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  Aging Well 

Dr. Holly Van Remmen wants to keep people “stronger for longer.” Her research at
OMRF focuses on preserving muscle as we age. “Currently, the only proven ways of
minimizing muscle loss are diet and exercise, but they only work for so long, even in
the healthiest individuals,” she says. In 2018, she and Dr. Rizwan Qaisar found that
an experimental compound slowed muscle atrophy and improved muscular function
in mice. “Muscle loss and weakness are the main causes of dependency in the
elderly, so developing a way to prevent that would be a significant breakthrough,”
says Qaisar, who received a Diamond Award from the American Federation of Aging
Research to continue the promising work at OMRF.
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On the Oklahoma River, the Dragon Boat
League includes a race category exclusively
for seniors; to compete in the “Wise Dragon”
division, paddlers must be at least 60 or older.

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Blood Catching Scientific
Errors
“Make thick my blood; stop up the access
and passage to remorse.” In Macbeth, William Dr. Jonathan Wren hates mistakes. Little
Shakespeare wasn’t writing about coagulation. ones, big ones – but especially gaffes that,
But in 2018, cardiovascular biologists at OMRF surprisingly, plague top-level scientific
published 15 research papers on this topic, papers. In research published in the journal
which is crucial to understanding and treating Bioinformatics, the OMRF researcher showed
illnesses ranging from heart attack to stroke to how a computer program he’s developed can
sepsis, a deadly blood poisoning. sniff out a wide range of blunders that appear
in scientific studies: mathematical errors,
Blues Brother misspelled chemical names and broken web
links represent three of the most common
As lead guitarist in the band that backed John hiccups. The program, based on sophisticated
Belushi and Dan Aykroyd in the 1980 film algorithms, can also detect more complicated
“Blues Brothers,” Steve Cropper only added mistakes, like statistical discrepancies in clinical
to a legendary career that included writing trials that can spell the difference between a
and playing guitar on Otis Redding’s enduring drug reaching the market or being rejected by
classic “(Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay,” co- the Food and Drug Administration. In an initial
writing “In the Midnight Hour” with Wilson test, Wren found errors in about 5 percent of
Pickett, and being inducted into the Rock and all published statistics and computations in
Roll Hall of Fame as part of the band Booker T. scientific literature. “That number does not
& the M.G.’s. In October, Cropper joined singer- have to be that high, and we are creating a
songwriter Dave Mason, who co-founded the way to cut it down significantly,” he says.
British band Traffic, to headline OMRF’s seventh Specifically, he’s working to develop the
annual “241” fundraising events. In tandem program into a web service that analyzes
with a golf tournament the following day, the papers before publication. “The goal is to stop
wine and music festival raised $695,000 for these errors from ever appearing.”

Cresearch at OMRF. The Chickasaw Nation

Care Heart attacks and stroke disproportionately
strike Native populations. With a new grant
6,393 from the Chickasaw Nation, researchers at
Patient visits to OMRF’s autoimmune disease OMRF will work with tribal cardiologists to
clinics in 2018 compare risk factors for heart disease in
Chickasaw patients versus those from non-
Multiple sclerosis, lupus, rheumatoid arthritis Native populations. The ultimate goal of the
Primary conditions treated partnership will be to identify specific genes
that predispose certain people or groups to
37 heart disease.
Active clinical trials

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 Christy Everest  D

When she joined OMRF as a director in 2008, Divide and Conquer
Christy Gaylord Everest followed in the
footsteps of her late father and grandfather, Cell division is at the heart of all life. When
who helped lead the foundation’s board for it goes awry, the consequences can be
nearly 40 years. In the decade since, she’s devastating, causing birth defects and cancer.
continued her family’s legacy of service to In 2018, Drs. Gary Gorbsky and Roberto
OMRF, chairing the board’s Development Pezza received a pair of new grants to study
Committee and co-chairing a fundraising different aspects of how cells divide, while Dr.
effort that generated more than $10 million to Chris Sansam discovered a way in which cells
expand OMRF’s cancer program. She’s also duplicate themselves accurately and completely
contributed financial support for research during the process. This new finding, says
and capital expansion projects through the Sansam, will allow researchers to work toward
Gaylord Foundation and personal giving. To new drug targets for cancer.
honor her efforts and support, at its annual
honors and awards ceremony in April, OMRF
presented Everest with its 2018 Board of
Directors Distinguished Service Award. Then,
in November, the family tradition stretched to
a fourth generation when Everest’s daughter
Tricia joined the board. “Christy has been a
tremendous advocate for medical research and
friend to OMRF,” says Dr. Stephen Prescott,
OMRF’s president. “The foundation is a better
place because of her.”

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Do Carbs Cause F
Arthritis?
Finding Hidden Killers
Maybe. In a study led by Dr. Tim Griffin,
researchers found that the carbohydrate For years, physicians have puzzled over why
composition of diets increased the risk of people with “clean” colonoscopies develop
osteoarthritis in laboratory mice – even when colon cancer. “Some polyps are embedded
the animals didn’t differ in weight. The primary in the surface of the colon, and they’re also
flat and covered up,” says Dr. David Jones,
Eculprits: starch and sugar. who holds the Jeannine Rainbolt Chair in
Cancer Research at OMRF. “This makes them
The Eyes Have It incredibly difficult to detect.” In experiments,
Jones analyzed the genetic composition of
With a new grant from the National Eye the hidden polyps. “Most cancers – and most
Institute, Dr. Scott Plafker began studying polyps – need more than one mutation to
whether a compound that’s naturally produced form. But in these polyps, only one gene was
in broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower and Brussels mutated.” Researchers could create a test to find
sprouts can protect eyes from macular these genetic markers prior to a colonoscopy.
degeneration as they age. Called sulforaphane, “It would be a way for the doctors to know to
it’s previously been shown to guard cells from look for a hiding polyp.” Jones published the
stress and to have anti-cancer effects. “I’m very findings in the scientific journal PLOS One.
excited about this, because sulforaphane is
readily available in vegetables,” says Plafker,  Fleming Scholars 
who joined OMRF in 2011. “People can get
it with ease, and they can get it without Chosen from a pool of almost 100 state high
prescriptions or high costs. That’s the best kind school and college students, 12 of Oklahoma’s
of treatment.” most promising young scientists spent the
summer at OMRF as Sir Alexander Fleming
Scholars, working on research projects that
ranged from heart disease to drug addiction.

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Four Stars H

For the 16th time, OMRF received the highest High School Heroes
possible ranking1 from the nation’s largest
evaluator of nonprofits. “This indicates that Students from Stillwater High delivered a
OMRF adheres to sector best practices and check in March to OMRF for $8,136.44, the
executes its mission in a financially efficient proceeds from Pink Out Week, which included
way,” says Michael Thatcher, president and a bake sale, a hat day, ‘80s dress day and a
CEO of Charity Navigator. “This exceptional silent auction. Then, in September, Putnam
designation from Charity Navigator sets OMRF City Schools presented a $100,000 donation
apart from its peers and demonstrates to the to OMRF. The district raised the money as
part of its annual cancer drive, which has now
Gpublic its trustworthiness.” generated $3.6 million to support OMRF since
1975. “I’m so proud that generations of Putnam
A Golden Anniversary City students, school staff and parents have
invested in research to fight cancer,” says Dr.
OMRF closed its research hospital in 1976. But Fred Rhodes, superintendent of Putnam City
in 2018, we met a former patient who celebrated Schools. “What Putnam City and OMRF have is
a remarkable milestone: 50 years since he’d a rare partnership.”
been diagnosed with a cancer thought to be
terminal. The experimental treatments that
Greg Kindell, now 67, received at OMRF as a
senior in high school in 1968 drove his leukemia
into remission, and the disease never returned.

