Mrs. Cleta Ortloff
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 day in an Interscholastic League contest for the southern Oklahoma district. She received her Masters degree in English from the University of Tulsa in 1965. She began her teaching career in Locust Grove, OK, when she was just 20 years old.
Impact
This scholarship is for students majoring in Business. Recipients must be U.S. citizens, enrolled full-time, and have a minimum 2.5 GPA. Preference will be given to students from southern Oklahoma and northern Texas.