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

Sat, Nov 1, 2014

John Meinders grew up feeling like a castaway. Although his family has a long history at Oklahoma State University and he was raised to be loyal and true to the Cowboys, it was difficult considering where he grew up. That would be in Norman, just

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David Bradshaw makes 'Spears School Tributes: 100 For 100' list

Sat, Nov 1, 2014

Oklahoma State University is a school in which it's common for one generation after another to follow in the footsteps of the family patriarch or matriarch. There are numerous families throughout the state who have now graduated three, four or even

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Vickie Carr makes 'Spears School Tributes: 100 For 100' list

Sat, Nov 1, 2014

Vickie and Jeff Carr are glad to put the miles on their vehicles. They have made their share of trips from their home in Dallas to Stillwater over the years to visit their daughter Jenna, who will graduate in May from Oklahoma State University with

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Neal L. Patterson makes 'Spears School Tributes: 100 For 100' list

Sat, Nov 1, 2014

Neal L. Patterson's life is an inspiration to any former, current or future Oklahoma State University student. His vision and strategic thinking in helping to build the Cerner Corporation into the world's largest independent health information

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M.B. 'Bud' Seretean makes 'Spears School Tributes: 100 For 100' list

Sat, Nov 1, 2014

After serving as a field artillery officer in the Mediterranean theater during World War II, M.B. "Bud" Seretean set his sights on Stillwater, Oklahoma. He left his home in New York and enrolled in the Division of Commerce at Oklahoma A&M College as

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Jesse and Armon Bost makes 'Spears School Tributes: 100 For 100' list

Sat, Nov 1, 2014

Jessie Thatcher Bost believed education held the key to independence and opportunity. She became the first woman graduate of Oklahoma A&M College in 1897, and was the first woman graduate of an upper institution in the state of Oklahoma. She spent

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James R. Taylor makes 'Spears School Tributes: 100 For 100' list

Sat, Nov 1, 2014

After spending 44 years in the public accounting world, James R. Taylor looks back on his life with the utmost satisfaction. He didn't always know what he wanted to do with his life or where it was headed but he had the drive to keep pursuing a

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Jack Allen makes 'Spears School Tributes: 100 For 100' list

Sat, Nov 1, 2014

Immediately after graduating with an Oklahoma State University business degree in 1969, Allen joined the career development program with the Hartford Insurance Company. Over the next four years he spent time in Oklahoma City; Hartford, Connecticut;

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David Woods makes 'Spears School Tributes: 100 For 100' list

Sat, Nov 1, 2014

David Woods learned early that it takes hard work to succeed in life. But that never scared the 58-year-old who was born in Germany and lived in Virginia, California, Arizona, Texas and Oklahoma while growing up the son of a two-star general in the U

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Suzanne Carlile Myers & Norman Myers makes 'Spears School Tributes: 100 For 100' list

Sat, Nov 1, 2014

Norman and Suzanne Myers began their path at the Oklahoma State University business school. "Our path was one that we could never have imagined we would follow. I do believe we blazed a new trail, and our path has led us right back to the Spears

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Garth Brooks makes 'Spears School Tributes: 100 For 100' list

Sat, Nov 1, 2014

There was the normal excitement in the air on Friday night, May 6, 2011, as hundreds of Oklahoma State University graduate students were preparing to walk across the stage inside Gallagher-Iba Arena to receive their diplomas. But the graduates,

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Ann E. Bradshaw makes 'Spears School Tributes: 100 For 100' list

Sat, Nov 1, 2014

Ann E. Bradshaw, Tax Partner and Southwest Region Director of Credits and Incentives Services for Ernst & Young, credits the success of her career as a tribute to the outstanding foundation she received at Oklahoma State University's business school.

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