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OU College of Medicine Alumni Association

The College of Medicine Alumni Association supports a number of initiatives to encourage alumni engagement, enhance the student experience and promote the profession. In addition to hosting the annual Evening of Excellence and Reunion Days, the Association assists in a number of student organizations and events including the White Coat Ceremony, Orientation activities, and StAT (Student Alumni in Training), an organization that fosters the student/alumni relationship.

The College of Medicine Alumni Board meets twice a year, with the Annual Board Meeting during the spring Reunion. For additional information about the Alumni Board of to express an interest in serving on the board, please contact the College of Medicine Office of Advancement, Director of Alumni, by email or at 405-271-2300.

Founded in 1938, the purpose of the OU College of Medicine Alumni Association is to unite the alumni and the College as well as other Oklahoma physicians into a compact, harmonious and worthwhile organization.

The specific objectives of the Association are: 

  1. To promote, support, and stimulate beneficial interest in the College of Medicine of the University of Oklahoma and its associated OU Health Campus on the part of alumni members, higher education boards and agencies, government officials, health professions, civic leaders, public information media, and the general public.
  2. The Association will sustain cooperating liaison with the Executive Dean of the College of Medicine, Provost of the OU Health Campus, and others in pursuit of the objectives of the association and will assist in other ways customary of alumni in aiding and advancing their alma mater institution.
  3. To receive and maintain a fund or funds to (a) facilitate improved education and training of physicians; and (b) advance and expand the benefits of medical research, thereby enhancing the quality of health care throughout the state.
  4. To support programs for the students of the College of Medicine and promote their active participation in the Alumni Association upon their graduation.

Committee

Officers

President:

Rachel Franklin, M.D. '97
Oklahoma City

Vice President:

Ryan Wicks, M.D. '10
Edmond

Secretary/Treasurer:
Ryan Brown, M.D. '01
Moore

Immediate Past President:
Jonathan E. Drummond, M.D. '92
Stillwater

Trustees

James Brand, M.D. ‘84
Oklahoma City

Ashley Cogar, M.D. '06
Oklahoma City

Demetra Cox, M.D. '96
Duncan

Jason Deck, M.D. '10
Tulsa

Jeri Foshee, M.D. '10
Dallas, TX

Betsy Jett, M.D. '99
Edmond

Christy Kendrick, M.D. '99
Tulsa

Jason Lepak, M.D. '99
Tulsa

Andrew Liew, M.D. '09
Oklahoma City

Lynn Mitchell, M.D. '84
Oklahoma City

Chris Orendorff, M.D. '09
Sallisaw, OK

Pooja Singhal, M.D. '08
Oklahoma City

Frank Wood, M.D. '13
Edmond

Past Presidents

Mary Zoe Baker, M.D. '82
Oklahoma City

Sheri S. Baker, M.D. '95
Oklahoma City

William Bernhardt, M.D. ‘58
Oklahoma City

Jonathan Drummond, M.D. ‘92
Stillwater

Don Garrett, M.D. ‘68
Norman

Carl Hook, M.D. ‘70

Jason Lees, M.D. ‘98
Edmond

Gary Strebel, M.D. ‘65
Oklahoma City

Julie Strebel, M.D. ‘98
Oklahoma City

Robert Weedn, M.D. ‘67

Duncan

Ken Whittington, M.D. ‘68
Tulsa

Don Wilber, M.D. ‘78
Edmond

 

 

 

 

Alumni Award Recipients 1977 - 2023

Alumni Award Recipients

Year

Private Practice

Academic Medicine

Amicus Medicinae

1977

Curtis B. Cunningham

Edward N. Brandt, Jr.