Good Teeth, Good Health

That toothbrush of yours may prevent more
than cavities. A new study from OMRF’s Drs.
Umesh Deshmukh and Harini Bagavant found
that lupus patients who’d been exposed to
gum-disease-causing bacteria showed a greater
incidence of lupus disease activity. “A small
change like brushing and flossing regularly
could benefit patients by allowing them to
modify their treatment with fewer drugs or less
powerful dosages,” says Bagavant.

1. Using publicly available financial information, Charity Navigator
promotes intelligent giving by providing report cards for U.S.
and international charities. The nonprofit organization measures
performance in categories such as fundraising efficiency, expenses,
revenue and expense growth, and working capital ratios. It then
assigns each charity a score from zero to four stars.

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I  Influenza 

One hundred years ago, as World War I came to an end, an even
greater scourge reared its head. “The 1918 influenza pandemic was
the deadliest event in all of human history,” says Dr. David Morens, a
scientist at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
“It killed more people than any war, any pandemic, the Black Death,
AIDS, you can pick your terrible event.” Experts estimate that the
pandemic claimed 50 to 100 million lives worldwide. And even today,
its toll continues: The flu that comes to our communities each year is
a descendant of that 1918 virus. Because the pathogen continuously
mutates, scientists must fight to stay one step ahead.

“The fact that we need a new vaccine every single year is a huge
and expensive process that can be very inefficient,” says Dr. Jose
Alberola-Ila. In May, the OMRF researcher received a five-year grant
from the NIAID to study a novel population of cells that appear to
be protective against influenza. In experiments, Alberola-Ila found
that lab mice with greater numbers of the cells were better protected
from the virus. “All the mice we looked at had the flu, but the ones
with more of these cells lost less weight, got less sick and recovered
faster,” he says. The new grant will help Alberola-Ila and his research
team understand why. “What we are learning could be a very real way
of improving vaccination strategies in the long term, and that is an
exciting opportunity.”

When influenza struck millions of Americans in 1918,
members of the American Red Cross Motor Corps spent
as many as 100 hours each week transporting patients to
nearby hospitals.

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 Innovation District 

The 1.3 square miles that surround OMRF account for more than
10,000 jobs and a major chunk of Oklahoma City’s health-related
economy. Still, the area lacks for residential density and retail
businesses. In 2018, working with OMRF and other community
partners, the city launched the Innovation District initiative, which
aims to transform the area into a live-work-eat-play hub.

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  Jamie Mangelinkx 

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Age: 48 Jerry Balentine

Hometown: Ponca City In a legal career that marked its 43rd year in
2018, Jerry Balentine has created more than
Diagnosis: Sarcoidosis 3,000 estate plans for families and individuals.
But with three particularly painful losses in
That means: Small, tumor-like his life – siblings taken by breast cancer and
lumps grow in her heart and lungs Alzheimer’s – the Oklahoma City attorney
doesn’t just encourage others to give. Balentine
How the disease has affected her: and his law firm, Evans & Davis, have made
“I went from being a free spirit – more than 1,000 donations to OMRF in memory
traveling, scuba diving, playing 36 of clients, friends and colleagues who have
holes of golf on the weekend – to passed away. “Giving to OMRF,” says Balentine,
someone who couldn’t even get “reminds all of us that something good can
out of bed without help.”
Kcome from very painful and difficult times.”
What keeps her going:
Her 12-year-old daughter, Jianna Kathryn Jo Foley

How she found OMRF: Sharp-witted. Feisty. Possessed of a generous
A Facebook support group spirit. This is how those who knew Jo Foley
described her. When she passed away in
Why she came to OMRF: November at the age of 85, she displayed that
To participate in a research study generosity by leaving her estate to OMRF.
on sarcoidosis Although she’d never given to the foundation in
life, Foley, who’d worked at the Oklahoma City
Her hope: “That researchers can Water Department, had lost many close to her
take what they learn from me and to disease. Upon her death, she donated all of
help somebody else.” her assets – more than $1 million in total – to
fund OMRF research on cancer, which claimed
the life of her daughter, Vicki.

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Learning From Failure Dr. Joan Merrill

Since Dwight D. Eisenhower was president,
the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has
approved only one new drug for lupus. “I have
been involved in more than 30 failed clinical
trials, and they did not all need to fail,” says
OMRF’s Dr. Joan Merrill. This past spring,
Merrill co-authored a study calling for an
overhaul in testing new lupus medications.
The key, she says, is to shrink the size of
trials, which would enable the use of scientific
advances to select individual patients most
likely to benefit from a specific therapy. “This
could lead to more approvals of effective drugs
and will prevent ineffective ones from reaching
the market.”

Let’s Make a Deal

The technology
An antibody created by OMRF cardiovascular
biologist Dr. Charles Esmon

What it does
Binds to activated protein C, a natural blood
thinner produced by the body

Corporate partner
Shanghai RAAS Blood Products

What’s next
Shanghai RAAS plans to develop the antibody
into a drug to treat hemophilia or injuries such
as gunshot wounds

Why it matters
“Developing new treatments for hemophilia
and traumatic bleeding would help fill
significant, unmet needs for patients,” says
OMRF Vice President of Technology Ventures
Manu Nair, who put together the collaboration.

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OMRF’s Dr. Wan Hee Yoon visits with a donor at the Loyal Donors
foundation in May 2018.
On an evening in May, OMRF welcomed a
special group of people: All 110 had made gifts
to the foundation for at least five years. As
a thank-you for their support, OMRF hosted
the donors for an evening of learning about
research in five interactive lab stations featuring
tutorials and experiments with foundation
scientists. “This was such a nice night, and it
was delightful to be recognized,” says Margaret
Vater, a donor since 2012. “We can see our
donations are being used the right way. The
scientists are doing fascinating work.”

Lupus Genetics

“We know lupus has a strong genetic basis,”
says Dr. Swapan Nath. “But in order to better
treat the disease, we have to identify the genes
associated with it.” In October, Nath and his
OMRF colleague Dr. Joel Guthridge2 received
a four-year grant from the National Institutes
of Health to study a pair of genes believed
to contribute to the autoimmune disease. To
date, OMRF researchers have played a role in
identifying or confirming 65 of the 101 known
genes associated with lupus, which affects an
estimated 1.5 million Americans.

Dr. Joel Guthridge 2. Guthridge also directs OMRF’s ultra-cold biorepository, which
houses more than 1 million biological samples donated by
patients suffering from conditions that include lupus, rheumatoid
arthritis, fibromyalgia and multiple sclerosis. With 9,500 cubic
feet of storage at temperatures as low as -80 degrees Celsius (-112
Fahrenheit), the facility is one of the largest of its kind in the U.S.

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Multiple Sclerosis Oklahoma!

