Columns Magazine Spring 2010

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The Columns
of East Central
Spring 2010
The Ties That Bind...page 4
Alumni Reunions...page 12
Alumni Success Stories...page 13
Tiger Tracks...page 28
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The Columns of East Central University
Spring 2010
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and nurturing lifelong, mutually beneficial relationships with
alumni, friends and future students. Dedicated staff members of
this office manage friend-raising activities in order to preserve and
enhance the traditions and pride of East Central University.
East Central University’s mission is to foster a learning
environment in which students, faculty, staff, and community
interact to educate students for life in a rapidly changing and
culturally diverse society. Within its service area, East Central
University provides leadership for economic development and
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East Central University will be recognized both within the
state and nation as Oklahoma’s premier comprehensive student-
centered regional university, offering outstanding academic
programs and experiences for its students and contributing to the
betterment of the region and beyond.
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The President’s Message ........................................ 3
The Ties That Bind ................................................ 4
President’s Circle ................................................... 7
ECU Commencement 2009-10.............................. 8
Homecoming 2009 Recap.................................... 10
Alumni Association .............................................. 12
Alumni Success Stories ........................................ 13
Athletic Hall of Fame 2010 .................................. 19
Fine Arts Center Schedule ................................... 20
Student Spotlights ................................................ 22
GREEK News ....................................................... 24
Centennial Rewind .............................................. 26
Tiger Tracks ......................................................... 28
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Fellow Alumni,
After six months
on the job, I realize I
am the luckiest person
on the planet earth.
I have been offered
an opportunity for a
second career later in
life. My wife Kay and I
are back at the school
we both love. I have
the opportunity to be
on a college campus
every day. Another
college president has
said that there is no more beautiful place to be on an
autumn afternoon than a college campus, and I agree.
I was recently asked: What was the biggest surprise
I had after coming to ECU? I said: How great things are
at East Central University.
Alumni sometimes hear rumors like “things are
not as good as they were at the ‘old school,’” or that
school spirit is down. But let me assure you, things are
going well. That was a great surprise. I am extremely
impressed with the loyalty and dedication and
competence of the faculty and staff at ECU.
Almost every day I hear about our faculty and staff
being involved in something worthwhile. It’s refreshing
to see people doing so much to make the world a better
place. It sounds cheesy, but it’s true. All the efforts to
help Haiti, for example. That’s the kind of place we
have here. The faculty, staff and students are constantly
striving to make the world a better place.
President’s Message
Looking forward, however, we have many
challenges. We need to continue to build partnerships, or
build stronger bridges, with our alumni, sister institutions
and surrounding schools and communities – and we are
doing that at ECU.
Alumni are the backbone of our institution.
Everywhere I go I meet people who are proud alumni of
ECU and they tell me of their families’ connections with
the university. There are tremendous family legacies from
ECU. We have highly successful alumni in business, the
arts, science and education.
We want to continue to touch on those stories.
ECU alums are everywhere and we want to continue
locating the thousands who have walked through
ECU’s halls. We’ve made great strides in electronically
rebuilding our database so we can reach alumni quickly
and inexpensively. We are in the process of reconnecting
with all alums, especially those from the 1960s and 70s,
because we know they will want to plan on attending
Homecoming this year with its theme – “Peace, Love &
Happiness . . . Keep on Groovin’.”
We had a great Homecoming last fall, but we want
to make it even better. I want alumni to think about and
relive what I do – the great experiences I had as an
ECU student – and plan to attend 2010 Homecoming on
October 9, 2010.
Once a Tiger, Always a Tiger,
John R. Hargrave, J.D.
President, East Central University
“I am the luckiest person
on the planet earth.”
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The close of East Central University’s Centennial year
brought the face of new leadership to campus, not only
with the appointment of John Hargrave as ECU’s eighth
president, but with the naming of Dr. C.J. Vires to a new
role in advancement and the selection of Phyllis Danley
Kunze to head the ECU Foundation, Inc.
“I think it is an exciting time for the university and the
foundation. We have President Hargrave, Phyllis Danley
Kunze and myself who are all ECU alumni with ties to the
Ada community and who will be working together for the
university’s advancement,” said Vires. “We have great
potential, especially with the strong support of ECU’s
alumni and the community.”
This past fall, Vires was named associate vice
president for research and advancement at East Central
University, which is an expanded position that combines
ECU’s Offce of Sponsored Programs and Research with
the Division of Advancement and Alumni Relations.
“Increasing scholarship endowments are crucial
over the next few years to better assist students to offset
the cost of rising tuition,” said Vires. “I would not have
been able to come to ECU without a music scholarship. I
understand the importance of our increased efforts in the
area of raising scholarship funds.”
Vires came to ECU in October 1999 as director of the
Grants Research Information Center. He also served as
interim assistant vice president for academic affairs from
January 2005 to July 2006 when he
became associate vice president for sponsored programs
and research.
He will continue to lead the university’s efforts to obtain
external funding through grants and contracts from federal
and state agencies as well as lead ECU’s efforts in the
advancement area. The Advancement Offce is responsible
for raising funds largely from alumni and friends of the
university as well as corporations and foundations. Those
gifts establish scholarships and provide funding for a
variety of unmet needs of the university.
“We are creating one offce responsible for the majority
of the university’s fundraising efforts,” said ECU President
John Hargrave. “Combining these two fundraising arms of
the university will increase our effciency and allow the staff
to leverage their efforts.”
Throughout his career, Vires has helped secure
approximately $60 million in competitive funding for ECU
and other entities either as a principal investigator, co-
principal investigator, consultant or technical adviser.
“In fact, ECU’s largest single source of funding in
the 2009 fscal year was $19.9 million from grants and
contracts. That was 34 percent of the university’s total
operational budget,” Hargrave said. “I am grateful that Dr.
Vires has agreed to serve ECU in this expanded capacity,
and I am also grateful for the leadership that Dr. Diane
Berty has provided as interim vice president of university
advancement.”
Berty, vice president of student development, served
as interim vice president of university advancement for
nearly two years.
Vires said he will work with the
advancement staff as well as ECU’s faculty,
staff, alumni and friends to develop a vision
for the Research and Advancement Offce
and to solidify fundraising efforts in support
of the university’s strategic direction.
“We will identify campus needs that
present the greatest opportunities for alumni
and friends to help the university,” he
said.
Phyllis Danley Kunze, long-
time CEO of the East Central
Credit Union, was named
executive director of the ECU
Foundation, Inc. this fall as well.
Vires and Kunze have a solid
connection going back to when
Vires was an undergraduate
majoring in music education.
Kunze often accompanied him
on the piano when he performed,
including his senior recital.
“I think as a musician, when
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New leadership looks toward building the future
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you perform a piece, you have to develop a trust that the
other person is going to do what they need to do during the
performance. I think having that trust relationship already
intact is very benefcial,” explained Vires.
Kunze also said that Vires and she just “clicked” when
he was a student here. “He and I have discussed how
we never thought that 20 years later we would both be
working together for the university. We work well together
and we are both student oriented.
“I trust Dr. Vires. I know his values and morals, which
makes a difference. I think we will be focused working
together because we don’t have to build a relationship.”
Kunze will oversee the foundation’s approximately
$20 million in assets and its fundraising activities.
Interest income earned from endowments and donations
to the foundation provides numerous scholarships to
ECU students. The foundation, which was organized in
1970, also raises funds to assist with other needs of the
university.
“I am so pleased that Phyllis was chosen by our
foundation board. Her skills and competency are
outstanding,” Hargrave said. “During my frst foundation
board meeting I noticed that Phyllis, as a board member,
paid close attention to detail and asked several pointed
questions.”
In yet another example of ties to ECU forming a strong
partnership, both Hargrave and Kunze have long-standing
family connections to the university.
Kunze’s father, the late Dr. James O. Danley, was
chairman of the Mathematics Department when he died
in 1980 and was ECU’s frst dean of graduate studies and
PRESÌDENT JOHN R. HARGRAVE; DR. C.J. VÌRES, ASSOCÌATE VÌCE PRESÌDENT FOR
RESEARCH AND ADVANCEMENT; AND PHYLLÌS DANLEY KUNZE, EXECUTÌVE DÌRECTOR OF
THE ECU FOUNDATÌON REMÌNÌSCE ABOUT THEÌR DAYS AS ECU STUDENTS.
Dr. C.J. Vires (’87),
assoCiate ViCe presiDent for
researCh anD aDVanCement
Vires received a
bachelor of music education
degree in 1987 and a
master of education degree
in 1994, both from ECU.
He completed coursework
at Oklahoma State
University to obtain a school
superintendent certifcate
in 1997 and completed his doctorate in adult and
higher education this past fall from the University of
Oklahoma.
