The Graduate College history project is the brainchild of Dr. Amelia Adams, who served as assistant dean of the Graduate College until 2008. She currently is an assistant professor in the College of Liberal Studies. While at the University of Oklahoma, Dr. Adams also has served as an adjunct faculty member for the College of Liberal Studies and the Price School of Business. She earned her bachelor’s degree from Smith College; she received both her master’s and her doctoral degrees from OU.
John Stewart, a graduate assistant working for the Graduate College, performed the vast majority of the research for the centennial history. His many hours of dedicated work resulted in the majority of the information and much of the actual writing presented in this history. He received his bachelor’s degree in letters from OU in 2006 and his master’s degree in history of science in 2008. John’s primary research interest is in eighteenth-century chemistry. He is currently working to develop an online graduate journal in the history of science and serving as a teaching assistant.
Max Kovalov, also a graduate assistant, designed the centennial history Web site, in addition to his regular Web site design and maintenance duties for the Graduate College. A Ph.D. student in political science, Max’s primary interests include drinking tree juice, wearing costumes and sitting in bookstore coffee shops, though, as part of an out-of-court settlement, he no longer does all three at the same time. He received bachelor’s degrees from Vinnytsia State Technical University, Vinnytsia, Ukraine, and Lund University, Lund, Sweden, both in 2001. He received his master’s degree in international business from Oklahoma State University in 2004.
Miranda Sowell designed the Graduate College’s centennial logo, an updated variation of the standard Graduate College logo. Miranda is a program specialist in the Graduate College, who, in addition to many other duties, is responsible for the graphic design of all of the College’s printed materials. She graduated from OU in 2005 with her bachelor’s degree in visual communication.
The original logo was designed by Hadley Jerman, also a graduate of OU, and a Robert S. & Grayce Kerr Family Foundation Fellow, while pursuing her master’s degree.
Dan Bye, a managerial associate at the Graduate College, provided a hodge-podge of writing, editing, research and design work for various centennial projects. Most mistakes should be considered his; most successes those of the people listed above. He graduated with his bachelor’s degree in letters from OU in 1996 and continues to threaten to go back to school someday. Dan used to work as a store manager at Borders. After having read all the books the Borders store had to offer, he moved on to the University of Oklahoma campus, closer to the library.
The Western History Collections, University of Oklahoma, provided assistance in locating many of the images for the Graduate College history project. Their time, patience, friendliness and, most essentially, the permission to use these photographs were, and are, appreciated.
The University of Oklahoma’s Office of Institutional Research and Reporting also exhibited an abundance of patience coupled with timely, professional responses to a variety of requests for statistics to accompany Graduate College centennial projects.