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Outstanding Alums & Supporters
David Porter
David Porter was named the 2012 Distinguished Alumnus at the Evening of Honors and Recognition Banquet on April 27, 2012.
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Porter, corporate vice president of retail stores for Microsoft, oversees the company’s development and investment in retail stores and online channels. He joined Microsoft in 2009 and created a premium retail experience for customers around the world. The Microsoft retail footprint is expanding rapidly and currently combines 16 brick and mortar stores across the United States along with a major global online presence.
Before joining Microsoft, he served as head of worldwide product distribution for DreamWorks Animation SKG. His responsibilities at DreamWorks included managing the worldwide home video business and alternative forms of media distribution, and he also drove the successful development of new business models including consumer products and licensing.
Prior to joining DreamWorks Animation, Porter spent 25 years at Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. During his career, he held a variety of roles of increasing responsibility and seniority, starting as an hourly associate in Broken Bow. During his college years, he served in a variety of positions at the Ada store. Upon graduation, he accepted his first managerial position as an internal auditor in Bentonville, Ark. and later, managed the Panama City Beach, Fla. and Bentonville flagship stores.
Porter held several leadership roles at Wal-Mart in food merchandising, and worldwide merchandising and replenishment systems. His last job was vice president and general merchandise manager of entertainment, where he oversaw movies, music, video games and strategic initiatives within the electronics department. He also managed areas related to merchandise layout and took the lead in digital initiatives, marketing integration and licensing activities throughout the company.
Porter has a bachelor’s degree in finance from East Central University where he was a proud member and president of Pi Kappa Alpha. He has three children, Taylor, Kelli and Nick, and resides in Bellevue, Wash. He is a frequent business traveler and loves spending time with Microsoft store team associates around the country. David enjoys regular visits to Antlers, Oklahoma to visit his mother Kaye Julian and his brother Derek.
David Porter
“David Porter has and continues to be an incredibly generous as well as loyal supporter of East Central University. He has provided financial assistance, given his time and allowed ECU to be part of his enormously successful story as a high profile, global business executive. His stellar accomplishments at Wal-Mart, DreamWorks Animated and Microsoft are each remarkable. The trust placed in David by first Sam Walton, then Jeffrey Katzenberg, and currently Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer is incredible. David has produced a rarely matched tri-fecta for these industry icons.” - Dr. Gerald Williamson, Advancement Professional
John Clara
THE ZIMMERMAN FAMILY JOHN W. ZIMMERMAN, SR. & CLARA (MARTIN) ZIMMERMAN • JOHN W. ZIMMERMAN, JR. & ALLINE ZIMMERMAN • JOHN R. ZIMMERMAN & PAT ZIMMERMAN • PAULA (ZIMMERMAN) ALLEN & ROY ALLEN • HARRY P. ZIMMERMAN & LORENE ZIMMERMAN • PAUL ZIMMERMAN & KAREN ZIMMERMAN • KAY (ZIMMERMAN) HAGNESS & WILLIAM HAGNESS • CLARA (ZIMMERMAN) ALEXANDER • PHYLLIS (ALEXANDER) FEASER & WILLIAM FEASER • ANN (ALEXANDER) BERNS & SKIP BERNS • NANCY (ALEXANDER) COLPETZER & HAROLD COLPETZER • CINDY (ALEXANDER) MCKENZIE & JERRY MCKENZIE • PHYLLIS (ZIMMERMAN) LASARSKY & STANLEY LASARSKY • GARY LASARSKY & MARY LASARSKY • LYNDA (LASARSKY) PIERCE & MIKE PIERCE • PHILLIP LASARSKY & KIM LASARSKY
“Mr. John Zimmerman, Sr. and his family truly reflect the values of ECU. Hard work, a belief that education will lead to a better life, a dedication to service and the love of ECU immediately come to my mind when I think of their legacy. One has only to look at his service to understand his love for the university and realize his passion to build and strengthen the educational programs at his beloved alma mater. The Zimmerman scholarship and a significant contribution by the family to support the Horace Mann Centennial Scholarship reflect their love for students who attend the university. I will remember the Zimmerman family and the love that family has demonstrated for ECU all of my days.” - Dr. Bill Osborne, Professor Emeritus of Education
The Zimmerman Family
The Zimmerman family was named the 2012 Distinguished Family at the Evening of Honors and Recognition Banquet on April 27, 2012.
