The Oklahoma Bar Journal February 2023

B ar F oundation N ews

Oklahoma Bar Foundation Award Recipients

book shares interesting facts about the history of the foundation, plus a collection of stories from OBF Grantee clients whose lives have been impacted by access to legal representation. Thank you, Bob, for making the OBF’s 75th anniversary special by capturing the OBF story in a book that will be cherished for years to come. KLEIN/BROWN PRESIDENTS AWARD RECIPIENT The OBF is also proud to recog nize Brian Hermanson as the 2022 Klein/Brown Presidents Award recipient. This award is named after two OBF past presidents for their visionary leadership. First, Gerald Klein, while serving as OBA president in 1946, created the foun dation as the charitable arm of the association. Mr. Klein then served as OBF president in 1957. Second, Jack L. Brown served as OBF pres ident in 2016 and is responsible for modernizing the administration and management of assets. His leadership as president created a new level of effectiveness and awareness about the OBF’s impact on legal services in Oklahoma. Like Mr. Klein and Mr. Brown, Mr. Hermanson, throughout his career, has made significant con tributions to the OBF. He became involved with the foundation in the 1980s and chaired the IOLTA Committee in 1989. In the early 1990s, he served as vice president, president-elect and president of

ethics. Mr. Burke serves on the OBF Board of Trustees and Development Committee and is a Partner for Justice donor. Mr. Burke was instrumental in the success of the OBF’s 75th anni versary event, Diamonds & Disco. He helped raise sponsorship funds, made a large contribution himself and was the emcee during the program portion of the event. He is also co-writing a book with OBF Executive Director Renee DeMoss in honor of the foun dation’s 75th anniversary. This

ROGER SCOTT MEMORIAL AWARD RECIPIENT The Oklahoma Bar Foundation is excited to announce that Bob Burke is the 2022 Roger Scott Memorial Award recipient. This award is named after Roger Scott for his service as an OBF Trustee from 2003 until 2009 and his lead ership as chair of the Development Committee. Like Roger Scott, Bob Burke’s name is synonymous with out standing professionalism, conge niality and the highest regard for

OBF President Valerie Couch awards Bob Burke the 2022 Roger Scott Memorial Award at the OBA Annual Meeting.

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