Other distinguished Honorees Dr. Jack W. Paschall DISTINGUISHED FORMER FACULTY Dr. Jack Paschall was hired at ECU in 1970 and served there until his retirement in 2009. During that 39-year span, Paschall served as audiovisual director, director of educational field experiences, graduate dean and Adolph Linscheid Professor of Education. Since his retirement, he has continued to teach educational psychology online. Paschall began his teaching career in the public schools of Lovington, N.M., until going to the University of Oklahoma where he taught as a special instructor and received his doctorate in instructional technology and secondary education in 1970. He is a native of Red Oak, where he graduated in 1961 and then earned his bachelor’s degree in history education from Southeastern State College (now Southeastern Oklahoma State University) in 1965 and a master’s degree with an emphasis in school counseling in 1967.
Dr. james o. Danley ('51) DISTINGUISHED FORMER FACULTY (POSTHUMOUS) Dr. James O. Danley was first employed at ECU in 1956 as an assistant professor of mathematics. He became a full professor and chairman of the department in 1966. From 1971 until his untimely death in a motorcycle accident in 1980, Danley served as the university’s first dean of Graduate Studies and Continuing Education. In that position, he pioneered the graduate program, talkback television system and developed the public services program. He attended public school in the Ada area and graduated from Vanoss High School in 1948. Danley earned a bachelor of science degree in mathematics education at East Central State College (now ECU) in 1951 and a master’s and doctorate degrees of education from the University of Oklahoma.
bertha frank teague Mid-america classic DISTINGUISHED SERVICE The Bertha Frank Teague Mid-America Classic, held in late December, is one of the most wellattended prep sporting events in the state each year. The prestigious tournament, which began in 1976, draws some of the top girls’ basketball programs in Oklahoma and surrounding states. It takes a lot of volunteer work from the Ada community and the Mid-America Classic’s corporate sponsor Vision Bank to make it work. The event is named after Bertha Frank Teague, legendary Byng High School girls’ coach who registered an incredible 1,157-115 record in a glorious span beginning in 1926 and ending in 1969. She was part of the inaugural induction class of 1999 into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame. Teague, a driving force in girls’ basketball for nearly three-quarters of a century, passed away on June 13, 1991, at the age of 92. 8 The Columns