John W. Zimmerman, Sr. was born the tenth of twelve children in the small farming community of Lynnville, Ind. After graduating from Lynnville High School and attending college for two years at Terre Haute, he came to Oklahoma where he enrolled in East Central Normal School. During the 1915-1916 semester, he became acquainted with a lovely, vivacious graduate of the Normal Class of 1915, Clara Frank Martin.
Zimmerman was granted an Oklahoma Life Certificate in 1916 and took a job teaching at Rock Creek School, while Clara took a teaching job at Preston. They married May 27, 1917. Whenever he could, Zimmerman returned for classes at the Normal School and became the first student to complete all credits for a bachelor of arts degree. He graduated with the class of 1921 and began teaching at Ada High School. He left that position in 1922 to begin a long career with East Central State College. In 1925 John organized the Horace Mann School, a teacher training facility for elementary and junior high students, into an accredited four-year high school and assembled an excellent faculty to instruct future educators.
In 1926 John received a master of arts degree from Peabody University in Nashville, Tenn. In 1942 he joined the Education Department of East Central State College, acting as its chairman from 1942 - 1960. Under his direction, the Audio-Visual Department was added in 1943 and an extensive film library was made available to students at the college and teachers in the district.
He worked with the state department of education in establishing AV education in Oklahoma and was given a Pioneer Award by the National Department of AV in 1966. Through his efforts, East Central State College acquired a building for its students in education which housed the AV Department and its film library. He also worked with the state regents to have a master of teaching degree implemented, making East Central the first state college to have a master’s degree program.
Clara was a devoted homemaker to their four children, John W. Jr., Harry P., Clara Ruth and Phyllis Nan. They all graduated from Horace Mann and East Central. When John retired and moved to land east of Ada, they raised registered Angus cattle. It was a wonderful place for the grandchildren.
Frank Crawford
Frank Crawford earned the 2012 Distinguished Service Award at the Evening of Honors and Recognition Banquet on April 27, 2012.
Crawford is president of Crawford & Associates, P.C., Certified Public Accountants, an accounting firm located in Oklahoma City. The firm specializes in providing auditing, consulting and accounting services solely to governmental entities and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Over the last 27 years, Crawford & Associates has provided a variety of audit and accounting services to all sizes of government.
He graduated from ECU in 1985 with a degree in accounting. Crawford is a frequent lecturer, trainer and discussion leader for numerous groups, including U.S. federal government agencies, various local and national CPA firms and a number of state societies. He has appeared in several AICPA continuing professional education videos, as well as live satellite CPE broadcasts and webcasts related to governmental accounting and auditing.
Commonly known as “Frankie” to clients, friends and family, he has two children, 21-year-old daughter Madison and 16-year-old son Blake, and also has the good fortune to be married to Cindy Crawford whom he says is not the supermodel but better.
Michael Crawford
Michael Crawford earned the 2012 Distinguished Service Award at the Evening of Honors and Recognition Banquet on April 27, 2012.
He is chairman emeritus of Crawford & Associates and has over 35 years of experience working in the areas of state and local government accounting, auditing and consulting. He is currently retired from active practice with the firm but continues to serve the profession as a consultant, author and public speaker.
Crawford graduated from East Central University in 1977 and became a CPA shortly afterwards. He served as director of finance for the City of Edmond and also worked as an auditor and consultant with the international accounting firm Peat, Marwick, Mitchell. He established Crawford & Associates in 1984 to provide professional services dedicated solely to the practice area of state and local government. He also served seven years as a member of the Governmental Accounting Standards Advisory Council.
A native of Henryetta, Crawford is happily married to his lovely wife Debbie of over 35 years whom he met in college at ECU in 1973. They have one son, Derek, who is currently pursuing a Ph.D in rehabilitation sciences from OU.