MS robs sufferers of balance, muscle control 75
and, sometimes, sight. Last year, Drs. Gabriel Years since the Rodgers & Hammerstein
Pardo and Tania Reyna treated 1,989 patients in musical first opened on Broadway
OMRF’s Multiple Sclerosis Center of Excellence.
Meanwhile, on the floor above, Dr. Bob Axtell 0.25%
and his research team figured out how certain The ¼ of 1 percent royalty payment OMRF
immune cells communicate to drive the disease receives from each performance as the result of
process. By incorporating clinical observations an estate gift the foundation received in 1977
into their work, scientists like Axtell can move
faster and further than by traditional laboratory $17,398.49
experiments alone. The end product, they hope, Royalty income generated in 2018 to support
will be more effective therapies for patients. OMRF research on cancer and heart disease;
this figure should increase in 2019 with a
Broadway revival of the beloved show

New Blood Oregon Shakespeare
Festival
Four new principal scientists opened labs at
OMRF in 2018. Two completed fellowships at A theater company based in Ashland, Oregon,
Ivy League universities and will study biological staged an Oklahoma! revival in which Curly and
processes underlying, respectively, heart Laurey, the central couple, were both women.
disease and Alzheimer’s. One was promoted The production routinely packed the Angus
from within OMRF, where he focuses on Bowman Theater, generating a box office share
understanding the causes of lupus and other of $1,018.52 for OMRF. The reimagined musical
autoimmune diseases. The fourth joined the received an admiring write-up in The NewYork
foundation after more than a decade leading Times, which called it “a sprightly hit.”
a lab at Colorado State University. At OMRF,
he’ll continue to pioneer innovative, cross- Overcoming Addiction
disciplinary approaches aimed at slowing the
aging process. Dr. Michael Beckstead is researching the
role that dopamine, a naturally generated
chemical, plays in addiction to drugs like
methamphetamine and cocaine. “Pretty much
every drug of abuse causes a spike of dopamine
in the brain,” says Beckstead, who published
a series of studies on the topic in 2018. By
better understanding the role of dopamine in
addiction, he hopes to find effective therapies.
“If we can develop new intervention strategies,
that would be an important step forward.”

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 Poland  A. A country with a population of roughly 38.5
million people

B. Birthplace of numerous notable scientists,
including co-inventor of the hydrogen bomb
Stanislaw Ulam and astronomer Nicolaus
Copernicus, who formulated the model of
the solar system that put Earth, rather than
the sun, at the center

C. The home of nine current OMRF research
trainees, who are at the foundation as part
of a yearlong program for master’s degree
candidates in biology

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orrows  R

For the 12th straight year, OMRF hosted a Regenerative Medicine
Halloween event for nearly 70 trick-or-treaters
from Positive Tomorrows, Oklahoma City’s The idea that humans could regrow tissue,
only elementary school and social service cells or even organs may sound like science
agency specifically serving children and fiction. But when OMRF’s Dr. Courtney Griffin
families experiencing homelessness. OMRF took the helm of the Oklahoma Center for
staff dimmed the lights, adorned offices and Adult Stem Cell Research (a program of the
hallways with spider webs and other spooky Oklahoma Tobacco Settlement Endowment
décor, then handed out goodies to the children, Trust) in 2018, she expanded the Center’s
who paraded door-to-door in costumes created focus to include regenerative medicine. The
by students at Oklahoma City University’s Ann emerging field holds promise for restoring
damaged tissues and organs in the body by
QLacy School of Dance and Arts Management. stimulating previously irreparable organs to
heal themselves.

A Quest to Treat Rural Health
Sickle Cell
Increasingly, rural America is beginning to look
An estimated 100,000 people in this country like a “health desert,” with fewer and fewer
suffer from sickle cell disease. The genetic hospitals and care providers to serve patients.
illness causes red blood cells to form a crescent Add in an aging and socioeconomically
or “sickle,” which results in inflammation, challenged population, and healthcare outside
excruciating pain and, too often, organ damage of urban areas has reached a state of crisis.
or even death. Thanks to discoveries by OMRF’s This past summer, Dr. Judith James renewed
Dr. Rod McEver, an experimental medication a major federal grant aimed at tackling parts
to treat the disease is poised to seek FDA of this problem in Oklahoma. Working with
approval in 2019.3 “As a physician, I’ve seen a network of institutions, physicians and
these patients. Their suffering is extreme,” he American Indian tribes throughout the state,
says. In clinical trials, the new drug showed the effort is targeting a host of rural health
a marked reduction in pain crises suffered by issues, from cardiovascular disease to the
sickle cell patients. Although it would not cure opioid epidemic.
the condition, says McEver, “I hope it will help a
lot of people until we can do more.”

3. An initial round of clinical testing found the drug to be safe and well tolerated by patients. Then, in a larger, multi-center trial in the U.S.,
Jamaica and Brazil, the medication showed a marked reduction in pain crises suffered by those with the genetic disease, which
disproportionately strikes individuals of African origin.

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The Cross family’s steer wrestling competition shows how
Oklahomans can band together to help combat disease,” says OMRF
Vice President of Development Penny Voss. “It’s a real grassroots
effort that unites the Kingfisher community.”
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Smile

Actually, it’s SMILE. That stands for
“Studying Anti-Malarials in Incomplete Lupus
Erythematosus,” and it’s the first clinical trial of
its kind. Led by Dr. Judith James, SMILE seeks
to identify people at high risk for developing
lupus, then treat them with an immune-
modifying medication. The trial kicked off in
2018, and its ultimate goals are ambitious: to
delay the onset of lupus, lessen its symptoms
and potentially prevent the disease altogether.

 Steer Wrestling 

Floyd Cross died in 2016, succumbing to liver
and colon cancers after living with the diseases
for a dozen years. But the western Oklahoma
bulldogger’s legacy lives on in the annual steer
wrestling tournament his family continues to
stage in Kingfisher each May. In 2018, the 8th
edition of the rodeo drew cowboys from around
the country. As in previous years, proceeds
benefitted cancer research at OMRF.

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Thanksgiving

In November 2015, doctors told Mike Schuster
he had glioblastoma, a deadly form of brain
cancer that carries a life expectancy of 12 to 18
months from diagnosis. This past Thanksgiving,
Schuster celebrated the third anniversary of
that diagnosis. The 53-year-old Norman resident
remains strong and healthy, which he attributes
to his ongoing treatment with OKN-007, an
experimental therapy invented at OMRF. “It’s
pretty cool how this stuff is working.”

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  Top Workplace 

Based on anonymous polling of 24,000
employees at more than 100 state businesses,
OMRF earned the silver medal among
large employers (350-plus workers) in The
Oklahoman newspaper’s 2018 Top Workplaces
survey.4 Employees answered questions
about a variety of factors related to their jobs,
including pay and benefits, job satisfaction,
room for growth and management quality.
In their responses, foundation staffers cited
OMRF’s onsite fitness center and healthy dining
options offered in the Research Cafe. “These
extra incentives,” commented one employee in
a survey response, “make this workplace stand
out from the rest!”