He met his wife, Linda, at ECU. She is director
of health information management at Valley View
Regional Hospital. They have two college-age
children and two adopted daughters ages 3 and 4.
The family lived in Konawa 13 years when Vires
directed bands at Konawa and Shawnee. He also
was an assistant to the superintendent at Konawa.
They have lived in Ada 10 years and are
members of Southwest Church of Christ where he
serves as a deacon and teacher.
phyllis Danley Kunze (’73),
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founDation, inC.
Kunze received a
bachelor’s degree from ECU
in business education in
1973.
Kunze was the
founder of the Innovative
Credit Union Network, an
organization devoted to
small credit unions with less
than $35 million in assets.
She received the 2007 Oklahoma Credit Union
Professional of the Year Distinguished Service
Award and is a member of the Credit Union National
Association’s Small Credit Union Committee for
2009-10 and the Oklahoma State Credit Union’s
Rules Review Committee.
She is a board member of the Ada Arts and
Heritage Authority, Ada Senior Care Center, the
ECU Women’s Club and a member of the steering
committee for the Arts District of Ada.
Kunze and her husband, Jim, have three sons
and a daughter and fve grandchildren. They attend
Central Church of Christ.
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continuing education.
Kunze also is the daughter of the late Wanita
Danley-Plunk who taught in the English and Languages
Department at ECU for more than a decade. She retired
in 1994 and passed away in 2007.
Kunze, both her parents, her brother, Forrest Danley,
and sister, the late Mari Lea Danley Davis, all graduated
from ECU. In fact, Hargrave and Davis were ECU
students at the same time and were involved in theatre
productions together.
Hargrave later hired Forrest Danley as a legal intern
in his law frm. Danley now is an attorney in Edmond.
The original Linscheid Library where Hargrave once
studied is now Danley Hall, named in Kunze’s father’s
honor, and is where Hargrave works in the President’s
Offce.
“I think our families’ connections and love for
East Central University over the last 70 years give both
of us an added incentive to work together to increase
the number of endowments and gifts to the foundation,”
Kunze said.
“We understand,” Hargrave added, “that a foundation
scholarship often can be the difference whether a
student is able to fnish a college degree.”
As ECU embarks on its second century, the bonds
between Hargrave, Vires and Kunze serve to further
advance the university and to better meet students’
needs.
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Friday, April 23, 2010
6:00 p.m.
Stanley P. Wagner Ballroom
Honoring:
Randy Grinnell
Distinguished Alumnus
August Petersen
Distinguished Alumnus
Dr. Davis Joyce
Distinguished Former Faculty
The Compton-Clements
Family
Distinguished Family
Tickets: $30 per person; $50 per couple
RSVP by April 16
Contact: Catie Caton
Office of University Advancement
580-559-5611 ~ [email protected]
SAVE THE DATE
East Central University’s
Evening of Honors
and Recognition
Banquet
President Hargrave invites
Alumni and Friends
to become members of the
University’s Leadership Team

The President’s Circle
Membership Benefits
Exclusive Events Hosted by the President
Special ECU Programs and Activities
Member, ECU Foundation, Inc.
Member, ECU Alumni Association
Courtesy Passes to select University Events
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Additional Information on Estate Planning
Membership Requirement: A $1,000 Annual
Contribution to ECU Foundation, Inc.
Payable annually, quarterly or monthly
For additional information, contact:
Catie Caton, Offce of University Advancement
580-559-5611 ~ [email protected]
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TOP: Alumni Associaton board member Barbara Miller
(lef), who graduated from ECU last May, shares a laugh
with a fall graduate as Bufy Lovelis, director of alumni
relatons, pins a graduate.
TOP RIGHT: ECU President John Hargrave (right)
presents a bronze tger to former Gov. George Nigh,
a 1950 graduate of ECU. Nigh was the Centennial
Commencement speaker in December. He was ECU’s
Distnguished Alumnus in 1977, the year Hargrave
graduated from ECU.
RIGHT: Former Gov. George Nigh, who was elected to
the Oklahoma House of Representatves when he was a
senior at East Central University, makes a point during
his commencement address in December. He described
incidents in his life to show the new graduates how
events can take them down unexpected paths. The
popular former governor was invited to speak at the
Centennial commencement because of his long record
of success as well as his tes to the university.
ECU GRADS AUGUST
PETERSEN AND RANDY
GRINNELL TO GIVE MAY
COMMENCEMENT ADDRESSES
August Petersen and Randy Grinnell were
named East Central University’s 2010
Distinguished Alums. They will deliver the
commencement addresses Saturday
[MAY 8] for ECU’s May 2010 graduates.
August Petersen (’75)
August Petersen has been a senior partner, offcer,
board member, investor and consultant to numerous
Texas business ventures for over 30 years. In addition,
he is a faculty member at the University of Texas where
he has taught more than 160 undergraduate and MBA
courses in accounting, corporate fnance, real estate and
strategic management to more than 10,000 students.
He has also served on the faculty of UT’s Institute
of Commercial Capitalism and the UT School of
Engineering where he has developed and taught courses
on entrepreneurship, technology commercialization and
fnancial management.
Raised and educated in New Jersey, Petersen
attended East Central University on an athletic
scholarship. After taking an active role in several student organizations,
he was elected ECU’s Student Senate president for two consecutive
years. Majoring in accounting and business administration, he graduated
with honors after being selected the university’s Outstanding Student and
the School of Business’ Most Distinguished Graduate. He later served as
a trustee of the East Central University Foundation.
Petersen moved to Austin to attend the University of Texas and
earned his master of professional accountancy degree with highest
honors. He joined the Austin offce of the international accounting frm
Touche Ross where, in addition to his client responsibilities, he was a
coordinator of professional staff recruitment and participated in the frm’s
successful business development efforts.
He left public accounting to become a founding partner of The Watson
Group, a Texas partnership that became the largest diversifed real
estate frm in Austin. Petersen had senior management responsibilities
for more than 50 real estate business entities, development projects and
investment properties, the scope of which exceeded several hundred
million dollars.
These projects included one of the nation’s largest historical
rehabilitations and central Texas’ largest new constructions of commercial,
retail and industrial offce space, as well as several thousand acres of
land developments.
The Watson Group partners also served as the primary advisers
for two of Austin’s most successful economic development efforts: the
MCC computer research consortium and the Austin division of 3M
Corporation. Petersen later became the managing partner of Petersen-
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Watson Interests to focus on long-term land investment and development
opportunities.
He is currently serving as a managing partner for several businesses
engaged in the acquisition and management of distressed real estate on
a national level.
A licensed CPA and real estate broker, Petersen has lectured at
state, national and international professional conferences and seminars.
For the past seven years he has served as the national chairman and lead
speaker for a series of accounting and fnancial reporting conferences
held in major cities across the country.
He was a founding offcer and a contributing editor for the Austin
Business Journal. He has served as an offcer and board member for the
Better Business Bureau, the Urban League, United Way, the American
Cancer Society, the Volunteer Center and Leadership Austin.
As the founder and director of a youth sports organization,
Westlake Stars, Petersen ran youth sports training camps, competition
and performance teams that benefted some 4,000 children over a 15-
year period. His professional and civic involvement led to his selection
as a National Finalist in the White House Fellowship program. He has
been named one of the Outstanding Young Men of America, selected to
Who’s Who in American Finance and Emerging Leaders of America. He
is married, the father of two boys, and is a founding member of St. John
Neumann Catholic Church.
rAndy grinnell (’76)
Randy Grinnell, a member of the Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri,
is the deputy director for the Indian Health Service (IHS), an agency in
the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Grinnell
previously had served as the IHS deputy director of management
operations.
As the deputy director, Grinnell shares responsibility with the
director for the total management of a $4 billion national health care
delivery program providing preventive, curative and community care for
approximately 1.9 million American Indians and Alaska Natives. This
includes the setting of overall agency priorities, policies and strategic
direction.
Grinnell provides signifcant input in managing the formulation,
presentation, justifcation and execution of the agency budget. His
participation infuences program and resource allocation decisions that
impact the total agency budget.
Grinnell is responsible for the development of testimony presented
to congressional appropriation and legislative committees. Along with the
director, he is a principal witness before such committees.
Health services are provided through a network of 680 federal,
tribal and urban health care facilities across 35 states. Under a
government-to-government relationship, approximately 50 percent of
the health care programs are administered by tribes under P.L. 93-638
Self-Determination contracts and compacts throughout the country. The
federally administered programs include a staff of 15,000 employees
with approximately 2,400 nurses, 800 physicians, 400 engineers, 500
pharmacists, 300 dentists and 300 sanitarians.
Grinnell began his IHS career in 1976 as a commissioned offcer
in the U.S. Public Health Service (PHS), Sanitarian category, which was
later changed to Environmental Health Offcer. From 1976 through 1988,
he served in a variety of Environmental Health Offcer feld positions in
the Alaska, Albuquerque and Oklahoma City areas.
