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John M. Yeaman makes 'Spears School Tributes: 100 For 100' list

Sat, Nov 1, 2014

John M. Yeaman has spent his life seeking challenges. A native of Ponca City, Okla., and one of five boys, Yeaman followed his two older brothers to Stillwater to take on the challenges of Oklahoma State University.

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Richard (Dick) W. Poole makes 'Spears School Tributes: 100 For 100' list

Sat, Nov 1, 2014

Richard (Dick) W. Poole's meteoric rise from instructor of economics to dean of what was then known as the College of Business Administration coincided with the college's growth and expansion. But there was nothing coincidental about it.

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Preston Nicholson makes 'Spears School Tributes: 100 For 100' list

Sat, Nov 1, 2014

Oklahoma State University was always on Preston Nicholson's radar with his hometown of Hominy, Okla., being within 55 miles of the Stillwater campus. Attending Camp Cowboy just before his freshman year confirmed that he had made the right choice.

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Patricia Anne Tilford makes 'Spears School Tributes: 100 For 100' list

Sat, Nov 1, 2014

Patricia Anne Tilford has a strong bond with Oklahoma State University. The Tulsa, Okla., native earned her bachelor's degree in secretarial administration in 1960 and her master's in business education in 1978 from OSU's business school.

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Mike Pregler makes 'Spears School Tributes: 100 For 100' list

Sat, Nov 1, 2014

Mike Pregler graduated from Oklahoma State University's business school with a bachelor's degree in accounting in 1975. The Tulsa, Okla. native was involved in the Army ROTC two-year program and OSU athletic intramurals during his college days.

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Mae Badiyan makes 'Spears School Tributes: 100 For 100' list

Sat, Nov 1, 2014

Mae Badiyan's roles as an entrepreneur, lawyer, stylist and consultant are impressive enough. But add her love for her family, Stillwater roots, and the community she grew up in and she makes for one perfect ambassador for Oklahoma State University.

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John Clerico makes 'Spears School Tributes: 100 For 100' list

Sat, Nov 1, 2014

John Clerico is like many Oklahoma State students who followed an older sibling to Stillwater. While weighing his options as a high school senior in Bartlesville, Okla., he quickly realized that following his sister Janet to OSU was in his best

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James M. Morris II makes 'Spears School Tributes: 100 For 100' list

Sat, Nov 1, 2014

James M. Morris II knew from the very beginning that he was going to attend Oklahoma State University. The South Bend, Ind., native earned his bachelor's degree in business administration from OSU's business school in 1973.

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Glenn Stinchcomb makes 'Spears School Tributes: 100 For 100' list

Sat, Nov 1, 2014

Glenn Stinchcomb doesn't remember the year and doesn't recall how old he was at the time but still today, at 87 years old, he does remember his first meeting with Oklahoma A&M College President Henry G. Bennett.

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Duck-Woo Nam makes 'Spears School Tributes: 100 For 100' list

Sat, Nov 1, 2014

Duck-Woo Nam will forever be linked with a pair of other impressive Oklahoma State University business school graduates as the first people to receive their doctoral degrees in economics from what was then the College of Business Administration.

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Steve Tuttle makes 'Spears School Tributes: 100 For 100' list

Sat, Nov 1, 2014

Steve Tuttle was like many other teenagers growing up in Oklahoma during the 1960s. Life was good and seemed to be getting better when he decided to attend Oklahoma State. And for two years it was exactly what he wanted. Until he received his draft

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Thomas F. Riley Jr. makes 'Spears School Tributes: 100 For 100' list

Sat, Nov 1, 2014

Thomas F. Riley Jr. was born in Chelsea, Mass., to Thomas F. and Evelyn Coughlan Riley. He was offered a scholarship to play football for the University of Tulsa after graduating from Bryan Adams High School in Dallas, Texas.

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