Tylenol Overdose “We’ve been blessed; our scientists are so good
in their fields,” says Jannie Jefferies, who’s
Each year, 56,000 people go to ERs because worked at OMRF since 1990 as a file coordinator
they’ve taken too much acetaminophen, the in accounting, records and payroll. “I’m just a
active ingredient in Tylenol. Some overdose little part of what goes on here, but they share
under the mistaken impression that excess their time with me.”
amounts of an over-the-counter painkiller can’t
hurt them. Others OD because acetaminophen
is an ingredient in oft-abused opioids Percocet
and Vicodin. Either way, the results can be
life-threatening: Too much acetaminophen can
cause severe liver toxicity, and it’s the leading
cause of liver transplants in the U.S. In June,
OMRF’s Dr. Courtney Griffin and graduate
student Siqi Gao published new findings
pinpointing the cause of liver bleeding during
acetaminophen overdose. In experiments in
laboratory mice, the researchers also found
a way to treat the animals using an existing
prescription drug. The therapeutic impact could
be lifesaving, says Griffin, especially because
the FDA has already approved the medication to
treat another condition. “We are excited to see
where the next stage of this research takes us.”

4. OMRF has ranked in the top 10 in the large employer category
every year since The Oklahoman began compiling the list in 2013.

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Understanding Diabetes

Diabetics are more than twice as likely as the
general population to die of heart disease and
stroke. In a new study that appeared in the
Journal of the American Heart Association,
OMRF researchers identified a crucial cellular
“switch” in the heart that seems to malfunction
in people suffering from diabetes. “If we can
activate or help this broken switch, we could
potentially reduce the likelihood of developing
life-threatening heart conditions,” says Dr.

VKenneth Humphries, who led the project.

Viral Sensation

Children in their first year of life are highly
susceptible to respiratory syncytial virus,
the leading cause of pneumonia worldwide.
“RSV causes more frequent and more severe
infections in infants, and it can require
hospitalization in some cases,” says OMRF’s Dr.
Susan Kovats. To study the illness, she’s using
a novel three-dimensional model developed by
Dr. Heather Fahlenkamp, an Oklahoma State
University chemical engineer. It’s made of
human tissue, and it’s designed to mimic how
our lungs work. In addition to safety advantages
over working with human subjects, says Kovats,
“this gives us a lot more control to learn exactly
what goes wrong and how to go about fixing
it.” If the 3D model proves successful, the
researchers will look to expand its use in other
lung ailments like the flu and allergies.

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 “We are motivated to be 
 part of the solution.”    

Marked by vision loss, pain and loss of coordination and muscle control, neuromyelitis
optica is often confused for multiple sclerosis. But one of the standard treatments for
MS – increasing levels of a naturally occurring protein called interferon – actually makes
symptoms of NMO worse. With a new grant from the National Institutes of Health, OMRF’s
Dr. Bob Axtell will try to unravel this conundrum surrounding the rare condition. “People
are becoming more aware of the disease and are working on better diagnostic tools to
identify it,” says Axtell, who joined OMRF in 2013 from Stanford University. “The more we
understand, the better the outlook will be for people struggling with this horrible condition.”

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Oklahoma City’s Shan Carter has been living with neuromyelitis
optica for two decades and has been a patient at OMRF since
2011. “I first noticed something was wrong when I picked up my
little nephew and just fell over. I’d just finished playing three
soccer games in a row,” says Carter, 52. “Now, I spend my days
in this chair.”

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Why? Y

The question OMRF researchers asked an You

Xestimated 938,6005, 6, 7 times in 2018. If you received this annual report, you’re one of
4,213 donors to OMRF in 2018. Our scientists
Xander Auld and physicians couldn’t do what they do

For the Winter/Spring 2018 issue of Findings, Zwithout your support. Thank you!
we chronicled how OMRF’s Dr. Patrick Gaffney
helped sleuth out a rare genetic mutation
carried by Xander Auld, a Yukon teen. That
discovery led doctors to find and remove a
potentially deadly kidney cancer.

Xia, Lijun Zeal for Research

The head of OMRF’s Cardiovascular Biology Ovarian cancer. Heart disease. Inflammation.
Research Program also played medical Parkinson’s disease. In the past year, the
detective, solving a mystery involving an Presbyterian Health Foundation made grants
Oklahoma girl with abnormal levels of blood to OMRF to support research projects on all
enzymes and bone defects. You’ll have an of these health conditions – plus many more.
opportunity to read more about Dr. Lijun Xia’s All told, the Oklahoma City nonprofit provided
work to help this young patient in the upcoming nearly $2 million to help underwrite the cost
issue of Findings. of research at OMRF in 2018. “As funding
streams continue to tighten, we are even
Xmas more committed to filling funding gaps facing
Oklahoma’s top biomedical researchers today,”
In the December 25, 2018, edition of The says PHF President Tom R. Gray III.
Oklahoman, Dr. Patrick Gaffney talked about
how he balances his research at OMRF with Zebrafish
his religious beliefs. “If you have a faith in God
and his role in creation and sustaining creation, If you didn’t know better, you might confuse
science becomes more of an activity of trying to the fish-tank-filled room on OMRF’s fourth
unravel the secrets of how he designed things.” floor for an aquarium. Or a pet store. But the
The OMRF researcher is currently in formation foundation’s 10,000 or so zebrafish are not pets.
to become a Deacon in the Archdiocese of The tiny creatures allow scientists to study
Oklahoma City. biological processes in ways that are impossible
in humans. A trio of OMRF scientists rely on the
5. Total whys6 = total scientific staff members x annual hours worked fish to model human disease, and in 2018, one
per staffer x average number of whys per staffer per hour of them, Dr. Gaurav Varshney, received funding
to use zebrafish to understand the pathology
6. = 361 x 2,080 x 1.257 = 938,600. Next year, we’re going for a and mechanisms of hearing loss.
million.

7. Just a guess

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 Zero 

Number of days in 2018 when
scientists weren’t in OMRF’s
labs performing experiments.

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 Revenues  Added Revenue
Sources
Contributions
23% While gifts and competitive
research grants provide 71 percent
Other of OMRF’s annual revenues, we
29% count on supplementary funding
streams to provide the additional
Grants $25 million-plus needed to
48% operate OMRF each year. Those
other dollars come from a variety
 Expenses  of sources: income from our
clinic, royalty payments from
Administrative licensing of intellectual property,
6% and even mineral revenues from
estate gifts we’ve received over
Clinic the years. Having a balance of
Operations/ revenue streams is one of many
Patient Care factors that keeps the foundation
financially secure.
27%
Keeping
Costs Low

When it comes to administration,
less is more. For decades, OMRF’s
administrative costs have held
steady in single digits. And in 2018,
that number fell from 8 to 6 percent,
all while our operating revenue
increased nearly $20 million. But
it’s OMRF’s tradition to deliver
administrative support in the most
cost-efficient manner possible. That
means more money for research.