 

1978

Hillard E. Denyer

Harry Wilkins

William Bell

1979

John E. Highland

Roscoe R. Robinson

John LaFortune

1980

William K. Ishmael

Thomas N. Lynn

Lloyd E. Rader

1981

Wendell L. Smith

John G. Neely

Fred Cormack

1982

George Bozalis

James L. Dennis

Bill Banowsky

1983

V. M. Rutherford

R. Timothy Coussons

Jim Jones

1984

Ed L. Calhoon

F. Daniel Duffy

Joe C. Leone

1985

Don F. Rhinehart

Ronald C. Elkins

J. W. McLean

1986

William R. Smith

Edgar W. Young

Jack Spears

1987

Floyd F. Miller

Sylvia S. Bottomley

Harl N. Stokes

1988

Ollie W. Dehart

Mark Allen Everett

George Night

1989

Billy Dale Dotter
Claude Williams

Patrick A. McKee

George F. Short

1990

C. Alton Brown

John P. Naughton

Rodman A. Frates

1991

John A. McIntyre

Thomas E. Acers

David L. Boren

1992

William G. Bernhardt

Richard A. Marshall

William H. Knisely

1993

John R. Bozalis

Thomas L. Whitsett

Don Nickles

1994

John M. Huser, Jr

Fred G. Silva

Stanton L. Young

1995

Kenneth Whittington

DeWayne Andrews

Nancy Payne Ellis

1996

James D. Funnell

Mary Anne McCaffree

Martha Williams

1997

Norman A. Cotner

Gordon H. Deckert

John C. Coburn

1998

James W. Hampton

Warren M. Crosby

Jean Gumerson

1999

John M. Kalbfleisch

Russell G. Postier

Betty Boyd

2000

William L. Hughes

Bob G. Eaton

Sherry Strebel

2001

Jack V. Hough

Donald R. Carter

Patricia Brown

2002

Gary F. Strebel

John H. Holliman

Michael Anderson

2003

R. Nathan Grantham, M.D.

Harriet J. Coussons

Doris Eaton Travis

2004

Jack J. Beller, M.D.

D. Robert McCaffree

Jane B. Harlow

2005

Norman K. Imes, M.D.

Lynn H. Harrison, Jr., M.D.

Judith Harris Garrett

2006

David M. Selby

Jerry B. Vannatta

Jari Askins

2007

Ted Clemens Jr.

Peggy W. Wisdom

Susan Paddack

2008

Carl Hook

Robert G. Johnson

H.E. “Gene” Rainbolt

2009

Gerald McCullough

Everett Rhoades

Douglas Cox, M.D.

2010

Robert J. Weedn

George Selby

Wilton W. Webster Jr.

2011

Raymond O Smith

Marvin D. Peyton

Harold Hamm

2012

William Hawley

John M. Flack

Senator Tom Coburn

2013

Edward A. Legako

Beverly M. K. Biller

Christy & Jim Everest

2014

Richard J. Allgood

Douglas Folger

Governor Mary Fallin

2015

Lee Schoeffler

Mary Zoe Baker

Carol Modisette

2016

Charles Gelnar

M. Bruce Shields

Jana Timberlake

2017 John Bell '87 John Potts '77  
2018 Don Garrett '68
Richard Winters '53
Hartzell Schaff '73 Ervin Yen '81
2019
 
William McCurdy III, '64 Charles Pasque, '89 Danny Cavett
2020

Robert N. Cooke, M.D., Class of 1980

Woody Jenkins, M.D., Class of 1990

Bonnie Miller, M.D., Class of 1980

George Thompson, M.D., Class of 1970

Hannah Saadah, M.D.
2022 Susan Chambers, M.D., Class of 1982 James L. Brand, M.D., Class of 1984 Representative Marcus McEntire
2023

E.N. Scott Samara, M.D., Class of 1968

Don Wilber, M.D., Class of 1978

Michael Weisz, M.D., Class of 1988  

Contact Us

Office of Advancement

1105 Stonewall Avenue, Suite 162
Oklahoma City, OK 73117

Phone: (405) 271-2265

Email: medicine@oufoundation.org