Law School
University of Oklahoma, J.D., 1967; Oklahoma City University, Honorary Doctor of Laws, 2001
Law School Graduation Year
2001
College
Oklahoma State University, B.S., 1964
Biographical
Order of the Coif; Phi Delta Phi (Magister of Holmes Inn, 1966); Lambda Alpha. Editor, Oklahoma Law Review, 1965-1967 (Case Editor, 1996). Special Lecturer in Law: Real Estate Financing, 1972-1973; Real Estate Contracts, 1984, University of Oklahoma College of Law. Fellow: Board of Regents (President, 1994-1995), Chair of Executive Committee (1995-1996), American College of Mortgage Attorneys; Fellow, Oklahoma Bar Foundation. First Managing Editor, Oklahoma Environmental Law Handbook, 1992-1996. Chairman, Environmental Law Handbook Committee, Oklahoma Bar Association (1992-1996). Oklahoma Contributing Editor, The Law of Distressed Real Estate. Oklahoma Contributing Editor, National Mortgage Law Summary. Member: American College of Real Estate Lawyers (1984 —); City of Nichols Hills Planning Commission (1994-1996); Oklahoma City Commercial Real Estate Council; Oklahoma City Committee of One Hundred; Board of Greater Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce. Appointed by Mayor of Oklahoma City as Chair, Murrah Federal Building Memorial Task Force (1995 —); Chair, Oklahoma City National Memorial Foundation (1996-1998). Appointed by the President of the United States as a Member of the Board of Trustees, Oklahoma City National Memorial Trust (Chairman, 1998 —). Recipient: 1996 Goodness of the Community Award from Murrah Building Survivors Association; 1998; Dean A. McGee Award from Oklahoma City Downtown Now; 1998 Ellen Hardin Walworth Medal for Patriotism; 1998 Outstanding Service to the Public Award from Oklahoma Bar Association; 2000 Community Service Award from Oklahoma County Bar Association; 2000 Distinguished Service Award, Oklahoma County/City Historical Society. Listed in: The Best Lawyers in America (Real Estate Law); Who's Who in Real Estate; Who's Who in American Law and Who's Who in the World.