Research
67%

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 Financials 

OKLAHOMA MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION
Selected Financial Information - Operating Fund

2017-2018 Prior year



OPERATING REVENUE:

  Competitive research grants:

National Institutes of Health grants $ 32,319,603 $ 28,911,625

Other competitive research grants 11,350,300 9,504,511

Total grants 43,669,903    38,416,136



  Private contributions:

Income and gifts from trusts 7,545,524 7,538,361

Gifts and bequests 157,605 1,789,311

Contributions 2,493,424 2,131,621

Memorials 611,831 689,736

Total private contributions 10,808,384 12,149,029



  Special event revenue:

Ticket sales and sponsorships 708,204 584,996

Less: direct costs of event (121,171) (130,915)

Net revenues from special events 587,033 454,081



  Other revenue:

Clinical revenue, net of provisions for

contractual and other adjustments 19,970,530 9,992,552

Interest and investment income 806,595 837,182

Mineral income 1,305,293 1,538,463

Rent 363,468 382,390

Royalties and licensing income 1,434,726 1,277,966

Loss on disposal of assets 193,295 289,941

Loss from uncollected receivables (1,500) -

Other 2,578,669 2,238,155

  Total other revenue 26,651,076 16,556,649



  Total revenue 81,716,396 67,575,895



Operating revenue from wills, pledges, and other

restricted gifts recorded in prior years 10,008,305 6,263,206



  Total operating revenue 91,724,701 73,839,101



OPERATING EXPENSES:

  Program Services - Research 53,628,852 48,147,998

  Program Services - Clinic Operations 21,697,357 13,139,237

  Support Services - General and administrative 5,296,801 5,058,758

Total operating expenses 80,623,010 66,345,993



Excess of revenues over expenses $ 11,101,691 $ 7,493,108

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 Honor Roll 

In this donor honor roll, we’ve recognized all gifts of $500 and above in calendar year 2018. To view a full list of gifts
of any amount to OMRF, please go to omrf.org.

$5,000,000+ Dr. John H. Saxon $5,000 - $9,999
Mr. Bill Stoller/Express Employment
The Chapman Trusts Allen Family Charitable Foundation
Professionals Anonymous
$1,000,000 - $4,999,999 Ms. Sue Ann Arnall/Arnall Family
$10,000 - $24,999
The Chickasaw Nation Foundation Fund - Fidelity Charitable
Estate of Wesley Robert Mote American Fidelity Assurance Company/ AT&T - Oklahoma
Presbyterian Health Foundation American Fidelity Foundation/ Mr. Donnie R. Ball
InvesTrust BancFirst
$500,000 - $999,999 Estate of Warren J. Bates
Charlene and Thomas D. Barbour, Sr./ Mr. Mark L. Beffort/Newmark Grubb Levy
Mary K. Chapman Foundation Thomas D. and Charlene Barbour Fund
Estate of Robert D. Curley - OCCF Strange Beffort
Linda and Lance Benham
$100,000 - $499,999 Kim E. and Steve Bruno/United Bethany Public Schools
Mechanical, Inc. Charles “Russ” Harrison, Jr./BH Group
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
Estate of Nancy J. Davies Rececca H. and James C. Buchanan III Holdings, LLC
Wilma Davis-McElmurry Trust H.A. and Mary K. Chapman Charitable Ms. Susan Ross and D. Randolph Brown,
Virginia and John Groendyke
Inasmuch Foundation Foundation Jr., M.D.
Beth and Dale Matherly Dr. Charles R. Clark/Clark Family Gifting Harry and Louise Brown Foundation
Mr. Jacob Matherly/Matherly Mechanical Karen and Robert F. Browne/Robert and
Trust - Morgan Stanley
Contractors, Inc. Mr. Harvey Hampton/Dortha R. Dever Karen Browne Family Fund - OCCF
McCasland Foundation Mrs. Susan Joanne Bruner
Putnam City Schools Cancer Fund Legacy Fund - OCCF Mr. and Mrs. Len B. Cason
Robert Glenn Rapp Foundation Devon Energy Corporation Mrs. Carolyn R. Coffey
Simmons Charitable Foundation Susan and Carl E. Edwards ConocoPhillips
United Way of Central Oklahoma Christy and Jim Everest Cox Communications
Estate of George A. Whiteacre E.L. and Thelma Gaylord Foundation The Crawley Family Foundation
The Anne and Henry Zarrow Foundation Mrs. Jayne R. Hackworth Mr. and Mrs. Stanley R. Crites
Harris Foundation, Inc. Mrs. Katherine L. Dickey
$50,000 - $99,999 Leslie S. and Cliff Hudson The Dobson Family Foundation
Gay E. and Ed Kirby Ms. Katharine M. Duncan
Anonymous Kirkpatrick Foundation, Inc. Ann-Clore and Walt Duncan/Duncan Oil
Clyde R. Evans Charitable Trust Sara F. and Jay Kyte
Jessie Dearing Kinley Testamentary Trust Mr. Albert W. Lang Properties, Inc.
The Merrick Foundation Peggy and Lee Mackey Embassy Suites Oklahoma City
Estate of Pam W. Parrish OMRF General Research - OCCF
Madalynne L. Peel Foundation Oklahoma Grand Chapter Order of the Downtown/Medical Center
The Puterbaugh Foundation First National Bank of Oklahoma
Eastern Star Cynthia and Hal French/French Family
$25,000 - $49,999 Estate of Lucille M. Owens
Mr. Gene Rainbolt/H.E. Rainbolt Fund - CFO Charitable Foundation
Elizabeth and G.T. Blankenship Katie and Tony Say Mr. and Mrs. Mark W. Funke
Frontiers of Science Foundation of Scaramucci Foundation Nancy V. and Jerry N. Glasgow
Paul I. and Carolyn Schulte Mr. David W. Gorham/David W. Gorham
Oklahoma, Inc. Ms. Betty Bryant Shaull
William D. Hawley, M.D. Mrs. Jo Ann Smith and Mr. Kenneth C. Gift Fund - OCCF
Estate of Juanita Holsinger The Hardesty Family Foundation, Inc.
Mr. Christian Keesee/The Kirkpatrick Smith D.A. and D.B. Harmon Memorial Fund -
Tyler Media Group
Family Fund Dianna and Steve Waldschmidt OCCF
Richard K. and Ruth S. Lane Memorial Ms. Beatrice C. Wallace Erin and Tim Hassen
Estate of Gary W. Wallace Mr. Tim Headington
Trust Mr. & Mrs. G. Rainey Williams, Jr./Black Mr. and Mrs. Paul Heafy/Wilshire
OMRF Fleming Scholarship - OCCF
OPUBCO Mesa Investors Charitable Foundation
Susan C. and Steve M. Prescott Conna D. and Paul S. Woolsey Heritage Trust Company/Argent Financial
Mr. Ronald A. Rosenfeld Mr. and Mrs. Stephen F. Young/Oklahoma
Group
Electrical Supply Company Chick and Yvonne Hilgenberg Charitable

