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The New York Amsterdam News gave BA ’39, recently published “It Can Happen,” available ’39 ’71 Leona Mitchell, BM ’71, a glowing through Amazon and www.iuniverse. review for her recent performance in com. a special concert in the Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Brooklyn. Bill Cammack, BS ’51, was honored in ’51 The Oklahoman’s Sports Tributes for his World War II service. Rick Rogers, BM ’74 and MMus ’77, Gov. Mary Fallin appointed Richard ’74 was the recipient of a 2010 Governor’s Arts Award. The prestigious honor ’60 Dugger, BS ’60 and JD ’64, to the was awarded in the Media in the Arts Oklahoma State Council for Interstate Barbara McAlister category. Rogers is the Fine Arts Editor Adult Offender Supervision. at The Oklahoman. The Will Rogers United Methodist The College of Fine Arts at the University David Davoudi, MBA ’89, was named Church in Tulsa held its annual patriotic cantata that was started by Rev. ’75 of Utah appointed James E. Gardner, ’89 president of CUL-MAC Industries, a violin performance ’75, as its new Hugo Garza-Ortiz, BA ’60, a Mexican manufacturer of chemical products. director for the School of Music. native who was music minister at the Rich Dozier, BS ’89, former basketball Spiritful Voices Community Choir named church for 38 years. player at OCU, played in the Texas Barbara Mcalister, BM ’64, teaches Tom Nix, music ’75, its new artistic High School Coaches Association’s All director and general manager. ’64 voice for the Cherokee Nation. She has Star Basketball Game in Fort Worth. enjoyed a long and successful career Larry Langley, JD ’77 alumnus of OCU Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin appointed as an opera singer, studying with Inez ’77 LAW, became a judge in Sequoyah Harry Kouri III, JD ’89, to the ABLE Silberg at OCU and Lee Sweetland in County, Arkansas. Commission. Hollywood. She sang in international Dan Hinkle, JD ’78, was one of five Santa Fe High School in Edmond apopera until 2009 and recently moved ’78 engineering management profession’90 pointed Earl Kirkpatrick, BS ’90, as from New York City to her hometown als inducted into the Missouri S&T its new principal. of Muskogee. She has received the Academy of Engineering Management Nick Pournader, BA ’90 and MBA ’93, Living Legend Award form the Bare this year in Rolla, Mo. Hinkle is the recently started his new position Bones Film Festival in Muskogee and a owner of a contract-lobbying firm that with Tyto Solutions as chief operating Leadership Award from the Muskogee represents clients before the Texas officer and partner. Tyto Solutions is Chamber of Commerce. Legislature and regulatory agencies. a business consulting firm based in A story in The Oklahoman mentioned Lt. Chelsey L. Williams, Spanish and Atlanta, Ga. criminal justice ’78, was promoted to Susie Maxwell Berning’s putter as one Texas Gov. Rick Perry appointed Chris’68 of the rank of deputy chief in the Dallas the 10 most interesting things in the ’91 tina Melton Crain, JD ’91,to the Trinity Police Department. Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame collecRiver Authority board of directors. The Daytona Beach News-Journal ran a tion. She graduated in 1968 with a Bachelor of Science in business. Emmy- and Tony-winning singer/actress ’80 feature story about the Annie Moses Band, which consists of children of Artist Mary Anna Goetz, BA ’68, was a Kristin Chenoweth, BM ’91, will OCU alumni Bill and Robin Wolaver, jurist for the National Exhibition in co-host the second annual American Cooperstown, New York. Two of her BM ’80 and ’83. The Wolavers met as Country Awards in Las Vegas on Dec. paintings hang in the Tom and Brenda students at OCU. 5. The awards show will air live on McDaniel University Center. Teri Bibb, BM ’82, starred in “The King Fox. Chenoweth was also recently Kathy Richardson Gibson, BA ’69, is ’82 and I” in Graham, Texas. announced as an Oklahoma Music director of ministries to families Hall of Fame inductee, and she was ’69 the with children and the director of hosSports Illustrated ran a feature story on “The Ellen Show” with Ellen Depitality ministries at the First United about Sam Udoh, an NBA basketball Generes. Chenoweth, along with her ’87 Methodist Church in Duncan. Gibson player from Nigeria, who earned his friend Rumble from the Oklahoma also served as OCU’s first graduate MBA at OCU in 1987. City Thunder, attempted to inspire assistant in the Master of Arts in relithe TV hostess with gifts, and Chegion program. Jeff Gifford, BS ’88, is the director of noweth even performed a cheer to environment, health and safety for help the TV audience “Thunder Up.” ’88 The Oklahoman ran a story about the Enogex LLC, a natural gas gathering, Oklahoma City University School of processing, treatment, transportation, Laura Soles Gamble, BA ’92 is a proLaw night class of 1969 that was storage and marketing company in spective student coordinator of the ’92 dubbed “the petticoat class.” The Oklahoma City. Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural story mentioned Oklahoma Supreme Michael Kiefner, JD ’88, the Grand River Food and Life Sciences at the UniverCourt Justice Yvonne Kauger, JD ’69, Dam Authority’s chief operating officer, sity of Arkansas. She also is pursuing a has been named interim chief execuand Judge Patricia MacGuigan, JD ’75. doctor of education degree. tive officer/director of investments. Rev. Linda Harker, BA ’93, became the senior pastor of McFarlin United ’93 new Methodist Church in Norman. 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