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x011 Cal l : news events in the lives of Sooner alumni died April 29 . She was a resident of Pied- partner in Frazer & Torbet, national ac- 1899-1929 mont, Mo. counting firm, is a director of the Guaranty Earl Q. Gray, '10ba, was named in October Eugene Sutherland, '14pharm, died Sept . National Bank of Tulsa. to the special Oklahoma Bar committee in- 19 in Riverside, Calif. Ralph U. Berry, '37bus, has been ap- vestigating the state supreme court. Mrs . Edward A . Flinn, '21 '21 ba Tulsa, a pointed as assistant regional commissioner of Mrs. Frank Buttram, '06 fa, '12ba, Okla- teacher in the Owasso public schools, died the New York intelligence division of the homa City, fine arts and civic worker and Oct . 29 in Tulsa. U.S . Internal Revenue Service . a former professor of violin at OU, was in- Miss Hesper Kirkpatrick, '28ed, retired Loyd Dorsett, '37eng, president of Dorsett ducted into the Hall of Fame in November . Tulsa school teacher, died Sept . 3. Industries, Purcell, attended a trade sympos- Dr. E. E. Dale, '11 '11 ba OU research profes- Aldon B. Bell, '29bus, Perryton, Tex . ium at the new U .S . Trade Center, Frank- sor emeritus of history, has written an arti- businessman, died Feb . 2, 1964. He is sur- furt, Germany, in October . cle on the 1901 Oklahoma land rush for vived by his wife and two sons, Don, '58ba, Dr. R. Dale Vliet, '38Law, David Ross Kiowa-Comanche-Apache and Wichita- and Aldon D., '51ba. Boyd professor of law at the University, Caddo reservation lands. It appears in the has been named trust consultant for Security January issue of Prairie Lore, quarterly National Bank and Trust Co . in Norman . magazine of the Oklahoma Historical Socie- 1930-38 Mrs. W. B. Garner, '38h .ec, '49m .ed, first ty. Frank B. Creekmore, '30eng, Oklahoma grade teacher at Lexington and Cleveland Col . Reuben Lewis, '12pharm, has been City, is chief electrical engineer for Coston, County "Teacher of the Year," and Miss accepted as a Hospital Fellow in the Ameri- Frankfurt & Short, architectural and engi- Eunice Lewis, '28ba, '39ma, mathematics can College of Apothecaries . neering firm . His wife, Jane Helene Creek- teacher at University School and "Teacher Harvey P. Everest, '14, Oklahoma City, more, '63m.ed, teaches Latin at Northwest of the Year" for college and university president of Liberty National Bank & Trust Classen High School . schools, were nominated for the state-wide Co., philanthropist and civic leader, was Ruth Ferris, '30ba,'64ma, director of pub- "Teacher of the Year" award. inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame lications in Altus public schools, has been W. W. Hillyer Freeland Freeland, '38fa, manager of the in November . elected regional vice president of the Nation- Oklahoma Memorial Union at OU, has been Page Belcher, '18, was re-elected to the al School Public Relations Assoc. appointed to a three-year term on the pro- U.S. House of Representatives from Okla- Hattie Barrett Orr, '31ed, '55m.ed, special fessional development committee of the homa's First District . instructor in OU's University School, will Association of College Unions-International . Purman Wilson, '20, Purcell, was elected join Oklahoma College for Women's educa- DEATH: Howard G. Newman, '33, died president of the McClain County Bar As- tion faculty in 1965 . Nov. 2 in Tulsa. A native of Vinita, New- soc . in October . Hardin Ballard, '276a, '27- Orin S. Richardson, '31 '31 pharm has retired man was in independent oilfield sales in Law, was elected as representative to the from the Army and is living in Albuquerque, Tulsa. House of Delegates of the Oklahoma Bar. N.M. Paul W. Reed, '21, Oklahoma City, issecretarysecretary- treasureroftheOklahoma Auto- Carl Albert, '316a, was re-elected on Nov . 3 to the U.S. House of Representatives from 1940-49 mobile Assoc. and editor of its news publica- Oklahoma's Third District . Harry F, . Ford, '40journ, '50ma, editor of tion. Tom P. Gordon, '31ba, Oklahoma City, the Dispatcher, published by Cities Service Coleman H. Hayes, '24ba, '26Law, Okla- was elected president and marketing direc- Gas Co . in Oklahoma City, recently was pre- homa City attorney, and Grady D. Harris tor of the Go Gordon- Kietzman - Dennis Inc. sented a merit award going to company em- Jr., '45ba, '49Law, president of the Fidelity advertising firm, formerly known as Tom P. ployee magazines in competition sponsored National Bank and Trust Co., Oklahoma Gordon Co. Donald B . Dennis, '60m.ed, is a by the Southwest Conference of Industrial City, have been elected to the board of trus- vice president in charge of the industrial Editors. tees of Oklahoma City University. division . Ed Edmondson, '40ba, was re-elected on Lushanya Mobley-Vinay, '25, Varennes, Col. George E. Crane, '31ba, is attached to Nov. 3 to the U.S . House of