From 1988 through 2006, Grinnell served in a number of
management positions in the Oklahoma City area. He was the assistant
director for environmental health and engineering from 1988 through
1992, and again from 1998 through 2006. From 1992 to 1996, he was the
deputy area director, and from 1996 to 1998 was the acting area director.
As the acting area director, he provided overall management of
clinical and administrative functions for a comprehensive health care
system serving over 300,000 American Indians and Alaska Natives in 44
tribes in Oklahoma, Kansas and southern Texas.
Grinnell served on numerous special projects and national IHS
workgroups both as a member and as a chairman. He was detailed
for one year to chair and coordinate the Oklahoma City Area Redesign
Task Force project. He also was co-chair of the IHS User Population
Workgroup, and as a member of the IHS Internal Evaluation Team, IHS
Shared Services Workgroup, and the IHS Strategic Planning Workgroup.
In 2001, he was selected and served a four-year appointment as the
chief professional offcer for the Environmental Health Offcer category
of the Public Health Service. He provided leadership and was the senior
adviser to the Surgeon General and the Department of Health and
Human Services on environmental health professional affairs.
In the fall of 2005, Grinnell was deployed as part of the HHS
secretary’s Emergency Response Team (SERT) to Louisiana as the
executive offcer and the deputy commander for the SERT. He, along
with other offcers, federal civilians and volunteers, carried out the
Emergency Support Function #8 for health and medical services in
Louisiana following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
Grinnell was actively involved with the Department of Environmental
Health Science at ECU for many years. He worked with former and
current faculty on various activities such as career fairs, as well the
accreditation process with the National Environmental Health Science
and Protection Accreditation Council.
He and others worked with faculty to successfully recruit a number
of ECU graduates to serve in various agencies of the U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services, both as civil servants and commissioned
offcers in the U.S. Public Health Service.
At one time, ECU had more active duty offcers in the Environmental
Health Offcer category of the USPHS than any of the 30 other accredited
undergraduate environmental health programs in the country, a testament
to the quality of both the Department of Environmental Health Science
and faculty as well as the individuals coming through the program. He
was also appointed the frst federal member of the Oklahoma Sanitarian
Advisory Council and served one term as chairman.
In May 2006, Grinnell retired from the Commissioned Corps of the
Public Health Service after completing 30 years of active duty service.
His awards and recognitions include the HHS Secretary’s Award for
Distinguished Service, PHS Distinguished Service Medal, Meritorious
Service Medal, two Outstanding Service Medals, Commendation
Medal, Achievement Medal, Citation, Outstanding Unit Citation, two Unit
Commendations, Special Assignment Service Award, Crisis Response
Service Awards, and the Surgeon General’s Exemplary Service Medal.
He has served as a member of the Senior Executive Service since
August 2007.
Grinnell earned a bachelor of science degree in environmental
health science from ECU in 1976 and a master of public health degree in
environmental health from the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences
Center in 1981. He and his wife, Kim, have four grown children, Chad,
Jacob, Cole and Jennifer.
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Homecoming 2009 pHoto review
Bill Bridgwater (third from left), a
successful businessman diagnosed
with early onset Alzheimer’s disease
at age 48, holds a bronze tiger as East
Central University’s 2009 Distinguished
Alumnus. The presentation was made
Oct. 30 during Homecoming Week by
Zeak Naifeh (left), president of ECU’s
Alumni Association. Bridgwater (’78)
was accompanied by his wife, Twyla
(’78), and renewed a friendship with
ECU President John Hargrave (’77,
right). A nationally recognized speaker
and patient advocate on Alzheimer’s-
related issues, Bridgwater recounted
his experiences and discussed the
10 warning signs of the disease in a
program open to the public. Without his
medications, he said, he could not speak
without stuttering or walk without
holding onto something to guide him.
Now retired, he serves on the National
Alzheimer Association’s Board of
Directors, a frst for a patient, and he
and Twyla are consultants to the FDA
and voting members on Alzheimer’s
trials dealing with promising imaging
and pharmaceutical developments,
another frst for an Alzheimer’s patient
and caregiver.
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Homecoming 2009 pHoto review
October 9, 2010
Join us This year!
homecoming
Keep on Groovin’
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What a busy time it has been at East Central University as we closed out the year-long
Centennial Celebrations. The fall Centennial events kicked off with a week of activities
including academic departmental tours that showcased each school’s history, followed by
the dedication of the Hallie Brown Ford Fine Arts Center and the performance of ECU, A
Year in the Life: Celebrating 100. It was a great time for alums to reminisce about their
time as students at ECU.
The Centennial Homecoming in October was amazing! Participation in the 5K Tiger
Run set a new record with 122 people competing in the three-mile race. Other activities,
such as the Golden Tiger Brunch, golf tournament and parade, made it a wonderful time to
be back on ECU’s campus. The frst ever Trunk or Treat drew a huge crowd of not only ECU families and
alums, but the community as well. If you missed it this year, we hope you will be able to join us next year
for all the Homecoming events.
This spring and summer offer several opportunities to reconnect with former classmates, and meet
other ECU alums. In addition to our annual Oklahoma City, Tulsa and Dallas reunions,
this year will include reunions in Austin, Ardmore, McAlester and Wewoka.
As always, I personally invite you back to campus to enjoy the many sporting
events, performances in the Hallie Brown Ford Fine Arts Center and
the beautiful campus improvements. There is always something
wonderful to experience at ECU and we would love to see you on
campus!
It’s a great day to be a Tiger! Go Tigers!

Zeak T. Naifeh, Class of ‘04
President, ECU Alumni Association
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commissioned works. One of his pieces, “Spirit of the
Heartland,” was commissioned by the East Central
Oklahoma Band Directors Association and features the
ECU fght song.
Huckeby is a recipient of the American Society of
Composers, Authors
and Publishers “Special
Award” for recognition of
his musical compositions.
In 1996, he was inducted
into the Oklahoma
Bandmasters Hall of
Fame joining his mentor,
Don Gant, and 14 other
alumni or instructors from
ECU. Huckeby
plans to continue
his musical
pursuits even with
the demands of
the presidency.
“I have
commitments
at Auburn
University,
Western
Carolina
University and the
University of Massachusetts at
Lowell this semester,” he said.
Huckeby also recalls the complexity of his junior and
senior years at ECU.
“I basically was a full-time student, taught band at
Allen High School – they would let you do that back then
– and worked at Anthony’s,” he said. “I often had to wear
a tie to class because I went to work right after class. As
a result, I acquired the nickname ‘C.R.,’ an abbreviated
version of C.R. Anthony.”
Huckeby grew up in Allen, Okla., and it was there
that he met his future wife, Latricia Ann Wilson. They
have been married 39 years. They have two children and
four grandchildren and continue to maintain close ties
with the Ada community through their many friends and
family.
Dr. Ed Huckeby, a 1970 alumnus of ECU, became
the 11th president of Southwestern Christian University in
Bethany, Okla., in January 2010 following a diligent eight-
month search.
Dr. Dan Beller, chair of the Southwestern Christian
University Board of Regents, said Huckeby was selected
for the position “because of his stellar academic
credentials, history of proven academic community
leadership and Christian standards.”
Huckeby’s accomplishments in these areas are
signifcant. He has served as the director of the Enid
Higher Education Program, dean of the Graduate School
at Northwestern Oklahoma State University and chief
academic administrator of the NSU-Broken Arrow campus.
He is the president-elect of the National Association of
Branch Campus Administrators.
In the area of community leadership, he has served
as president of the Broken Arrow Arts and Humanities
Council, chairman of the Broken Arrow Chamber of
Commerce Board of Directors, vice chairman of the
Broken Arrow Economic Development Corporation and
executive director of Tulsa Ballet.
Huckeby credits ECU in preparing him for his
accomplished career. He frst attended ECU in August
1966 and graduated in 1970 with a bachelor of music
education degree. During this time, Huckeby notes the
signifcant infuence of Chuck Tracey, Bob Kaebnick and
Don Gant, all professors in the music department.
Huckeby talks most fondly of Gant, who was director
of the Tiger Band.
“With Mr. Gant you never knew what to expect in
rehearsal or at a performance. I remember one time when
we were at the Southeastern football game in Durant, a
fght between the two teams started after the game. In Mr.
Gant’s own creative way, he quickly had us play ‘The Star
Spangled Banner,’” Huckeby said. “I don’t remember if it
stopped the fght, but I do remember that it represented
Mr. Gant’s creative, unexpected approach to most things.”
Huckeby is leading an effort to create a scholarship
endowment in honor of Don Gant and welcomes others
who might be interested to contact him.