Trust
G. Ed Hudgins Family Fund - OCCF

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Lezlie and David Hudiburg $1,000 - $4,999 Mr. and Mrs. Tony Boghetich
Shahnaaz and Ronnie Irani/Ronnie and Brooke and Kurt Bollenbach
Mrs. Dorothy Jo Abbott Mrs. Zandra Boucher
Shahnaaz Irani Fund - OCCF Accele Biopharma Clara H. and Johnny L. Bowen
Judith A. James Wood, M.D., Ph.D. and Miss Mary Evelyn Adams Jana and Jon Bowers
Mr. Michael G. Adams Ms. Sandy Boyle
Glen Aden Wood Mr. Steven C. Agee/Agee Fund - Schwab Peggy and Del N. Boyles
Dr. and Mrs. Brett Jameson/Jameson Mr. Hugh Branscum
Charitable Estate of Olin R. Branstetter
Family Foundation Mr. Richard Alvarez Mr. and Mrs. Rick Braught
Ann and Bill Johnstone Janice B. and D.C. Anderson Ms. Doris R. Brehm
The Journal Record Ms. Leslie Anderson Megan and Vincent M. Brigham
Jane F. and John A. Kenney Mr. and Mrs. E.R. Andrew Mr. Neil M. Briix
Judge Terence C. Kern The Honorable and Mrs. Bill Anoatubby Dr. and Mrs. David R. Brown
Ms. Sandy Kinney Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Harold E. Brown
Barbara N. and Edward A. Krei APS FireCo Oklahoma City, LLC Kathleen S. and Lt. Col. (Ret.) Rayford K.
Mrs. Colleen F. Lage Falon and Todd Arms
The M. Stanley Lee Families/Mr. and Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene F. (Gene) Arnold Brown
Shelly and Gary Arnold Ms. Sandra G. Brown
R.W. Lee Fund Grant - OCCF Mr. and Mrs. Stephen J. Arntz Regena A. and Brownie M. Browne
Mr. Whitfield Lee Ascent Resources Mr. Mike D. Brunsman
Carol A. and Dr. Joseph L. Lynch Frances and Dan B. Atkins Judith Warkentin and Jack L. Bryan
Mrs. Inge Madewell and Mr. Melvin Hugh Jimmie Lynn and Billye Austin Mrs. Marjorie L. Bryan
Ms. Regina A. Buckley
Madewell Foundation D. Ellen and Richard C. Burgess
Letha and Bob A. McCray Automated Building Systems, Inc. Ms. Cheryl K. Burnet
Gigi and Rod McEver Ms. Ann E. Bachelor Deane W. and John R. Burnett
Mrs. Whitney Rainbolt/Medallion Mr. Tom H. Baldwin/Packard Production, Mrs. Nadyne J. Burruss
Mr. Jim D. Burwell
Development Company, LLC LLC Elaine M. and David E. Byrket
Medtronic Foundation Mr. Jesse R. Ball/Ball Family Fund - Michelle M. and William Calvo
LaDonna and Herman Meinders Ms. Alice L. Camp
Katie and Will Merrick Fidelity Charitable Dr. Patricia A. Capra
Mr. and Mrs. Jim M. Morris Bank 7 Ginny B. and Peter B. Carl
Mount St. Mary High School Bank of Oklahoma Dr. R. Barton Carl
Polly and Larry Nichols Kathryn N. Klotsch Endowment - The Mrs. Ann O. Carlson
Gayle and Richard Parry/Tom Johnson CarMichael Foundation
Baptist Foundation Mrs. Norma Sue Carpenter
Investment Management, LLC Mr. Ed Barth Mr. Gregory D. Carter
Kim and David E. Rainbolt Ann and Larry Bartlett Mr. Jeffrey F. Caughron
Mr. Robert L. Rogers Mrs. Kay Bass Mr. and Mrs. Mike A. Cawley
Mr. Pat Rooney/First National Bank of H. Jean and Jimmy R. Bayles Central National Bank of Poteau
Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Beale Donna F. and Michael A. Cervantes
Oklahoma Mr. Carl E. Beasley Stefanie and Dr. John Chace
Mrs. June I. Rutherford Dr. and Mrs. William Lee Beasley Eliza Chakravarty, M.D.
The Jack O. Scroggins Charitable Michael J. Beckstead, Ph.D. Janice and Hiram H. Champlin
Sheryl and Bruce T. Benbrook Lynn and Harry E. Chancellor
Foundation Benham Design, LLC, a Haskell Company Ms. Victoria Palmer Chase
William H. and Evelyn H. Shopp Trust Louise G. and Clay I. Bennett Carolyn D. and Bill R. Chatham
Simmons Bank Marilyn R. and Royce H. Bentley Mrs. Jacqueline M. Cheatham
Linda and Steve B. Slawson Best Companies, Inc. Pamela H. and Michael A. Chozen
Mrs. Erma D. Spann Vickie and David L. Beyer Debbie L. and Mickey L. Clagg
Estate of Richard Steckler Mr. Richard A. Birchall Mr. and Mrs. Max J. Claybaker
Charles and Peggy Stephenson Family Dr. Paul J. Birckbichler Mary D. and John A. Coates
Ms. Caroline E. Blakey Mr. and Mrs. John J. Coates, Jr.
Foundation Mrs. Kaye Blaylock Elizabeth Coe Fund - CFO
Stillwater Senior High School Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma Martha and Rick M. Coe
Jackie and Robert C. Tilghman Mrs. Frances M. Boatright Mr. Jim S. Coffman
Mrs. Norma F. Townsdin Suzanne and Bruce Bockus Ms. Kathryn L. Coffman
Traci B. and Gregory F. Walton Mr. Bart Boeckman Lisa and Michael A. Coffman
Mrs. Myra B. Ward Mr. Brock Boeckman
Mr. and Mrs. Allyn G. Warkentin Ms. Brooke L. Boeckman 31
Barbara B. and Ken A. Weikel Mr. Bryce A. Boeckman
Mr. Dick Wright Cheryl L. and Chris J. Boeckman
Ms. M. Carol Wright Sherry and L. Bruce Boehs
Mrs. Esther M. Wymer and Mr. Robert