Frank Crawford
“Rarely do alumni come along, much less two who are brothers, who make the kind of contributions Mike and Frank Crawford have made over the last years. They honestly love this university and recognize that the faculty and fellow students they met here have had an incredibly positive impact on their lives. They have both been ready, willing and able to do anything they could to help ECU in general and the Accounting Department in particular. From money contributed, to hiring interns and full time employees, to speaking in classes, to giving the accounting program a name as one of the best, by their many accomplishments, they have assisted ECU.” - Mickey W. Cowan CPA & Professor Emeritus of Accounting
Don Kellogg
“Don literally was “Mr. Science” to Oklahoma’s teachers. The relationships that he built with those teachers often began in the classroom where he exposed his students to the latest technology and classroom teaching methods. But more than that, he built personal relationships that kept those students coming back to his workshops where he provided additional creative methods for teaching science.” Dr. Bruce Weems Dean of the College of Health and Sciences
Don Kellogg
Dr. Don Kellogg was named 2012 Distinguished Former Faculty at the Evening of Honors and Recognition Banquet on April 27, 2012. Kellogg came to East Central State College in 1965 after spending four years in the Navy and three years teaching physics, general physical science and education at U.S. Grant High School in Oklahoma City. While at ECU, he procured a number of grants from the National Science Foundation, Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Department of Education, U.S. Department of Energy, Oklahoma Department of Education, Oklahoma Conservation Commission, Oklahoma Department of Transportation and the Noble Foundation. He served as host of the 1999 convention of the National Environmental Education Association at ECU, was a member of the ECU Faculty Council from 1988-1990 and also served as a faculty advisor for Phi Kappa Tau fraternity from 1965-1971. Dr. Kellogg was on the International Science and Engineering Fair board of directors for four years and was named Oklahoma Conservation Educator of the Year in 1977. He founded the Oklahoma State Science and Engineering Fair and the Oklahoma Conservation Education Leadership Training Program.
Retiring from ECU in 1990, Kellogg went on to be the director of the Center of Excellence for Science and Mathematics Education for the University of Tennessee at Martin for six years. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in education from Central State College and a doctorate from the University of Oklahoma. He has also completed graduate and post-graduate work at Nebraska Wesleyan University, Oklahoma City University, Trinity University, Texas A&M University and Oakridge Affiliated Universities.
He served as science and mathematics advisor to the Oklahoma State Department of Education for several years and has authored or co-authored numerous guides and articles on science and mathematics education. He has presented at countless state, regional and national conventions and has served as a consultant to McGraw Hill, Rand McNally and MacDonald and Company.
Born in Valentine, Oklahoma in 1936, Kellogg has been happily married to his wife Jane for 33 years. He has five children and eleven grandchildren and currently serves as vice president of Kellogg Consulting, LLC.
Carlotta Lockmiller
Dr. Carlotta Lockmiller was named 2012 Distinguished Former Faculty at the Evening of Honors and Recognition Banquet on April 27, 2012.
Lockmiller came to ECU in 1976 to teach and serve as the director of the Support Services Program for Deaf and Hearing-Impaired Students. In 1976 and 1977 she wrote two grants that were funded for more than $500,000. These monies were used to establish a major in counseling: services to the deaf and a minor in interpreting. She joined the Human Resources Department in 1978 and rose to the rank of tenured full professor. Lockmiller taught American Sign Language, Introduction to Deafness and PsychoSocial Aspects of Deafness and Audiology, sponsored the Silent Friends Club and in 1990 received the Teaching Excellence Award.
Holding a bachelor of arts from Tulane University – Newcomb College, a master’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania, a master’s of public health from the University of Oklahoma and a doctorate from the University of South Carolina, she has chaired numerous ECU ad hoc and standing committees. Lockmiller served as the selfstudy coordinator and steering committee chair for both the 2001 and 2011 North Central Association for the Higher Learning Commission’s reaccreditation of ECU and she currently serves as a consultant/evaluator for the NCAHLC.