The infuence of professors Gant, Tracey and
Kaebnick prepared Huckeby for his career as an
accomplished musician and composer. Huckeby has
composed more than 170 musical pieces including 50
Huckeby New President of
Southwestern Christian University
Dr. Ed. Huckeby,
now and 1970.
alumni.ecok.edu
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East Central University’s tradition continues for having
high percentages of its pre-med graduates accepted into
medical schools. Four former students are in their frst year
at the Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic
Medicine, part of the Oklahoma State University Center for
Health Science in Tulsa, and one, Caleb Wingo, is in his
frst year at the University of Oklahoma School of Medicine.
Rachael Pattison of Holdenville, Charles (Chuck)
Jantzen of Ada, Lori Peters Ott of McAlester and Elizabeth
Hall of Ada are among the 92 frst-year OSU medical
students selected out of more than 1,800 applicants.
Compared to other state schools, ECU has the second
highest percentage of frst-year students this year at OSU-
COM.
The ECU alums are in four-year programs which
include two years of school and two years of rotations,
followed by an additional three years, depending on what
feld they decide to pursue. Each semester gets more
clinically oriented and the third and fourth years are all
clinical.
ECU alum Charity Holder of Coalgate is in her second
year at OSU-COM and T.S. Ahrend of Ada and Ray Ward
of Kiowa are third-year students. Matt Wiley of Ada is in his
fourth year.
“We do everything we can to prepare students for
admission to medical school,” said Dr. Nick Cheper, chair of
ECU’s Biology Department.
ECU faculty meet with the OSU medical faculty and
attend various campus events in Tulsa. Cheper said OSU
works with ECU’s faculty to help make better students in
order to make them better applicants.
“The OSU people recognize
that we have good students,”
Cheper said. “They see ECU on
a letter of recommendation from
an ECU faculty member and know
that indicates (the applicant is) a
good student.”
What do frst-year medical
students do?
“Study, study, study,” Pattison
said.
The frst year includes such
courses as gross and develop-
mental anatomy, which includes a
cadaver lab, diagnostic imaging,
histology, osteopathic manipula-
tion, biochemistry, neuroanatomy,
physiology, microbiology, immunol-
ogy, clinical epidemiology and
clinical skills.
“Building a working knowledge
of the body and how it develops
is the foundation of medicine,”
Jantzen said.
“Much of the frst year is like undergraduate training
but the level at which the material is presented is higher
and way faster,” he said. “Topics we covered in four or fve
lectures in undergrad we will cover in one hour of lecture
here and go into more detail.”
Jantzen was double majoring in biology and chemistry
but was admitted to OSU-COM before he graduated from
ECU.
“You can get into the school here with 90 hours of
undergraduate courses with the appropriate pre reqs,” he
explained. “Very few get in without a bachelor’s but I was
lucky enough to get in early. If I hadn’t been accepted to this
year’s class, I would have fnished that and tried again.”
As an ECU student, Jantzen said he could pick up on
most information during lectures and spent a limited amount
of time studying for exams.
“But here, it is near impossible to pick up on everything
in the fast-paced lectures and I have to spend lots of time
outside of lecture and lab studying,” he said. “It is just a
completely different pace and I have had to adapt my study
skills and habits. At ECU, most days I was out of class by
noon unless there was an afternoon lab. Here, most days
start at 8 a.m. and end at 3 or 5 p.m., and then you have to
put in the time outside of class.
“Weekends at ECU were for resting and having fun.
Here, they are for catching up.”
It’s not all work, however. Pattison said the frst-year
class also plans dances, cookouts, community service
projects and recreational activities.
The ECU graduates said ECU prepared them well for
medical school.
“I wasn’t any less prepared for
classes than students who attended
the larger universities,” said
Elizabeth Hall. “I purposely took
extra electives that I believe will be,
or have been, benefcial. Perhaps
if I hadn’t taken embryology,
histology, medical mycology and
experimental molecular biology I
wouldn’t be as well prepared.”
Pattison said Dr. Larry Choate
infuenced her decision to stay with
her dream of becoming a physician.
“I was a confused sophomore and
he took the time to advise me on
my upcoming life decisions,” she
said. “Dr. (Ken) Andrews made
me a more competitive applicant
through working in his research lab
and offering advice numerous times
for the application process.”
She said Dr. Charles Crittell, Dr.
Terry Cluck, Dr. Charles Biles and
Dr. Mark Micozzi also were always
ECU Graduates Enjoying
Challenges of Medical School
Pictured counterclockwise from left: Charity Holder
(’08), Rachel Pattison (’08), Lori Ott (’07), Elizabeth
Hall (’08) and Chuck Jantzen who met pre-requisite
requirements and was admitted to OSU-COM without
actually graduating from ECU.
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Book Signing Dates
• Saturday, March 20: Author signing at
Hastings in Ada
• Tuesday, March 23: Reading and signing
at ECU's Estep Multimedia Center
• Wednesday, March 24: Q&A, Genre
Writing (Dr. Mark Walling)
• Thursday, March 25: Q&A, Promotional
Policies (Dr. Tom Lanis)
• Saturday, March 27: Reading and signing
at Full Circle Bookstore in OKC
Author
Christian Carvajal (’93)
When I was a junior at ECU, Dr. Gerald Williamson
called me into his offce to offer free advice:
“Focus on one thing,” he said, “and apply
yourself to becoming the best at it you
can possibly be.”
I failed to follow that advice.
Dr. Williamson is a wise man. I’m a fool to argue
with his advice…yet I do. Failure can clear the way
to success. Life doesn’t come with a major. Follow
your intellectual and career curiosities; they know
you and your needs better than you do. Follow
your heart, and it’ll fnd you the love and life you
belong in. Your story isn’t a straightforward novel.
It’s a hypertext, a beautiful tangle of dreams and
possibilities.

Check out Lightfall at www.ChristianCarvajal.com.
Carvajal will read from and sign copies of Lightfall
in ECU’s ESTEP Center, Tuesday, March 23.
helpful.
“ECU’s faculty helped me tremendously in my journey
to medical school,” she said. “After my frst few weeks, I was
compelled to send Dr. Andrews an email thanking him for
his teaching style in histology. Many other students had not
had the opportunity to take the class at their undergraduate
university, or they did not feel the course was taught well. It
is a diffcult subject that many students struggled with. I feel
I had an advantage in histology because of Dr. Andrews and
ECU’s biology department.”
Jantzen said he would like to thank the professors of
the Biology and Chemistry Departments.
“They were the rock of the foundation that got us all
here,” he said. “Without their classes and recommendations
we wouldn’t be here. ECU has an impact here at the
university and we will have an impact on the health and
lives of the residents of Oklahoma.”
Jantzen said taking many of ECU’s upper level science
electives has helped him at OSU.
“I took histology, immunology, parasitology, cell and
molecular biology, and some other classes that we take
in the frst year of medical school. Having these classes
at ECU with great professors has been a great help in
surviving this frst year so far.
“You can get as much as you want out of the classes at
ECU,” he added. “If you want to be prepared, then put in the
time and pay attention. There were several times at ECU
when I would think, ‘Why is Dr. Biles telling me this?’ Well,
the second week of classes here, I found myself more than
once going, ‘Oh! That is why Dr. Biles told me that.’”
Jantzen called ECU’s professor-to-student ratio in
upper level classes “awesome” and said most of the ECU
students now at OSU-COM had done research with ECU
faculty members.
“Great working relationships lead to greater learning,”
he said. “The (ECU) professors are great. At times I
thought a couple of them might be a little tough, but looking
back, it was for our beneft. Here there is no easy. We are
challenged every day.”
Pattison said she has grown to love the challenge that
comes with the daily life of a medical student. She chose
the OSU Center for Health Science because she liked what
she calls its friendly and caring atmosphere, a sentiment
echoed by Jantzen.
“The faculty, staff and students want everyone
to succeed,” she said. “Also, I had been shadowing
osteopathic physicians and was drawn to the osteopathic
philosophy of the body as one unit. I saw my physician
making a difference in his community, and knew I wanted to
follow in his footsteps.”
Hall said she had always wanted to be a D.O. and
preferred to stay in Oklahoma. She plans to practice
pediatrics.
“OSU-COM was a natural ft and had an added bonus:
it’s a great school,” she said.
The ECU alums probably will work in rural communities,
although Jantzen said he is open to other possibilities.
“These (rural) areas are severely lacking in medical
care,” Pattison said. “I hope to fll that void and become a
leader in my community.”
Challenges of Medical School
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NOTE: Following are excerpts from a question and answer session
that appeared in Ada Magazine with ECU alum Jim Miller. By day,
Miller is a teacher and coach at Harrah High School. By night, Miller
is the voice of the Oklahoma City Thunder NBA basketball franchise.
By JEFF CALI
Ada Magazine
Ada Magazine: First of all Jim, how about recalling some of your most
memorable moments as a college student at East Central University.
