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Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement for the 2006-2007 school year. She will assume the role of chair in 2007-2008 and help oversee the accreditation of public and private elementary schools in a 19-state region. Paul Redman ’90, hort and land arch, ’94, M.S., hort, recently was named director of the prestigious Longwood Gardens near Philadelphia. The gardens are a worldpremier horticulture attraction and were created by Piere S. DuPont 100 years ago. Tyler R. Ashby ’01, bio sci, married Stephanie S. Wilson of Blanchard, Okla., on Sept. 30. John Cooper ’01, acct, married Jaime Jackson on June 10 in Tulsa. Leah Hale ’01, FRCD, recently became a family support specialist and parent educator with Family and Children’s Services in Tulsa. Jonathan Hess ’01, DVM, lives in Hagerman, Idaho, with his wife, Jami, and their 2-year-old daughter. They are expecting another baby and enjoy spending time in their cabin in the mountains. Donielle Larison ’01, elem ed, was recently named dean of instruction for sixth- through eighth-grade students at Borger Middle School. She is married to Lindel, ’03, chem eng. Kit Nowlin ’01, ind eng and mgmt, and his wife, Jennifer, ’00, speech and comm, live in northwest Arkansas. They both work for Wal-Mart Stores Inc., where Kit is a senior strategy manager, and Jennifer is senior counsel in the legal department.
Stephanie Opela ’01, FRCD, received a Diamond Circle Award in May from the Ritenour School District in St. Louis, Mo. She is an educator at Ritenour’s Early Childhood Education Center. Diamond Circle Awards are given to teachers and staff who best exemplify the district’s commitment to quality education and service.
Holly Pollack ’01, pre-vet, ’03, DVM, welcomed a son, Harrison John, in November 2005. He weighed 6 pounds, 2 ounces. Micah Anderson ’02, fin, recently starting working in the family business and became owner of Norman’s Dry Cleaning Inc. He plans to marry his fiancée, Katie, in March. Jenna Caldwell Campbell ’02, fam relations, and her husband, Casey, ’02, pol sci, moved back to Stillwater in 2005. Casey returned from a yearlong deployment in Iraq in January 2005, and Jenna earned a master’s degree in Christian education the following May. She is director of youth and family ministry at a Stillwater church. Casey is working toward an undergraduate degree in animal science at OSU. Jeff Odom ’02, agri bus, and his wife, Carla, welcomed a son, Jake Stephen, in December 2005. Robert Seymour ’02, comp info sys, is now part-owner of an artistic rubber stamp company, B Line Designs LLC. Tambra Stevenson ’02, nutri sci, recently received the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Leadership Award for her management of the Office of Medicare Hearing and Appeals’ combined federal campaign for headquarters and field offices . Jared Grell ’03, an sci, started a new job in April as assistant vice president of First National Bank in Tonkawa, Okla.
Tyler Henning ’03, journ, recently joined SPARKS architectural, engineering and design firm after two years as managing editor of the nationally published Golf Illustrated magazine. Henning will serve as marketing and public relations coordinator for all the firm’s divisions.
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