100,000. Alan G. Holloway BancFirst Estate of Essie Roark Anita L. Holloway Bertha Frank Teague Terra Huie Mid-America High School THE COLE CIRCLE, which honors East Central University’s Kenneth D. Kennon CACI, Inc.-Federal sixth president who led the University from 1989 to Leslie R. Kennon Camp Marketing Services, LLC Adrianna Lancaster Communication Federal DISCLAIMER FOR DONOR LISTS 2006, recognizes the special commitment of donors Farrell A. Large Credit Union These lists report cumulative gifts made from July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015. Despite our best who make annual contributions to the University or Gordon Melson Communities Foundation efforts,errors and omissions sometimes occur in the creation of these lists. 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