Lockmiller has served as vice chair, Oklahoma Commission on the Deaf; chair, Department of Human Services Advisory Committee on the Deaf and HearingImpaired; president, Oklahoma School for the Deaf Foundation; and vice president, president and past president of the Oklahoma Council for the Hearing-Impaired. Lockmiller’s donations to ECU have resulted in the naming of the lobby of the Hallie Brown Ford Fine Arts Center in honor of her parents and the establishment of the David Lockmiller Art History Lectureship. She officially retired from ECU in 2004. However, after a brief break, she returned as director of Assessment and Institutional Effectiveness and to lead the effort to reaffirm ECU’s accreditation with the NCAHLC. She completed her service and “retired for good” in 2011.
Lockmiller is married to Stephen Schmelling and they are retired and living in Santa Fe, N.M. where they have a newly remodeled home. She spends her time swimming and working on art projects. They have three grandchildren.
Carlotta Lockmiller
“Carlotta loves ECU and has done everything within her power since she set foot on this campus in 1976 to help make sure that ECU continues to move forward. She is the most loyal and dedicated person that I know. What has she meant to ECU? She is someone that can be counted on no matter what.” - Dr. Shirley Mixon Professor of Business Administration
Harland and Shirley Stonecipher
“Harland and Shirley have touched my heart and touched the hearts of everyone at East Central University with their continued generosity.” John Hargrave President of ECU
Harland and Shirley Stonecipher
Harland and Shirley Stonecipher were named 2012 Distinguished Philanthropists at the Evening of Honors and Recognition Banquet on April 27, 2012.
Harland has been married to his high school sweetheart Shirley for more than 50 years and attributes his business success to Shirley for her support and guidance through leaner times.
Harland graduated from ECU in 1960 with a degree in education and a major in English. Following a brief career as a teacher and speech coach, he became an insurance salesman.
In 1969 while driving to a sales appointment, he was involved in an automobile accident that literally changed his life. The legal wrangling that ensued led to his founding of Pre-Paid Legal Services, Inc. Realizing he had insurance for everything except legal expenses, he decided to design and sell legal service plans that would give members access to professional legal counsel for a monthly fee. He grew the company from scratch to the point that it was ultimately listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Pre-Paid Legal Services was sold to MidOcean Partners on June 30, 2011 and is now known as Legal Shield.
The Stonecipher’s lifelong role as entrepreneurs inspired them to make a major contribution to East Central University in 2011. Their donation of $2 million to the ECU Foundation, Inc. will ensure the future of the “Harland C. Stonecipher School of Business.”
Also, as a result of the efforts and continued support of Mike Turpen, Gayle Serba and John Long, the Stoneciphers established the Nikki Stonecipher Memorial Scholarship through the ECU Foundation, Inc. in 2005 to provide full scholarships for deserving students.
Harland and Shirley have two sons. Their youngest son Brent, his wife Tina and daughter Nikki were tragically killed in a plane accident in July of 2005. The couple’s oldest son Allen lives in Centrahoma with his wife Karen and their two sons, Greg and Zane. Greg attends ECU and is a talented guitarist and Zane is a senior at Wapanucka High School and already owns his own business. The Stonecipher’s are members of Life Community Church and live in Ada.
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Fine Arts Season 2012 -2013
Guitarist Brad Richter: Sept. 6* Bobby Hendricks’ Drifters: Sept. 14 Chickasaw Tales: Oct. 12 - 13** Route 66: Finding Nat King Cole: Nov. 2 ECU Opera Gala: Nov. 8 - 10 Student Directed One Acts: Nov. 15 - 17** The Nutcracker (Oklahoma City Ballet): Dec. 1* The Gilbert & Sullivan Players: Jan. 24 Once Upon A Mattress: Feb. 14 - 16** Broadway by Jeri: March 13 An Evening with Groucho: April 9 Picnic: April 18 - 20** All ECU vocal & instrumental performances Art shows - both ECU & nationally known artists * hosted in conjunction with the Ada Arts Council ** ECU Theatre production
