Dr. Richard A. Clay
Pictured: Richard A. Clay, M.D. and Bess Freeman Clay
As a student in high school and at Southeastern University, he was student body president and active in all activities while working on pre-medical requirements. In 1942, after three years in medical school at Oklahoma University, he married the lovely Bess Arnett Freeman of Foreman, Arkansas. The following May 1943, the M.D. degree was conferred from the University of Oklahoma Medical School, where he was the president of his senior class.
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This scholarship is for students majoring in Communication. Recipients must be U.S. citizens, enrolled full-time, have a minimum 3.0 GPA, and demonstrate an interest in Debate. Preference will be given to students from southern Oklahoma and northern Texas.