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Fall 2004
Volume 25 • Number 1
On the Cover
Lists of accomplishments, impressive as they are, do not tell the whole story of "The Boren Decade". For that you must view OU through David and Molly Boren's eyes.

Photo by Robert Taylor

Editor:
Carol J. Burr
Art Director:
George T. Dotson
Staff Photographer:
Robert Taylor
Publisher:
The University of Oklahoma Foundation, Inc.
Ron D. Burton, President

THE BOREN DECADE

Innovative academic programs, new construction on every hand, soaring private support, steadily rising entrance requirements, highly qualified students clamoring for admission. For the University of Oklahoma, the past 10 years have been quite a ride.

  The Boren Years: Highlights
  The Boren Years: New Programs
  The Boren Years: New Construction

WHY DID YOU COME TO THE UNIVERSITY?

OU’s first president, David Ross Boyd, wanted to know, so he asked students in his 1904 class to list their reasons. Historian David Levy resumes his series, “Treasures from the Archives.”


MAKING THE CASE FOR DIRECT DEMOCRACY

Beth Garrett could have made her mark—and a lot of money—in private practice, but she realized that law is written outside the courts—in the offices of politicians, lobbyists and regulators.

A KISS FOR THE CLARET JUG

Todd Hamilton is the most compelling golf story of 2004, toiling endlessly in the shadows while his compatriots grabbed PGA glory—then suddenly he was all alone atop the British Open.

SAVING THE TINIEST OKLAHOMANS

With infant mortality rates in outlying areas exceeding that of urban hospitals, OUHSC doctors and nurses launched a program to educate health-care workers in overtaxed rural facilities.

 

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