Miller: I played basketball for Wayne Cobb from 1986 to 1988, then
redshirted in 1989, which, ironically, was the year the team played
for the National Championship in Kansas City. My timing was not so
good. I tried to come back and play in 1990, but things didn’t work out
for me, and I instead started to scratch the coaching itch by helping
manage/student assist coach Cobb with that team. It was also during
those last two years that I began to do some ECU basketball color
analysis, and subbed for John Smith on the PA a couple of times as
well, so those were some of my frst experiences with those things at
the college level.
A few years later, I began doing ECU football full time for three years
as either play-by-play or color, and did a couple more PA gigs. My
time with the Mid-America Tournament began then, helping Bobby
Johns and Mick Cowan with PA. And, as we all know, that became a
year-to-year thing! I started working at local radio stations during this
time, and the passion of broadcasting was still burning hot. I did my
frst play-by-play for Wynnewood High School football in ‘89, when
the great James Allen was a freshman. What a way to begin, huh?
Ada Magazine: You have made several coaching stops across the
state. Tell us about those.
Miller: After dabbling in radio for a few years, and working at the Ada
Evening News for two years (1995-97), I decided I wanted to coach
high school basketball and work with young people. So, I fnally
fnished school, and got my certifcation in ‘97, and began at Dickson.
I assisted high school girls basketball and softball, and coached
the junior high girls teams. I moved on to McLish for my frst head
coaching position, and somehow squirreled out Pontotoc Conference
Coach of the Year in 2000, as we upset two teams and fnished a
close second to Latta in the conference tourney. I coached every
team in the school except high school girls basketball, and I also did
the yearbook. Needless to say, I was worn out. I then went out to
Hydro to coach softball and boys basketball, l was very successful
in both seasons, just getting a game or two away from the state
tourney, and I had my frst All-Stater. Our girls basketball team would
win the frst of two straight state titles in Class A and a Mid-America
Tournament championship as well while I was there, and I learned
a lot from the great high school coach Rick Wilson. Then, I got the
call from Vanoss to coach boys, and couldn’t resist going home. Was
making strides with the program after two years, but budget cuts cost
me my job, and I tried to go back to radio for a couple of years, before
a part-time stint coaching girls at Wayne – we were Big 8 Conference
champs in 2005 – made me realize how much I missed teaching/
coaching, and I eventually wound up at Harrah.
Ada Magazine: All your fans know that you spent the last year as the
frst-ever announcer for the Oklahoma City Thunder NBA squad. That
has to be a thrill. What were some of the highlights of that job during
your frst year?
Miller: Obviously, the main highlight of the Thunder arena announcer
gig is being midcourt, front row, for a professional sport. I personally
consider NBA players among the fnest athletes in the world, and
having been a fan since I was about 10 years old, it’s a surreal feeling
to be right there in the action, so to speak. So, just getting to be right
there would be plenty for me. However, there’s more. Being called
upon to occasionally pump the crowd during big moments; emceeing
local events associated with the team; and meeting and being near
so many former players that were heroes of mine who are now
coaches, broadcasters, or team execs, is really a thrill.
Ada Magazine: Who are some of the NBA players you have had the
opportunity to get to know, and tell us a little about those meetings.
Miller: Shaquille O’Neal gets the coolest player award. He knelt
down in front of the table to check in, and there was about a minute
of uninterrupted play where there was only one basket made. After
I made that PA call, he looked at me and said, “Is that you, bro?”
meaning the voice over the system. I nodded. Then he said, “You
got a great voice, bro ...” And then I said, (imitating his voice),
“You’ve got a great post-up game, bro!” And he just grinned really
big and gave me a fst bump. Man, he’s got a big fst! Also, Ray
Allen was extremely friendly, in part because he used to play for the
organization when they were in Seattle, but mainly because he is a
legitimate class act. He talked to everyone he possibly could that he
remembered, and he approached them, not vice versa. He’s also
one of those stars who comes out early to shoot, and shoot a lot.
And of course, our Thunder players are GREAT guys, to a man, and
I interact with them a decent amount, but not too much, because I
should be the least of their concerns – they’ve got a job to do!
Ada Magazine: You have spent several years traveling around the
state singing. Tell us about that and how often you get to do it.
Miller: I’ve been singing with the southern gospel group Southern
Sonlight for over 15 years. Randall Christy, who is president of the
Gospel Station Network based in Ada and is pastor at Union Valley
Baptist Church, is the lead singer, and asked me to join them in
1994. We travel mainly Oklahoma, Texas, and some of Kansas. I
sing bass for the group, and it has been the most wonderful time and
wonderful ministry a person could ever be a part of. All the members
of the group had young children over these years, so we never really
thought it feasible to make the leap and tour nationally, although we
certainly could’ve at any time. Hopefully we’ve touched many lives
with our music and the radio stations. We fnally started writing songs
a few years ago, and our most recent CD was recorded at a major
studio in Nashville right after Christmas of ‘06. I co-wrote the title cut,
“God’s Promise,” which is kind of a “western swing” gospel song,
if you will. Bob Wills would be proud. Of all the MANY things I do,
and I love all of them, if someone told me I’d have to give them all
up except one, singing with this group is the one thing I’d hold on to.
That may surprise some people, but I believe with great conviction
that, aside from being a father to my three kids, that singing and
writing gospel music, and learning about my faith and ministering, is
the most important thing I do. Fortunately, I’m able, through God’s
grace, to make it all work, so hopefully I’ll never be put into a position
to make such a tough choice.
ECU Alum the Voice of the OKC Thunder
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Photo by Richard R. Barron, Ada Magazine
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Oklahoma
Two East Central University alums, Darrell Hall and
Gary Rose, guided their respective high schools to state
football championships in Oklahoma in 2009.
Hall, a 1988 ECU graduate, led Oklahoma City Star
Spencer to a 12-2 record and a Class 3A
state championship this
past fall. It was
the Bobcats’
frst-ever state
championship.
For his
efforts, Hall was
named 2009 Daily
Oklahoman All-State
Coach of the Year.
Star Spencer
overcame a tough 1-2
start on the season
before rolling to seven
straight victories in
District 4A-2 play,
including a win over
defending state
champion
Glenpool in the
fnal week of the
regular season.
The Bobcats then
posted four straight
playoff victories, including
a state championship triumph over
Oklahoma City Douglass.
Hall played linebacker for ECU from 1984-87. He
was a 1987 First Team All-Oklahoma Intercollegiate
Conference selection and First Team All-District 9 pick as
a senior in 1987 after earning honorable mention All-OIC
honors as a junior in 1986.
Rose, a 1974 ECU graduate, guided Carl Albert High
School to its 10
th
state championship and eighth under
his direction this past season as the team went 12-2,
including four straight playoff victories, capped by a state
championship decision over Bixby.
During his long tenure at Carl Albert, Rose led the
Titans to fve straight state titles from 1997-2001. He later
guided CAHS to state crowns in 2004 and 2006, in addition
to the 2009 championship.
Rose is also a member of ECU’s Athletic Hall of Fame.
Texas
Hall and Rose weren’t the only ECU alums to help
their teams earn recent state high school football titles.
In Texas, two ECU alums were part of Class 5A-1 state
championship coaching staffs the past three years.
John Thompson, a 1996 ECU grad, was part of the
Euless Trinity coaching staff which claimed state titles in
2007 and this past season in 2009.
J.D. Walker, a 1989 ECU graduate, was part of the
Allen High School staff which earned a state crown in
2008.
Walker played football at ECU from 1985-88.
Class 5A-1 is the largest football playing class in the
state of Texas.
Junior College
Former ECU football player Cody Finney was on the
coaching staff at Blinn Junior College (Texas), the 2009
NJCAA National Champions.
Blinn beat Fort Scott (Kan.) 31-26 off a punt return for
a late touchdown in the national championship game.
Finney played for ECU as a punter and kicker from
1999-2002. He graduated in 2004.
East Central University’s
4th Annual
All-Sports Golf Classic
Monday, June 14, 2010
Oak Hills Golf and Country Club in Ada
Featuring: Dr. Gil Morgan
ECU alumnus and PGA
Champions Tour Professional
Join us for a round of golf – choose the
morning or afternoon fight. Lunch will be
provided and prizes will be given to the top
three teams.
For information, contact:
Dr. Gerald Williamson
580-559-5590
Brian DeAngelis
580-559-5604
All proceeds go to support
the ECU Athletic Department
and all its programs.

We would truly appreciate your
participation in this year’s event!
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East Central University inducted three new
members into its Athletic Hall of Fame at halftime
of the ECU-Southeastern Oklahoma State men’s
basketball game on Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010.
Joining the prestigious hall of Tigers are basketball
star Gina Farmer, cross country runner Daniel Stone
and softball standout Leslie Phillips.
