Pictured: Carroll Townsend Dukes

Pictured: Dr. Doyle Bostic Dr. Doyle Bostic was awarded the Distinguished Former Faculty award in 2004. He earned his BS in Mathamatics in 1957.

Pictured: Dr. James C. Milligan

Pictured: Richardine Holton

Pictured: Mick Thompson

Lloyd had a passion for baseball and formed and managed sandlot baseball teams in the early 1950s. Lloyd, his dad and several others built the first little league and pony league parks in Durant. He later started and built the American Legion Baseball program in...

Pictured: Dillard M. and Anne Louise Eubank He was born in Huchow, China to missionary parents, and lived there the first sixteen years of his life. He attended the University of Chicago, William Jewell College, and Southeastern University at Durant, Oklahoma. He...

Pictured: James R. Wintle Wintle received grants and awards from Mid-America Arts Alliance, the Oklahoma Arts Council, the Organized Research Fund of Southeastern Oklahoma State University, the Everette Foundation, the Delius International Competition, the Oklahoma...

Pictured: John and Cleta Ortloff She graduated from high school at the age of 16 as salutatorian of her class in 1934 and from Southeastern Oklahoma State University in 1938. One of her special memories from her high school years was when she won 3 gold medals in one...

Pictured: Wesley Smithart He was recruited to play basketball at Southeastern by Hall of Fame coach Bloomer Sullivan, receiving a half-scholarship worth $12.50 per month. Wesley started officiating basketball in 1949 and retired after a 50-year career. After his...

Pictured: Dr. Edward L. Byrd Dr. Edward Byrd joined the Southeastern Oklahoma State faculty in 1966 and by 1967 he had stepped to the best seat a Paul Laird Field behind the public address microphone. The next quarter century he would become the “Voice of the Savages.”

Pictured: Albert H. Brigance and Pat (Hicks) Brigance Albert graduated from Keota High School in 1951. His Bachelor Degree was complete as an honor student at Southeastern State University, Durant, Oklahoma in 1955 while serving in the Air Force. He served in the...

Former Retired English Teacher at Durant Independant School District. Studied English Education/Speech Communication at Southern Nazarene University.

Pictured: Otho “Sweetpea” Curtis Otho graduated from Wister High School in 1939. He enrolled at Southeastern and reported out for Coach Bloomer Sullivan’s basketball team. The 1940 Southeastern Savages were conference champions and played in the national tournament...

Pictured: Ruth Lance Wester and Jackie Mayo Their 15,000 endowment produced an art, math, and education scholarship, named after the two, which will support Native American students.

Pictured: Joe F. and Van-Noy Gary Joe attended schools in Raborn and Madill graduating from Madill High School in 1935. He earned his Associate Degree from Murray State College, his BA from Southeastern Oklahoma State University, Masters from The University of...

Pictured: Mary Ashby Anderson and Thomas C. Anderson Mary was a graduate of Southeastern Oklahoma State University with BS and MT degrees. While attending Southeastern, she lived at Oklahoma Presbyterian College, a place she loved and credited with having a...

Pictured: Thomas Todd

Pictured: Tom and Betty Bagwell Tom and wife Betty have sponsored the Tom and Betty Bagwell Scholarship Fund for more than 10 years for McCurtain County seniors to study at Southeastern’s McCurtain County campus for six credit hours.

Pictured: Mr. Tom Criswell and Dr. Reba Criswell

Pictured: Francis Marion Currin

Pictured: William A. Crutcher Georgia Ann Gibson established a number of scholarships in honor of her family in the fall of 2006. Five members of the Crutcher family all attended and graduated within just a few years of one another. Education was a major part of...