Deane Wymer

J.L. and C.N. Coffman Foundation Trust John N. Eischen, D.V.M. Mrs. Tina Goodson and Mr. Gerald Dwain
Susan and Don V. Cogman/Cogman Mr. and Mrs. Pete Eischen Goodson
Glenda and Lloyd D. Eisenhour/John
Family Fund - Schwab Charitable Gary J. Gorbsky, Ph.D.
Mr. Adam B. Cohen and Claudia Holliman Affliliated Fund Danae and Evan Grace
Becky and J. Markham Collins - OCCF Grant Thornton, LLP
Michele A. and Larry S. Compton Mr. and Mrs. I.W. Ellard Mr. and Mrs. Tom R. Gray III
Connelly Paving Company Ms. Louise S. Elliott Randi D. and Gerald P. Green
Mrs. Debra C. Cook Joanne H. and Jerry L. Emmons Mr. and Mrs. John Ray Green
Mrs. Teresa L. Cooper Betty C. and Larry J. Ensz Courtney D. and Owen Greenwood
Mr. George Corkins Lloyd I., Jerry Evans and Patricia Perdue Mrs. Shellie Greiner
Ms. Janet M. Cottrell Evans Family Foundation Drs. Courtney and Tim M. Griffin
Gayle and Ted L. Cox Lura S. and Robert S. Fabian Mr. John W. Griffin
Ms. Ruth A. Craddock Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Fagan Ms. Debra J. Gudgel
Mrs. Debbie J. Craine Ms. Sue P. Fellers Mary K. Gumerlock, M.D.
Russell and Hazel Crooch Endowment Mr. and Mrs. Ken Fergeson Mr. and Mrs. Bill A. Hadwiger
Mrs. Marilyn R. Filonow Rozella and Jim Hadwiger
Fund - United Methodist Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Scott H. Filstrup Alice C. and Dave A. Hager
Cross Family Benefit First Bank and Trust Company Jacqueline O. and Roger V. Haglund
Crowe and Dunlevy First United Halliburton Energy Services
Mrs. Peggy Cummings Malinda Berry and Dick S. Fischer/ Mr. and Mrs. Pat Hallren
Terri and Sean Cummings Oklahoma Fischer Family Fund - CFO Mrs. Pauline G. Hamilton
Barbara A. and Dean A. Cunningham Mr. John A. Fischer Teresa and Robert F. Hamra
Karen R. and Ronald S. Cunningham Elaine and Dennis Flaming Cindy M. and Dale Hanchey
Alice R. and Don W. Dahlgren Mr. Andrew Flesher Mrs. Arthenia L. Haney
Mr. and Mrs. Louis M. Dakil/Dakil Mr. Doug Floyd Dr. and Mrs. Glen Hanson
Marlene G. and Robert A. Floyd Ann and Burns Hargis
Auctions Mr. Timothy E. Foley Mrs. Beverly A. Harkness
Mr. Bruce E. Dale Mary Jo and Mark A. Fortuna Mr. Timothy Harlin
Mrs. Julie J. Daniels Foundation Management, Inc./ Mr. Claude M. Harris III
Phyllis and Tommy L. Daughtrey Communities Foundation of Oklahoma Jessica and Jared Harrison
Ms. Leslie Ann Davidson Jeanne M. and Ed Fowler, Jr. Ms. Ollis B. Harrison
Mrs. Connie S. Davis Mrs. Kathy Fox Mrs. Shirley A. Harrison
Drs. Susannah Rankin and Dean S. Frazer Bank Mrs. Maxine B. Hartman
Mrs. Josephine W. Freede Mr. Ron F. Hartman
Dawson Mr. Willard M. Freeman Hartzog, Conger, Cason and Neville, LLP
Ms. Lisa F. Day Deborah K. and Richard H. Friant Ms. Judy J. Hatfield
Ms. Rebecca A. Day Mr. John Frick Dawna and Marc Hatton
Rita J. and Thomas A. Dearmon Elena and Andy L. Friot Mr. and Mrs. Rick L. Hauschild, Jr.
Tricia and Mike W. Deason Lena J. and Ed. L. Frost Home Creations
Mrs. Myra A. Decker Amy and Patrick M. Gaffney Mrs. Bonnie B. Hefner
Ms. Amy Dedeke Judy E. and Tom H. Gallaher, Sr. Mrs. Joy I. Heiman/Heiman Family
Mrs. Gayle A. Dekker Mrs. JoAnn Gallaspy
Mr. Peter B. Delaney Jane A. Jayroe and Gerald L. Gamble Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry DeLozier Dr. Lauren and Dr. Paul Garabelli Mrs. Virginia F. Hellwege
Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. Dick Dr. John H. Gardner Mary and Frank X. Henke III
Paula V. and Lanny J. Dickmann, Jr. Mrs. Nina P. Gaugler Myra L. and Gene Henry
Mr. Jack E. Dieken Michelle L. and J.W. Gaulding Mrs. Kim Henry and The Honorable
Annie E. and Peter Dillingham Drs. Elizabeth and Bradley Gawey
Cathy A. and Jed E. Dillingham Dr. Xin Geng Brad Henry
Lisa and Chad Dillingham Mr. James Gerber Mrs. Lois C. Herndon
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Dillon III Mr. and Mrs. Larry A. Gilbert HES SWD, LLC
Mrs. Marilyn A. Doty Mr. Peter D. Gill Bette Jo and Frank D. Hill
Mr. Ramsey W. Drake II Ann F. and Robert H. Gilliland, Jr. Ms. Jo Ann Hintergardt
Ramsey W. Drake, LLC Lisa K. and Gregory F. Gisler Mr. Memphis S. Hixson
Drake Gungoll Foundation GJW Associates, LLC Mr. Randy Hogan/Hogan Property
Peggy G. and Nick V. Duncan Ms. Carol A. Glass
Bill and Barbara Durrett Mr. and Mrs. Steve B. Glasser Company, LLC
Mr. Tommy R. Dyer, Jr. Mrs. Susan A. Gonzalez HoganTaylor, LLP
The Honorable Claire V. Eagan and Mr. Claudia and John Holliman/John and

Anthony J. Loretti, Jr. Claudia Holliman Affiliated Fund
Karen W. and Tom L. Edgar The Honorable Jerome A. Holmes
Edmond Duplicate Bridge Club Mr. and Mrs. Steve B. Holton

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Catherine W. and Jerry T. Hoopert Ms. Elinor A. LeDoux Billie and V. David Miller/Miller Family
Mr. and Mrs. Todd Hopeman Janie Lee, M.D. Foundation
Mrs. Virginia C. Horne Jenny K. and Chris N. Lee
Ms. Sheri Avis Horner Martha A. and Gary I. Leff Kevin L. Moore, M.D.
Nora and Kenneth R. House Mr. and Mrs. Rickie LeMonnier Mrs. Sarah F. Moore
Jan C. and Don E. Hubbard Mrs. Sarah Lenz Jill and David Morgan
Mr. and Mrs. Huston Huffman, Jr. Mr. Herbert M. Leonard, Jr. Suzy and Chip Morgan
Farhat Husain, M.D., and Larry C. Linda and Robert C. Lesher Gayle and J. Gary Mourton
Mrs. Sharon K. Lester Mrs. Annette R. Mrazik
Hazelwood Elaine and Harrison Levy Mr. James A. Mueller
Mr. Gregory J. Husen Miss G. Darlene Lewis Lisa L. and Greg M. Mullen
Vicki E. and Carl S. Hutto Mr. and Mrs. T.G. Lindsey Mr. and Mrs. Mike W. Muncy
Hyde and Company CPAs, PC Mr. Dan Little Mustang Fuel Corporation
Idabel National Bank Ms. Paula Janell Loesch Mrs. Margene Naberhaus
Cecil R. and Laura Ingram Loretta M. and John Calvin Long Mr. Manu S. Nair
Ms. Jolene R. Ingram Karen L. and Donny J. Longest Swapan K. Nath, Ph.D.
Interbank Ms. Sandra G. Lookabaugh Cena E. and Mark S. Nault
Mr. James Wesley Jack Lana L. and Dave R. Lopez NBC Oklahoma
Mrs. Florene Jacobs Elizabeth and Dean Loshbaugh Mr. Victor R. Neal
The Richard James Family Foundation Dr. Bill P. Loughridge Nancy A. and Kenneth A. Nelson
Jameson Family Foundation Judy and Tom E. Love/Love Family Network for Good
Loretta and Jerry L. Janzen Ms. Sharon F. Neuwald
Deborah and Larry Jeffrey Affiliated Fund - OCCF Alysa I. and Charles C. Newcomb
Ms. Charlotte A. Jeffries Ms. Daralyn Loveless Mr. and Mrs. James K. Nichols
Drs. Michelle L. and Brian Joachims Ms. Barbara L. Low Lydia D. Nightingale, M.D.
Teresa K. and Gerald H. Jobe Mr. Randy J. Ludwig Ms. Mary D. Nigro/Nigro Gift Fund -
Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Johnson Drs. Cristina and Florea Lupu
Mr. and Mrs. Darryl F. Johnson Mr. Gary M. Macri Fidelity Charitable
Kathryn and James C. Johnson Mrs. Marylou Mahaffey Dr. Linda Barton Nimmo
Mr. Russel C. Johnson Mrs. Mindy Mahaney Tina L. and Kevin Nimz
Lynette and Clay G. Jones Paul Mainard Family Trust Sandra N. and Dennis G. Noble
Susan A. and John C. Jones Mr. Warren D. Majors Mr. Lloyd Noble II
Fred Jones Family Foundation Joan L. and Michael J. Maly Mr. R. David Nordyke
Ms. Juliet H. Jones-Moss Amy and John Manfredo Ms. Julie Norman
Helen E. Jordan, D.V.M. Mr. Charles Marquis Ms. Jane Ann Norris
Susan K. and Greg Kannady Mrs. Julie Ross Martin OMRF Research Fund - OCCF
The Honorable and Mrs. Frank A. Keating Ms. Naomi F. Martin Mr. David O’Daniell
Keeler-Matthews Charitable Martin and Associates, Inc. Elizabeth and P.B. Odom III
Ms. Kym Freeman Mason OGE Energy Corporation
Foundation, Inc. Ms. Marcel A. Maupin OKC Friday
Mrs. Eileen S. Kelle Leaunna J. and Richard L. Maxon Oklahoma Association of Mothers Clubs
Dr. and Mrs. Mike Kelly McAfee and Taft Oklahoma State University Foundation
Rosemary E. Kerber, Ph.D. Mary T. and Arthur E. McAnulty Marilyn A. and John S. Oldfield, Jr.
Mrs. Lou C. Kerr Susan E. and Bill McCoy Van R. and Rudy Oliver, Jr.
The Kerr Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Justin W. McCrary OMRF Teen Leaders in Philanthrophy
Dr. and Mrs. Bob Kidd Mary O. and Mike A. McGraw Judy and David Onken
Tracy A. and John J. Kidwell Janis S. and Tony R. McKaig OU Medicine
Candace and Adam Kilbourne Linda J. and Joe A. McKenzie Paulette K. and Don R. Owens
Melanie and Paul W. Kincade, Ph.D. Dr. Scott F. McLaughlin Mr. and Mrs. Leslie D. Page
Debra and Gary Kinslow Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. McLennan Mr. and Mrs. Bill J. Palmeter
Kirkpatrick Bank Mary and Philip McMahan Mrs. Shirley R. Bain Patten
Mrs. Linda Kissler Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. McPherson Mr. Larry Patterson
Pam and Jim Klepper Susan E. and Scott A. Meacham Mr. William G. Paul
Ms. Rebecca F. Knight Linda and Randy N. Mecklenburg Mr. Merlyn N. Pearson
Mrs. Neliena Ann Krob Mr. Joel Meier Mrs. Sonya Kay Pearson
Lariat Creek, LLC Linda K. and Ron C. Merritt Gailynn and John W. Phelps
Mr. and Mrs. James B. Lathrop Mrs. Stephanie L. Metts Myrla and Gary C. Pierson
Ms. Joanna L. Latting Ms. Judy A. Mikkelson Ms. Wendy Y. Pitt
Ms. Virginia L. Lawrenz Mary and Walter C. Mikkelson II Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Pittenger
Ms. Dorothy A. Lawson Aimee E. and Kevin W. Miller Kendra S. and Scott M. Plafker
Mrs. Mary Grace Lebeda Mr. D. Frank Plater, Jr.