GINA FARMER (’97) - Women’s Basketball
Farmer, out of Christchurch, New Zealand, is the
most decorated Lady Tiger basketball player in school
history and still holds 13 school records. She is the
school’s second all-time leading scorer with 1,631
points, despite playing only two seasons (1995-96
and 1996-97) for coach Kent Franz.
Following her 1996-97 senior campaign, Farmer
was named NAIA Division I Player of the Year after
averaging 27.9 points and 11 rebounds. That same
year, she was named Oklahoma Intercollegiate
Conference Player of the Year as well as earning an
All-OIC First Team award.
DANIEL STONE (’04) - Men’s Cross Country
Stone, from Prague, Okla., earned two All-
American awards while running for the ECU cross
country team from 2000-2003 for coach Susan
Payne.
He was an NAIA All-American in 2002 as a junior
and an NCAA Division II All-American as a senior in
2003. He was also a two-time Academic All-American
selection.
His accomplishments include running in four
national meets (three in NAIA and the other at
NCAA Division II). He fnished 103rd at nationals
as a freshman; in a 55th-place tie at nationals as a
sophomore; in 16th at NAIA national meet as a junior;
and was 39th overall the 28th American to cross the
fnish line, thus earning All-American honors at the
NCAA Division II national meet as a senior.
As a senior, Stone took frst place at meets
at Southern Nazarene and ECU and was second
place at the 8-kilometer Lone Star Conference
Championships.
LESLIE PHILLIPS (’01) - (Women’s Softball)
Phillips, a shortstop from Seminole, Okla., was
named Lone Star Conference North Player of the
Year as a junior in 2000 after batting .441 as the
league’s top hitter.
That was the second-best batting average for a
season in ECU softball history.
Besides making the all-conference frst team as a
junior, she was selected as a Third Team All-American
for coach Ron Miller.
As a senior, she batted .344 with two homers,
11 doubles, one triple, 17 runs batted in and 17 runs
scored while having a .954 felding percentage.
Phillips was the Lady Tigers’ top hitter as a
freshman in 1998 as she hit .369.
Athletic Director Brian DeAngelis (far left) and President John Hargrave (far right) present plaques to the 2010 ECU
Hall of Fame inductees, Leslie Phillips, Gina Farmer and Daniel Stone.
ECU ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME
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MARCH
MARCH 8
ECU Wind Ensemble/
Symphonic Band Concert
7:30 p.m.
Ataloa Theatre
Hallie Brown Ford Fine Arts Center
MARCH 9 - 10
District Vocal Music Festival
Ataloa Theatre
Hallie Brown Ford Fine Arts Center
MARCH 11
Gospel Concert
7:30 p.m.
Ataloa Theatre
Hallie Brown Ford Fine Arts Center
MARCH 22 - APRIL 9
Annual Faculty Exhibit
Pogue Art Gallery
Hallie Brown Ford Fine Arts Center
MARCH 25
Instrumental Ensembles Concert
7:30 p.m.
Ataloa Theatre
Hallie Brown Ford Fine Arts Center
MARCH 30
Wind Ensembles Concert
7:30 p.m.
Ataloa Theatre
Hallie Brown Ford Fine Arts Center
APRIL
APRIL 1 - 3
Scissortail Creative Writing Festival
Scissortail Arts Series
Estep Multimedia Center, University Center
Ataloa Theatre, Hallie Brown Ford Fine Arts Center
APRIL 5
Sherwin Markman “LBJ and Congress”
7 p.m.
Ataloa Theatre
Hallie Brown Ford Fine Arts Center
Fine Arts
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APRIL 6
Anna Steenerson in Concert
7:30 p.m.
Ataloa Theatre
Hallie Brown Ford Fine Arts Center
APRIL 8-11
Baby with the Bathwater
by Christopher Durang
Directed by Theo Peshehonoff
Chalmers Herman Theatre
Hallie Brown Ford Fine Arts Center
APRIL 10
So Percussion
Scissortail Arts Series
Ataloa Theatre
Hallie Brown Ford Fine Arts Center
APRIL 15-17
The Vagina Monologues
Chalmers Herman Theatre
Hallie Brown Ford Fine Arts Center
APRIL 12-30
Annual Student Show
Pogue Art Gallery
Hallie Brown Ford Fine Arts Center
APRIL 23-24
Spring Dance Concert
Ataloa Theatre
Hallie Brown Ford Fine Arts Center
APRIL 29
ECU Wind Ensemble/Symphonic Band Concert
7:30 p.m.
Ataloa Theatre
Hallie Brown Ford Fine Arts Center
APRIL 30
SHOWTIME
Dazzling Duets & More
Directed by Patrick Sweet
Chalmers Herman Theatre
Hallie Brown Ford Fine Arts Center
MAY
MAY 1 - 14
Senior Exhibits
Pogue Art Gallery
Hallie Brown Ford Fine Arts Center
Fine Arts
Schedule of Events
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Jamie Drawbaugh
Miss Ada 2010
From left: President John Hargrave; Max (’78) and Anna (’75)
Chronister; Lindsey “Dare” Chronister and Gov. Brad Henry.
ECU senior Jamie Drawbaugh was named Miss Ada 2010. Jamie is a biology major.
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Samantha Moreno
Miss Wheelchair Oklahoma
2009-2010
ECU STUDENT NAMED BRAD HENRY INTERNATIONAL SCHOLAR
Seven students from Oklahoma’s regional universities have been named Brad Henry International Scholars and are
spending the spring 2010 semester participating in an international study and internship program at Swansea University in
Wales.
Lindsey “Dare” Chronister represents East Central University in the international study program which was established by
the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education in June 2008.
The State Regents provide a $10,000 stipend for students selected to participate in semester-long study or research
programs affliated with Swansea University. Academic credit for these programs will be awarded by Oklahoma regional
universities.
“These students possess the academic talent, dedication to service and leadership that makes them highly qualifed for
this program,” Chancellor Glen D. Johnson said. “They will represent the state and their universities well while they are
overseas and we will look forward to these students returning home and sharing what they have learned.”
Chronister is working toward a bachelor’s degree in kinesiology with a minor in education from ECU. After graduation, she
plans to pursue a master’s degree in higher education leadership. During the past two years, Chronister has been actively
involved on campus and in the Ada community. She participated in various campus organizations, including CREW,
Tiger Ambassadors, Honor Court, Student Senate, Freshman Success Leader, Tiger Leadership, Zeta Tau Alpha and the
Kinesiology Club. Chronister has been on the President’s and Dean’s honor Rolls, received the Tiger Pride Leadership
award and been initiated into Alpha Chi, a national honor society.
ECU senior Jamie Drawbaugh was named Miss Ada 2010. Jamie is a biology major.
ECU graduate student Samantha Moreno was crowned Ms.
Wheelchair Oklahoma 2009-2010. Moreno recently earned a
degree in human services counseling at ECU.
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Photo participants listed from
left to right
Front row: Raymond Hopkins (freshman);
Ryan Ennis (freshman); Isaac Ramirez
(junior); President John Hargrave (’77);
Dr. Gerald Williamson; Travis Haynes
(junior); Kelvin Williams (’88); Max
Chronister (’78); Ken Stoner (’92)
Middle row: Jake Lempges (senior); Kris
Vereen (freshman); Aaron Moiser (junior);
Floyd Wafer (junior); Aaron Gregory (’95);
Daniel Wall (’92); Tommy Jon TJ Riley
(’92); Robert Zink (’91)
Back row: Jon-Mark Norman (freshman);
Michael Barefoot (’96); Dr. Cullen Harrod
(’96); Josh Gregston (’09); Estevan Bray
(freshman); Taylor Howard (sophomore);
Beau Carter (senior); Damon Lee (senior);
Dereck Hickman (junior); Tom Riley
Long-time ECU Administrator Becomes Special
Initiate of the Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity
Alumnae from the Chi Omega Sorority recently made a
unique contribution to the new Hallie Brown Ford Fine Arts
Center for the Holidays. The group donated their time, money
and holiday spirit to make the HBFFAC sparkle.
Back Row (left to right)
Lafton Walbrick (’79 & ’86); Stacey Golightly (’75 & ’82);
Becky McKenzie (’77 & ’85); Paula Parsons Kedy (’76);
Rita Harp Cloar (’69 & ’73); Loretta Ballard Feiler (’80 & ’82); Kelly
Green Maloy (’84 & ’86)
Front Row (left to right)
Ashlee Thompson (’07); Sarah Dugger (senior); Janet Wilburn (’70)
Chi Omega Alumnae Make Donation
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The fourth annual Epsilon Omega PIKE Reunion will be held
August 7, 2010, at the Ardmore Convention Center
Dr. Gerald Williamson, a longtime friend
and advocate of East Central University's
Pi Kappa Alpha Chapter, Epsilon Omega,
became a special initiate of the chapter
on Nov. 1.