Representatives France, was inducted into the Oklahoma the U.S. 6th Region at Ft. Baker, Sausalito, from Oklahoma's Second District . Edmond- Hall of Fame in November . The former Calif. son is assistant majority whip in the House. Tessie Mobley of Ardmore, Miss Mobley- Clint Braden, '32Law, Norman, is the Jack T. Conn, '40Law, Ada banker and Vinay, renowned opera singer, was the first newly elected president of the OU Dad's As- attorney, has been elected chairman of the American Indian to sing at La Scala, Milan, sociation . board of directors of Fidelity Bank and Italy. The name Lushanya- "sweet singing Van Heflin, '32ba, Brentwood, Calif. was Trust Co ., Oklahoma City . bird"-was given her by the Cherokees early inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame in David Clinton Hudson, '40ba, received a in her career . November . Born in Walters, Heflin has master of arts in education from the Univer- Dr. Harvey A. Andruss, '24ba, has com- achieved recognition as an actor in the sity of Colorado in June. pleted his twenty-fifth year as president of theater, in the movies and in television . Ed Livermore Sr., '40journ, publisher of Bloomsburg State College, Bloomsburg, Pa. Jess Larson, '33, Washington, D.C. attor- the Sapulpa Herald, has been elected direc- Charles Woodard, '29bus, has been elected ney and a major general in the Air Force tor of the National Editorial Association for a member of the governing council of the Reserve, is president of the Air Force Associ- the 8th District . American Institute of Certified Public Ac- ation. Capt . T. K. Treadwell Jr., '41geol, re- countants . Col . Glen J. Collins, '336s, '53med, exe- cently completed a tour in Russia with five Bowman Thomas, '29, president of Mov- cutive officer in the Army surgeon general's other leading American oceanographers on able Off-Shore Drilling Co. spoke recently to office in Washington, D.C . has been recom- an exchange program that will bring a sim- the national convention of Pi Epsilon Tau, mended for promotion to brigadier general . ilar delegation of Russians to the U.S. honorary petroleum engineering fraternity . A. N. Griffith, '33eng, Tehran, Iran, has Lt. Col . Eddie C. Kraker, '41eng, '56m.- DEATHS : Merty Cullum Wadley, '99fa, been named head of the drilling division of bus, was recently awarded the Air Force died recently in Norman . She was a member the National Iranian Oil Co . Commendation Medal. He is chief of the of the school of music's first graduating Harry O. Lambert, '356a, '38Law, with Titan III configuration management office class. the legal department of Pan American Petro- in Los Angeles, Calif. Mac Q. Williamson, '10, former state at- leum Corp. in Oklahoma City recently pre- Mrs . Richard W. Taylor (Mary McLaury, torney general for 27 years, died Oct . 15 at sented a paper at the Petroleum Landmen's '41 bus) is living in Wichita, Kan . where her his Oklahoma City home . Institute at the OCCE at OU. husband, is now director of engineering at Mrs . Lucy Barrow Trask, '12ba, '25ma, John F. Y. Stambaugh, '36bus, Tulsa, a the Boeing Co .'s Wichita Division . 21 Bill Lackey, '41pharm, Tucson, Ariz . has Germany, was recently awarded an oak leaf and was buried in Arlington National been appointed to the executive board of cluster to the Air Force Commendation Cemetery . His widow, Mrs . Marion Dear the Arizona State Board of Pharmacy . Medal. Mrs. Marion Dear Weber, was presented an Air Force Com- William James Brown, '41 '41 fa is an instruc- Donald A. Morrison, '49pharm, and Mrs. mendation Medal in a posthumous cere- tor of music at Oklahoma Baptist Universi- Morrison (Morene Forman, '49pharm) have mony honoring her husband's achievement ty, Shawnee . Other OU graduates on the moved to Norman from Healdton and have as material officer for Eastern Air Force. OBU faculty are Carrie Hill, '43ma, and opened a drugstore there. Lee Hill, '44ma, assistants in English ; Wayne William Radcliff Radcliff, '49pharm, has moved Merritt, '59bus, assistant in business ; Joe to Lawrence, Kan. from Tulsa and is associ- 1950-53 Spurlock, '60m.fa, and Jeane Mathewson ated with the Crown Drug Co . there. Charles R. Charles R. Hale, '50bs, has joined South- Williams, '61ma, '63 m.lib.sci. R. E. (Gene) Bennett, '49eng, is division western Drug Corp . in Dallas as vice presi- Francis Stilley, '42 journ, feature writer manager in charge of oil and gas activities dent for marketing . with the Associated Press in New York for J. Ray McDermott & Co ., Houston, Tex . Bill L. Wise, '506us, Oklahoma City, is at- City, was featured speaker at the New Mex- Thomas Rouse, '49pharm, and his wife, tending the management training school of ico Press Association Convention. Sue Hendon Rouse, '40pharm, are living in Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith in Dr. James R. Scales, '42 ma, '49 ph.d, presi- Houston, Tex.