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Homecoming 2000 - Schedule of Events
10-27-00

To Eastern Oklahoma State College students on the Wilburton campus today, Homecoming (October 30-November 4) is a week full of memory-making events designed to leave them tired and smiling.

These will be among the days they will remember. These will be the days that will have them back for their ten, twenty or thirty year reunions at Eastern when their time rolls around--it'll seem like just yesterday to them too.

Saturday (November 4) will be the day for alums to join the activities and reunite with their classmates for a full day and evening of activities.

For one Eastern alum who will be returning for the Eastern Oklahoma State College Alumni Association Hall of Fame initiation, homecoming will bare a special meaning.

Guy L. Curry has been named by the Eastern Alumni Board of Directors to take his place in the Alumni Hall of Fame during induction ceremonies at the annual Homecoming banquet.

Alumni activities will begin early Saturday with a 9 a.m. Hilltopper Breakfast for retired faculty and staff followed by an Alumni Coffee and Registration in the Student Union Coffee Shop and an 11 a.m. General Alumni meeting.

A free barbeque lunch will be available for everyone attending the activities from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. with special recognition lunches in the East Cafeteria for former coach Mark Winters and his players, a Barbara Bashore Memorial Scholarship meeting and the 50 year reunion for classes of 1949-1951.

The Lady Mountaineers will begin their first home basketball game at 1:30 p.m. in the Field House followed by the men's game at 3:30 p.m..

Guy L. Curry, class of 1961, will become the sixteenth member of the Eastern Oklahoma State College Alumni Hall of Fame when he is officially inducted during the Alumni Hall of Fame Homecoming Banquet slated for 6:30 p.m. November 4 as part of Eastern's homecoming day of activities.

The Alumni Association began the Hall of Fame 13 years ago with three distinguished alumni followed by two the next year. Since that time, the Association has added one distinguished alumni each year.

Curry is a professor of industrial engineering at Texas A&M University. He received his Associate in Arts from Eastern in 1961, B.S. in mathematics from the University of Oklahoma in 1963, M.S. in mathematics from Wichita State University in 1967 and his Ph.D. in industrial engineering from the University of Arkansas in 1971.

In addition to his formal educational experience, Curry has industrial experience and has served as a consultant for a number of firms. He has served as a consultant for Hughes Tool Company, Management Planning Systems, Inc.; United States Air Force: Manpower Analysis; RRC, Inc.; Metrica; Sematech and Texas Instruments.

He worked as an Operations Research Analyst, Engineering Computing Division, at the Boeing Company in Wichita, KA, from 1964-68 and as Senior Operations Research Analyst for Sun Oil Company in Tulsa from 1968-69 before taking a position as Assistant Professor, Industrial Engineering Department, at Texas A&M University.

During his tenure at Texas A&M he has garnered funded research grants of more than $4 million, authored or co-authored three books and has had 50 papers published in 31 different refereed journals.

His accomplishments have not all been in the professional helm, however. Curry has served as a coach for the youth league football, baseball, soccer teams and has served on the youth soccer administrative board and adult soccer league administrative board as well as a volunteer assistant coach for Texas A&M women's varsity soccer team.

He and his wife have two children John and Anne. They are a member of the Methodist church and he says he enjoys reading, mathematics, computer programming and golf (as much as I can !).

The Hall of Fame began during the first meeting of the Alumni Association, Dec. 5,1987, when the new organization directors were seeking a method to inspire current Eastern students and honor distinguished alumni. Recipients must have had a dynamic impact on education, the state or nation and attended Eastern to be considered for the Hall of Fame.

When Curry is officially inducted into the Hall of Fame, he will join McAlester native George Nigh who served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives, Lieutenant Governor, Governor and president of the University of Central Oklahoma.

He also joins Dr. E.T. Dunlap, who has been recognized nationally for his contribution to education and served as Eastern President and Chancellor of Oklahoma Higher Education; Scott Salmon, who was a nationally known choreographer; Rita Smith Kipp, class of 1966, who serves as professor of anthropology at Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio, a widely published author and Wilburton native. He also joins J.D. Williams who was inducted while an attorney in Washington, D.C., and, among other things, served as Editor of the George Washington Law Review and Federal Bar Journal.

Billy West became the sixth Eastern alumni to be elected to the Hall of Fame. West served as a laboratory research scientist at the Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta. Sidney Carney, among other achievements, served as Bureau of Indian Affairs Area Director in Anadarko where he developed and supervised programs benefiting more than 40,000 Indians within a four state area.

Ross Harlan was added to the Hall of Fame in 1992. He served as Senior Vice President of Administration and Public Affairs before his retirement from OG&E.

"Pat" Murphy followed Harlan in 1993. He established the Frank W. Murphy MFR, an international company holding 15 United States and foreign patents in the area of instruments and control systems.

Sports journalist "Spec" Gammon was inducted in 1994. He served as sports information director at Texas A&M and became known as the radio voice of Texas A&M football. Don Parham became the eleventh member added to the Hall of Fame and began his academic career as an educator in southeast Oklahoma more than 40 years ago. He is recognized not only as one who has experienced success in athletics but also as one whose lifes work has stressed high academic standards.

Dr. Robert H. Purcell became the twelfth member. He is a research scientist and serves as the head of hepatitis viruses section, Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, at the National Institute of Health in Bethesda, Maryland.

Dr. Charles Montgomery serves as the Director of the Center for Comparative Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston Texas. He is recognized as an expert in comparative medicine throughout the world.

Dr. Henry Migliore was added as the 14th member of the Hall of Fame last year and is a university professor and consultant in strategic management. He has lectured in universities and consulted with organizations around the world.

James F. Howell became the 15th member of the Hall of Fame in 1999.

Howell was admitted to practice law in Oklahoma in 1963 and since that time has been admitted to practice in the United States District Court of Oklahoma for the Western District; The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma; The United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit and The Supreme Court of the United States of America. He was elected to the State Senate in 1970 and served until 1986.