“It was with great excitement that
on Sept. 2 a joint invitation from the
active chapter and the Epsilon Omega
Alumni Association was made to (and
accepted by) Dr. Williamson to become
a special initiate and join the brotherhood
of Pi Kappa Alpha,” said Robert Zink ('89),
secretary/treasurer of the Epsilon Omega
Alumni Association.
"Epsilon Omega is honored,” he added “that Dr.
Williamson has accepted our invitation to become a PIKE
and to be able to call him our brother."
Williamson was ECU's vice president for student
services from 1985 until July 2006 when he asked to move
into fundraising for the university, a position he currently
holds after a brief retirement in 2007.
“Over the past 31 years, I have had the pleasure
of working with the men of Pi Kappa Alpha at East
Central University both as a fraternity and
as individuals, both on campus and after
they have completed their education,”
Williamson said. “Being invited to join Pi
Kappa Alpha is an honor.”
Williamson is well known for
three things, Zink said: developing and
maintaining friendships with students
long after they graduate; his penchant
for pointing out how successful ECU
graduates continue to be; and rarely
missing any university-related athletic
event, lecture or performance in 31 years.
Williamson earned bachelor and master
of business administration degrees from Eastern
New Mexico University. He earned his doctorate from the
University of Oklahoma. Most recently, he participated in
Harvard University's Institute of Education Management.
While he had previously taught and coached at Ohio
Northern University in Ada, Ohio, he came to ECU in
1978 as an assistant professor of marketing, and also
volunteered for seven years as an assistant men’s
basketball coach for Wayne Cobb.
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MARRIAGE PROPOSAL DURING CENTENNIAL
SHOW SURPRISES PERFORMER
Audience members got a surprise at East Central University’s
Centennial show in the new Ataloa Theatre Friday night, Sept. 25, but
they weren’t nearly as surprised as student Phoebe Price of Ardmore.
Price was performing in “ECU, A Year in the Life: Celebrating 100”
in a segment about the 1950s and the opening of the Boswell Chapel
where a number of ECU couples have been married. She and three
other members of Collage, ECU’s dance ensemble, were dressed as
bridesmaids who were attending to the bride and performing a dance
routine to “Chapel of Love.”
Price then caught the bridal bouquet and went to the chair at the
front of the stage where the bride had been sitting. That, as it turned
out, was a late change and a new ending.
When the bride and other bridesmaids quickly left the stage, a
young man walked toward a surprised Price, knelt on one knee, asked
her to marry him and gave her a ring. Price said yes.
As she accepted Jeff Barron’s proposal, some of the 800 people in
the audience were whispering, “Is that real or part of the show?”
“That’s because it worked so well” with the number they were
doing, said Dr. Delma Hall, assistant vice president for academic affairs
who wrote and directed the production.
“It was amazing,” Hall said. “What a wonderful Centennial moment
it was. She was still glowing Saturday night.”
Hall also told Jomain McKenzie he would need to repeat
“Unforgettable,” which he had sung as part of the 1950s era at ECU. He
sang again as the newly engaged couple danced briefy on the stage.
Price is a junior majoring in communication studies. She is the
daughter of Chuck and Laurie Price and the granddaughter of Jo Ann
and Lee Piatt, all of Ardmore.
Barron is the son of Scott and Cheryl Burks of Schulter. He worked
several years at Staples in Ada but was scheduled to begin a new job
as sales manager for Aaron’s Furniture. He also has a photography
business. He is taking online courses and will complete an associate’s
degree in business next May from the Oklahoma State University
Institute of Technology.
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Keisha Lavers (’98)
and Brett Frantom
exchanged wedding
vows Dec. 5, 2009, at
the Oklahoma City
Farmers Public
Market. Keisha is a
graduate of Plainview High School and
graduated from East Central University
with a degree in elementary education.
She also obtained a master’s degree in
instructional media from the University
of Central Oklahoma in Edmond. She is
a library media specialist with Oklahoma
City Public Schools. Brett is a graduate
of Mustang High School and of Embrey-
Riddle Aeronautical University. He is a
lead technician with the Federal Aviation
Administration in Oklahoma City.

Courtney Karner (’04) received his
Ph.D. from the University of Texas
Southwestern Medical Center in
November 2009. At ECU Karner was
part of the McNair Scholars Program.
He and his new bride now live in St.
Louis where he works at the Washington
University Medal Center as a post doc
in the Department of Endocrinology,
conducting metabolism and lipid
research.
Tara Wade (’04) and
Darryn Lewis
exchanged wedding
vows Sept. 25,
2009, at Arbuckle
Wedding Chapel in
Davis. Tara is a 2000
graduate of Ringling
High School. She
received a degree in biology from ECU.
She also earned a master’s degree in
health science from the University of
Oklahoma Health Sciences Center in
Oklahoma City. She is a physician’s
assistant at Solara Hospital in Shawnee.
Darryn is a 1999 graduate of Roff High
School and attended ECU. He is the
garden manager at The Home Depot in
Ada.
Ronni McCann and
Jeramy Burch (’05)
exchanged wedding
vows Oct. 3, 2009, in
the First Baptist
Church in Davis.
Ronni is a 2005
graduate of Davis High School and is a
loan processor for Landmark Bank in
Davis. Jeramy is a 2000 graduate of
Wilson High School and earned a
degree in criminal justice at ECU. He is
the ranch manager of the Flying L
Ranch.
Tim Claxton (’05) received the High
School Teachers of the Year Award at the
Arkansas – Oklahoma – Kansas Section
Meeting of the American Association of
Physics Teachers in November 2008.
Kari Short and Levi
Garrett (’05)
exchanged wedding
vows Nov. 7, 2009,
on the beach in
Riviera Maya,
Mexico. Kari is a 2000 graduate of Ada
High School and a 2004 graduate of the
University of Oklahoma. She is a project
Tiger Tracks
Xylan Lewis
Son of
Tyra Lewis (’09)
BRIDGET COSBY
(’95) NAMED CEO OF
HOLDENVILLE GENERAL

A former CFO of the Seminole
Municipal Hospital has been named
Chief Executive Offcer of Holdenville
Hospital. Bridget Cosby (’95) offcially
took over as CEO on Dec. 16...
HART (’05) NAMED DAILY
COMMERCIAL’S AD
DIRECTOR
Jamie Hart (’05),
advertising manager of
the Daily Commercial
and South Lake Press,
has been named
advertising director.
GOV. BILL ANOATUBBY
(’72) NAMED TO FEDERAL
RESERVE BANK BOARD
The Federal Reserve Bank of
Kansas City’s Oklahoma City Branch
announces the following appointments
to its Board of Directors...
MILDRED WEST (’82)
NAMED TO WHO’S WHO IN
THE WORLD
Ada artist Mildred West has been
notifed by the editors that her
biography was selected for inclusion
in the 2010 edition of Who’s Who in
the World...
Future Tigers
David “Bo” Niles
Langland
Son of
Robert Langland
(’83) & Ellen
Langland (’83)
James &
Magdalene Isbell
Son & Daughter
of Sheila Isbell
(’95)
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manager for the Chickasaw Nation
Division of Commerce. Levi is a 2000
graduate of Roff High School and
received a degree in general studies
from ECU. He is employed by HTC
Express as the operations manager.
Kamberly Petete
(’05) and Clay
Skoch exchanged
wedding vows
Aug. 15, 2009, at
Harn Homestead
in Oklahoma City.
Kamberly is a 2001 graduate of Byng
High School and received a degree in
business administration from ECU. She
also received a master of business
administration in 2008 from Oklahoma
Christian University. She is a production
analyst at Chesapeake Energy
Corporation. Clay is a 2002 graduate of
Piedmont High School and a 2006
graduate of the University of Central
Oklahoma where he received a degree
in kinesiology-exercise/ftness
management. He also earned a master
of science degree in wellness
management-exercise science in 2009.
He is a ftness specialist at Chesapeake
Energy Corporation.
Talina Turner
(’05) and Rich
Eaker (attended)
e x c h a n g e d
wedding vows
Nov. 21, 2009, at
First Pentecostal Holiness Church in
Ada. Talina is a 2000 graduate of
Seminole High School. She received a
bachelor’s degree in English from ECU
in 2005 and is the managing editor of the
Ada Evening News. Rich is a 1990
graduate of Ada High School and
attended ECU where he was majoring in
mass communications with a minor in
English. He is employed at Pontotoc
County Emergency 911 Center as
supervisor.
Amanda Alexander (’06) and Ronnie
Joe Stearns Jr. exchanged wedding
vows Sept. 12 in
Wilson. Amanda is
a graduate of
Wilson High School.
She received a
degree in early
childhood education
from ECU and is a
1st grade teacher at
Charles Evans Elementary in Ardmore.
