Ten exceptional University of Oklahoma alumni and friends will receive Regents' Alumni Awards for their dedication and service to OU in a May 15 ceremony on the Norman campus.
Presented by the OU Board of Regents and OU Alumni Association, the Regents' Alumni Award is a testament to the important roles OU alumni and supporters play in the life of the university. A committee formed by the Alumni Association selects the award recipients from nominations made by alumni, friends and OU faculty and staff. The names of each year's recipients are engraved on a permanent plaque in Oklahoma Memorial Union.
This year's recipients are:
· Susan E. "Betsy" Brackett, Bartlesville, doctor of dental surgery
· Bob Burke, Bartlesville, attorney, author and historian
· Jorge DeDiego, Havana, Cuba, doctor of medicine, Doral Medicine Associates
· Danny Heatly, Oklahoma City, senior vice president, accounting and chief accounting officer, Devon Energy Corp.
· Rebecca Lea Loving, San Bernardino, Calif., director of health care systems, Oklahoma City Area Indian Health Services
· Bill Z. Parker, Oklahoma City, retired executive vice president for worldwide production and operations, Phillips Petroleum Co.
· Robert J. "Bob" Ross, Oklahoma City, president and CEO of the Inasmuch Foundation and the Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation
· Yoshi K. Sasaki, Akita, Japan, George Lynn Cross Professor of Meteorology Emeritus
· C. Renzi Stone, Tulsa, president and CEO of Saxum Public Relations, Oklahoma City
· Steven W. Taylor, Henryetta, Oklahoma Supreme Court justice.
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