University of Oklahoma Foundation, Inc. - Sooner Magazine, Summer 2004

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Summer 2004

Volume 24 • Number 4

On the Cover

From 1945 to 1962 OU band director Leonard Haug plotted his halftime shows like a general planning an invasion, down to color-coded lead soldiers standing in for his red-clad musicians. Band alumni are recalling such details as they head back for a centennial reunion.

"100 Years of the Pride of Oklahoma"

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

100 YEARS OF THE PRIDE OF OKLAHOMA

In 1904 an OU student named Lloyd Curtis assembled 16 fledgling bandsmen and launched a musical tradition that still rules the halftime—and sets Sooner hearts pounding—a century later.

CLEANING UP WITH SUPER SOAP

A couple of OU engineering professors were seeking a way to extract oil from groundwater in an environmentally friendly way—only to find a product that is a clothes-cleaning marvel.

HUSTON HUFFMAN'S EXTREME MAKEOVER

OU’s physical fitness center was overused from its opening day in 1981; now 23 years later, a student-driven effort has expanded and upgraded the facility beyond today’s standards.

FERN HOLLAND

She was beautiful, brilliant and driven to promote basic human rights where such freedoms are unknown. Then on an Iraqi road, her voice was stilled by a gunman’s bullets. She was 33.

GETTING ON TRACK

Recently completed renovations and additions to John Jacobs Field and the nearby Mosier Indoor Facility have given OU track and field athletes facilities equal to any in the country.

MORE NURSES FOR OKLAHOMA

Oklahoma is short on nurses, while many in a downsized work force seek to redirect their careers. Earning a second bachelor’s in nursing in record time may ease both these problems.

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