The Oklahoma Bar Journal February 2024

chief patent counsel for Eastman Christensen Co. Eventually, Mr. Walkowski returned to private practice with the patent law firm of Trask Britt in Salt Lake City, where he served as general coun sel from 1990 until his death. C harles Vernon Williams Jr. of Oklahoma City died Nov. 25. He was born Dec. 29, 1930, in Tulsa. He enlisted in the U.S. Air Force in 1950 and was discharged in August 1953. Mr. Williams served as a flight chief, putting basic trainees through boot camp. He ended up working on B-25s at the Vance Air Force Base in Enid. He graduated from TU with his bach elor’s degree and received his J.D. from the TU College of Law in 1961. Mr. Williams served as an assistant district attorney in Beckham and Blaine counties and was appointed district judge for the Osage Nation Tribal Court in 1993.

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