Ronnie is a graduate of Wilson High
School and is employed by East Jordan
Iron Works in Ardmore.
Jenna Estes (’06) and Gary Owens
(’07) exchanged wedding vows Aug.
8, 2009, at Honeysuckle Hills, Pigeon
Forge, Tenn. Jenna is a 2002 graduate of
Ada High School. She earned a degree
in legal studies at ECU and a juris
doctorate in 2009 from the University
of Oklahoma College of Law. She plans
to practice law in Ada. Gary is a 2002
graduate of Pauls Valley High School
and a 2007 graduate of ECU where he
received a degree in kinesiology. He is
employed by Owens Sand and Gravel in
Pauls Valley.
Clay Kellen
Newby
(born 10/8/2009)
Son of
Josh Newby (’94)
HALL OF FAME
INDUCTEES ANNOUNCED
Six former educators with ties to East
Central University were inducted
into the Gene and Evelyn Keefer
Educators Hall of Fame last April in
ECU’s Danley Hall atrium...
FORMER ECU STUDEnT
nAMED CEO OF TULSA
AREA AMERICAn RED
CROSS
Tulsa Area
Region of the
American Red
Cross recently
named East
Central University
graduate Regina
Moon (’83) as its chief executive
offcer...
MEET REED BOETTCHER
Reed Boettcher (’06) is a lifelong
Ada resident who joined the Ada
Evening News in March 2009
year as a compositor, which is a
newspaper way of saying he builds
advertisements for area businesses...
See What’s Happening With Your Fellow Alums
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We want to send a FREE
t-shirt to them, and if you share
your photo, we’ll publish it in an
upcoming edition of
The Columns.
Faith & Dylan
Mercer
Daughter & Son
of Clint Mercer
(’94) & Brandi
Mercer (’94)
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Rachel Hall (’09)
and Derek Melton
(’08) exchanged
wedding vows
Oct. 24, 2009, in
Stonewall. Rachel
is a 2005 graduate
of Stonewall High
School. She
majored in nursing at ECU and is a
registered nurse at Valley View Regional
Hospital Cancer Treatment Center.
Derek is a 2004 graduate of Allen High
School. He received a degree in exercise
science from ECU and is a systems
administrator at Vision Bank.
Marissa Jones (’09) and Timothy
Madden (attending) exchanged
wedding vows Oct. 17, 2009, at the Ada
Arts and Heritage Center. Marissa is
a 2004 graduate of Latta High School
and a 2007 graduate of Seminole State
College with an associate’s degree
in general studies. She graduated
from ECU with a degree in human
resources/rehabilitation counseling.
She is employed by Rural Oklahoma
Counseling. Her future plans include
graduate school and pursuing a career
in marriage and family therapy. Timothy
is a 2003 graduate of Byng High School.
He attends ECU where he is majoring in
criminal justice. His future plans include
a career in law enforcement with the
U.S. Marshal Service. He served four
years with the U.S. Marine Corps and
Randi Conn (’07)
and Caleb Estes
(’09) exchanged
wedding vows
Nov. 21, 2009, at
S o u t h w e s t
Church of Christ.
Randi is a 2002
graduate of Ada High School. She
received a bachelor’s degree in criminal
justice/law enforcement from ECU. She
graduated in 2008 from the Federal Law
Enforcement Training Center, Artesia,
N.M., and is employed by the Chickasaw
Nation. Caleb is a 2005 graduate of
Latta High School. He holds a bachelor’s
degree in business administration/
fnance from ECU. He is employed by
American General Financial Services.
Staci Clour and
James Smith (’08)
exchanged wedding
vows Dec. 5, 2009,
at the Arbuckle
Wedding Chapel.
Staci is a 2001
graduate of Fox High
School and a 2006 graduate of the
University of Oklahoma with a bachelor’s
degree in business administration. She
is a CPA with Smith, Carney & Co. in
Ardmore. James is a 2002 graduate of
Fox High School. He received a
bachelor’s degree in science from ECU.
He is self-employed as a contract
pumper.
SURPRISE PARTY
HONORS COUPLE ON
50TH ANNIVERSARY
Mr. and Mrs. Larry (’67) and Carol
(’68) Large, Ada, were honored with
a surprise anniversary celebration
Saturday, Nov. 14, in East Central
University’s Ballroom. Hosts were
their children Stephen and Deborah
Gooding, Oklahoma City, and David
and Patti Binger, Midlothian, Texas...
ECU GRADUATE TO
SERVE ON STATE
DISABILITY COMMISSION

Steve Shelton
(’77), an East
Central University
graduate, will
continue to serve
on the Commission
for Rehabilitation
Services, which is the three-member
governing board for the Oklahoma
Department of Rehabilitation
Services...
JAMES THURMAN (’75)
NOMINATED TO RANK OF
GENERAL
President Barack H. Obama offcially
nominated Lt. Gen. James D.
Thurman, deputy chief of staff for
operations, to the rank of general. If
his nomination is confrmed by the
Senate, he will succeed Gen. Charles
Campbell, Commanding General,
Forces Command (FORSCOM), at
Fort McPherson, Ga...
RETIRED EDUCATORS
PRESENT AWARD
In its monthly luncheon at the Elks
Lodge on Nov. 20, the Pontotoc
County Retired Educators Association
presented the Pioneer Educators
Award to Suzanne McFarlane (’79)...
Future Tigers
Riglee Morgan
Smith
Daughter of
Dustin (‘05) &
Jennifer Smith
We Want to Hear
From You!
Lawson Heath
Clements (born
8/26/2009)
Son of
Nick Clements (’03)
Grandson of
Bill (’71) & Darla (’71)
Clements
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received a Purple Heart during the battle
of Fallujah.
Kristin Butler
(attended) and
Clay Roberts
(’09) exchanged
wedding vows on
Jan. 2, 2010, at
the First United Methodist Church in
Ardmore. Kristin is a 2006 graduate of
Plainview High School and attended
ECU while pursuing a degree in biology.
She is an occupational therapy graduate
assistant at the University of Oklahoma
Health Sciences Center in Oklahoma
City where she is pursuing a master’s
degree in occupational therapy. Clay is a
2002 graduate of Lone Grove High
School and a 2006 graduate of the
University of Oklahoma with a bachelor’s
degree in political science. He is also a
2009 graduate of ECU with a master’s in
human resources.
Felicia Hunter (attending) and Joshua
Gilliam (attended) exchanged wedding
vows Oct. 10,
2009, in Ada.
Felicia is a
graduate of Tupelo
High School and
attends ECU,
majoring in music
education. She is
employed by Pre-
Paid Legal Services Inc. Joshua is a
Alex Cantrell, 8 years;
Jacen Jencik, 4 years;
Kadie Jencik, 2 years;
Kacie Jencik, 4 months
Children of
April Jencik (attending)
Lomedia Ash (attended)
Maygan Ballard (attended)
Sandra Barnes (former staff)
William Austin Blackwell (attended)
Beulah Briggs (attended)
Kenneth Cagle (attended)
Edward Theodore Carson, Sr. (attended)
Elizabeth Ann “Betty” Chapman (attended)
Melba Cottingham (’33)
Ross Edwards (attended)
John Ensey (attended)
Carla Garrett (’94 & ’04)
Brett Alan Green (attending)
Shirley Hinesley (attended)
Joe Hisle (attended)
Thayliah Hisle (attended)
Ulma “Gene” Hood (attended)
Lee Horne (’61)
Bemon Burl Laughlin Jr. (attended)
In Memoriam
The ECU family offers our deepest sympathy to the families
of the alumni and friends we have lost.
Alfreda Muldrow (attended)
Vinita Oliver (attended), 79
Lou Repass (’60)
Bryan Roark (’91)
Orville M. “Robby” Robbins (former staff)
Anna Shirley (’34, ’56)
Dwight Smith (’67)
Marjorie Sneed (’44)
Charles Stonecipher (’65)
Quinna Tillman (attended)
Charles Todd (attended)
Hugh Bronson “Bron” Warren III (’07)
Lowell Watson (attended)
Wylie Webster (attended)
Clyde Welch Jr. (attended)
James R. Wood (’54)
Daniel Wyatt (’08)
Barbara Young (attended)
Lorene Zimmerman (attended, staff)
graduate of Ada High School and
attended ECU. He is employed by the
Oklahoma Department of Transportation.
Autumn Williamson and Quinton
Blevins (attending) exchanged
wedding vows Aug. 1, 2009. Autumn is a
2006 graduate of Byng High School and
the Pontotoc Technology Center where
she earned a licensed practical nursing
degree in 2008. She is employed by
Valley View Regional Hospital in labor
and delivery. Quinton is a 2006 graduate
of Roff High School. He is a student
at ECU, majoring in business. He is
employed by U.S. Cellular.
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