The Oklahoma Bar Journal May 2024

T ony Joe Watson of Bartlesville died Jan. 21. He was born July 24, 1946, in Stillwater. Mr. Watson graduated from OSU with a bache lor’s degree in production manage ment and completed the Air Force Reserve Office Training Corps. He was commissioned with the U.S. Air Force, reaching the rank of captain and serving as a flight instructor before being honorably discharged after five years of ser vice. He received his J.D. from the OU College of Law and began his legal career in private practice in Ponca City. Mr. Watson later moved to Bartlesville to join the Phillips Petroleum Co., where he served on the legal team until his retirement. Memorial contributions may be made to the Boy Scouts of America. F rederick Anthony Zahn of Oklahoma City died April 1. He was born Jan. 17, 1940, in Oklahoma City. He graduated from Yale University and New York University, where he earned a master’s degree in corporate law. He received his J.D. from the OU College of Law in 1965 and prac ticed as a management consultant for law firms in Philadelphia, New York and Chicago before returning to Oklahoma to practice labor rela tions. Mr. Zahn served as an adjunct professor at the OCU School of Law and the TU College of Law. He transitioned to full-time ministry in Tulsa before serving as execu tive director of The Education and Employment Ministry in Oklahoma City. He was involved in his com munity, including as a founding trustee of the Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence, a member of the Oklahoma City Council, a trustee of OCU and more. Memorial contri butions may be made to Mosaic Community Church.

J.D. from the OU College of Law in 2004 and spent 20 years as a criminal defense attorney at the General Appeals Division of the Oklahoma Indigent Defense System. Memorial contributions may be made to Susan G. Komen. S tanley Monroe Ward of Noble died March 10. He was born June 10, 1939. Mr. Ward was recruited by Bud Wilkinson to play football at OU, where he became a member of Beta Theta Pi. He then transferred to OSU, where he served as a Ford Foundation scholar and gradu ated with bachelor’s and master’s degrees in political science. He received his J.D. from the OU College of Law in 1966 and was a member of the Order of the Coif and the Oklahoma Law Review . He began his legal career at the law firm of Treadway & Brandmeyer in Downey, California, and got involved in the business com munity, serving on the Downey Community Hospital Board of Directors. He also served as president of the Downey Kiwanis Club. Mr. Ward and his family returned to Oklahoma, and he began to work as legal counsel under the leadership of Bill Banowsky. He served as a member of the OU Board of Regents and was a member of the McFarlin United Methodist Church, where he taught lessons at the Friendship Sunday School class. Memorial contributions may be made to the WildCare Foundation or the Amyloidosis Research Consortium.

a longtime board member of the Russell Murray Hospice, as well as chair for many years. Memorial contributions may be made to the First Christian Church of El Reno. J ames F. Robinson of Oklahoma City died Feb. 15. He was born Sept. 26, 1944, in San Diego. He graduated from Phillips University and received his J.D. from the OCU School of Law. Mr. Robinson served in the U.S. Navy. He briefly worked in private practice before becoming a city attorney and an assistant district attorney for Oklahoma County and later joining the U.S. Department of Justice. In his 32 years as an assistant U.S. attorney, he tried more than 150 cases and was counsel of record in more than 30 cases at the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals. He began his career in the Association of the United States Army prosecuting drug and gun crimes and later white-collar financial crime. Memorial con tributions may be made to the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma or the WildCare Foundation. T amar Graham Scott of Yukon died March 21. She was born April 11, 1957. Ms. Scott graduated from OU with bachelor’s degrees in psychology and philosophy in 1979. She received her J.D. from the OU College of Law in 1983. She briefly worked for the dis trict attorney of Pottawatomie County before serving as deputy general counsel for the Oklahoma Department of Transportation. R icki Walterscheid of Purcell died March 21. She was born Jan. 8, 1979, in Denton, Texas. Ms. Walterscheid graduated from OCU with a bachelor’s degree in psychology. She received her

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