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on the YMCA Camp Classen Board of Managers for 38 years. For several years, he was president of The Lotus Club and served on the board of the Oklahoma City Golf & Country Club. A lfred Donald Mileur of Oklahoma City died Jan. 31. He was born Nov. 2, 1925, in Rush Springs and graduated from Rush Springs High School in 1943. Mr. Mileur was inducted into the U.S. Army at Fort Sill in January 1944, shipped out to Fort Benning, Georgia, for basic training, and eventually joined the 1271st Combat Engineer Battalion. He served in France, Germany and Austria before being honorably discharged in May 1946. He attended OU and received his J.D. from the George Washington University Law School. He worked as an attor ney at the U.S. General Services Administration in 1951 and at the Department of Justice in 1956. He served as president of the Federal Bar Association and received the John Marshall Award for his support of litigation on behalf of the U.S. Mr. Mileur also served the Rush Springs Lions Club in many positions and led the charge to fund construction of the Rush Springs library. C larence D. Owens Jr. of Scottsdale, Arizona, died Aug. 19, 2025. He was born March 27, 1923, in Coalgate. He attended OU prior to volunteering for service in the U.S. Army in 1943 . He received his J.D. summa cum laude from the OU College of Law in 1949, where he served as the editor of the Oklahoma Law Review . Mr. Owens was admitted to the

practice of law on March 15, 1949, and went on to work at Sinclair Oil & Gas Co. He worked at Sinclair’s headquarters until 1966, when he moved to Arizona. From there, he embarked on a career that spanned 68 years in private practice. R obert Lawrence Summers of Norman died May 12, 2025. He was born Aug. 21, 1971, in Norman. He graduated from Norman High School and received his J.D. from the OCU School of Law in 2002. Mr. Summers was a solo practi tioner at Summers Law Firm for approximately 22 years. T imothy Doyal Wantland of Claremore died Nov. 18, 2025. He was born Jan. 23, 1957. He received his J.D. from the OCU School of Law in 1990.

He was a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, played percussion in the band and sang in the chapel choir. He received his J.D. from the TU College of Law in 1974 and was a member of the Order of the Curule Chair for highest academic achievement and served on the Tulsa Law Review . Mr. Hogshead worked for 18 years in various positions at Legal Services of Eastern Oklahoma and served as managing attorney of 11 counties in eastern Oklahoma. He worked with different agencies in Tulsa and throughout eastern Oklahoma, such as the Parent Child Center of Tulsa, United Way, Project Get Together, the Tulsa County Bar Association and the TU College of Law Alumni Association and was involved in the Hudson-Hall-Wheaton American Inn of Court. He was appointed as a special judge for Tulsa County in December 1998, where he served for 16 years. D erek Stewart Allan Lawrence of Tulsa died Aug. 18, 2025. He was born Oct. 28, 1956. K. T. Meade Jr. of Oklahoma City died Dec. 14, 2025. He was born Aug. 28, 1928, in Pittsburgh. He graduated from Portsmouth Abbey School, Georgetown University and the U.S. Navy aviation program. Mr. Meade received his J.D. from the OCU School of Law. He served as a naval aviator toward the end of the Korean War. He came to Oklahoma City in 1959, joining his brother in the oil and gas business. Over the years, the relationship grew into Meade Energy Corp., an oil and gas producer in Oklahoma, Texas and Pennsylvania. He served

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