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Tracy McDaniel

February 24, 2016

Tracy McDaniel is the Founder and Director of KIPP Reach College Preparatory. McDaniel has twenty -six years teaching and administrative experience. KIPP was awarded the prestigious Blue Ribbon Award from the U.S. Department of Education in the area of high performance and was selected as one of the “50 Best Middle Schools in the U.S” […]

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Bob Ross – Inasmuch Foundation

February 24, 2016

Robert J. Ross – Inasmuch Foundation Robert J. Ross currently serves as President and CEO and member of the Board of Directors of Inasmuch Foundation and Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation. The Foundations were founded by Edith Kinney Gaylord in 1982. He previously was employed as an Attorney with the Oklahoma City law firm […]

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Reflections – Leonard Sullivan

February 24, 2016

Rotary Reflections By Leonard E. Sullivan Shoe repair A man working in a men’s clothing store told me recently that he had never had a pair of shoes half-soled or repaired. This was difficult for me to grasp. There was a time when everyone had their shoes and boots repaired. If you wore only one […]

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Mohammad Farzaneh

February 17, 2016

Mr. Mohammad Farzaneh serves as the Chief Executive Officer of IROK Holdings and Presudent of Construction of Home Creations. Mr. Farzaneh earned a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Design from the University of Oklahoma and a Masters in Architecture from the University of Oklahoma. Mr. Farzaneh is licensed in Architecture abroad. Through Grassland Investment and […]

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The Will to Survive – Ron Page

February 17, 2016

“The Will to Survive” By Ron Page The soil in my home area of northern Illinois is black silt loam of glacial origin. The terrain is flat as a pool table and trees are seen only in farmyards. In the middle part of the twentieth century, we tilled the soil with mouldboard plows that cut […]

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Kelly Burley

February 16, 2016

Kelly Burley joined KOSU as Director in September 2007. Burley returned to public radio after more than four years as Associate State Director for AARP Oklahoma. Burley first joined KOSU in 1990, first as a reporter, then news director and eventually program director. During that time, he won three Edward R. Murrow awards from the […]

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Bob Funk

February 16, 2016

As Co- Founder, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Express Employment Professionals, Bob Funk and the Express team reached record sales of $3.02 Billion and employed a record 500,002 people. Since awarding its first Express franchise in 1985, the staffing company has grown to more than 750 franchises with nearly 6,000 staff members in […]

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Hamid Biglari

February 16, 2016

“Iran: Cause or nation, opportunity or threat?” Hamid Biglari is currently a Managing Partner at TGG Group, a private firm that advises Fortune 100 companies on the transformational impact of behavioral science and big data analytics. Until 2013, Dr. Biglari was Vice Chairman at Citigroup. Du ring his 13 years at the institution, he held […]

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Larry Nichols

February 7, 2016

Larry Nichols is a co-founder of Devon and has been a director since 1971. He was elected executive chairman in June 2010, after holding the position of chairman and chief executive officer since 1980. Nichols graduated from Princeton University with a bachelor’s degree in geology and he completed his juris doctorate at the University of […]

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Wings of Rotary

February 3, 2016

The Wings of Rotary program of our Rotary District 5750 will be hosting 9 Japanese high school students and their team leader from Rotary District 2520 from March 13 to 24. Club 29 will host them March 21, 22, 23, and 24. They will be present at the March 22 meeting. We are looking for […]

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