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Dr. and Mrs. Barry L. Pollard Mr. and Mrs. R.L. Simpson III Ms. Margaret A. Weddle
Mrs. Janice I. Posey Ms. Sandra M. Simpson Mr. and Mrs. Greg G. Wedel
Mrs. Marcia J. Powell Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Singer The Well of OKC Wine and Spirits
Quail Creek Bank, NA Dr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Skinner Carmalieta and Dan Wells
Donna and Bill Ramsey/Ramsey Real Mary Lee and R. Emery Smiser/R. Emery Mr. S. Aaron Wells
Rebecca A. and Steve E. Wells
Estate & Mary Lee Smiser Fund - OCCF Mrs. Naomi Welty
Susan and Steve Raybourn Mrs. Etta Jean Smith Weokie Credit Union Foundation
Mr. George A. Razook, Jr. Geraldine and Dr. Robert A. Smith Mr. Don West
Mr. George J. Records, Jr. Smith and Pickel Construction, Inc. Ms. Mary Lynn West
Nancy and George J. Records Southwestern Group of Companies Mrs. Judy D. Whipple
Ms. Marisa Bradanini Records Mr. Neil Spaeth Sue and Bob F. White
Ms. Martha Ellen Records Katherine Pond and John S. Spaid Mr. Royce H. Wieden
Mr. Zane K. Rector SSM Health Renate W. and Chuck E. Wiggin
Mrs. Andrea Nick Reed Mr. Jay H. Stafford Nona E. and Jerry L. Wilhm
Catherine and Jonathan Renner Mary E. and Anthony F. Stangl Ms. Judy Williams
Ms. Mary Elizabeth Replogle Janet S. and Danny L. Stansbury Mrs. Mary Jo Williams
Penny and Dee A. Replogle, Jr. Bernice and Kenneth Steele The Williams Companies, Inc.
Avery Rhodes The Stock Exchange Bank Mr. Jimmy H. Williamson
Carol A. and Mike L. Rhodes Marjorie S. and Vernon H. Stowe Margaret B. and John L. Williford
Mr. Gordon S. Richards, Jr. Jeleta and Coy Sullivan Gwen L. and Daniel R. Willits
Charlotte and John Richels Miss Joy J. Sullivan Gara and Russ Wilsie
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Roberson, Sr. John and Kip Suter Jan K. and Jim C. Wittrock
Mr. and Mrs. Carl A. Robinson Robyn and Phillip G. Sutton Cynthia T. and Jim C. Wolfe
Ludmila and Frank C. Robson Mr. and Mrs. Mark S. Svoboda Mrs. Barbara B. Wood
Mr. Don L. Roby Margaret A. and Ross O. Swimmer Ms. Elaine B. Wood
Mr. Craig Roddy Mr. and Mrs. Barry Switzer Ms. Erlene S. Wood
Ms. Beverly Rodgers Mrs. Donna A. Tefft Mr. James Wood
Leigh Z. and Tom D. Rorschach Lisa R. and Tim W. Teske Mr. and Mrs. W. Paul Woody
Ms. Naomi J. Rose Dr. Leslie Tevebaugh Mrs. Virginia M. Wrobbel
Sharon and Gary Roth Ms. Lawanda Thetford Wymer Brownlee Wealth Strategies
Mr. and Mrs. Ryan J. Rother Mr. Alvin L. Thomas, Jr. Dr. William B. Wynn
Lynne and Bob Rowley Cheryl J. and Phillip R. Thompson Ms. Darlene Wynne
Tomra J. and Ken Russell Mr. Paul Thomson Zhimin Liang and Lijun Xia, M.D., Ph.D.
Ms. Kathryn R. Ryan Janet S. and Sammy S. Todd Sarah E. and Paul E. Yauk
Mrs. Dorothy F. Sales Laura K. and William J. Toellner Dr. and Mrs. James J. Yoch, Jr.
Karen and Mike Samis/The Macklanburg- Beth J. and Rheal A. Towner, Ph.D. Jeanette I. and Kent M. Young
Jackie F. and Dennis Trepagnier Ms. Linda R. Young
Hulsey Foundation Maureen and Steve E. Trotter YourCause, LLC
Mr. and Mrs. Gregg M. Satherlie Trust Company Oklahoma Mr. Larry Zeka
Mrs. Patricia Pape Savage Ms. Lynn Vanderwork Jan J. and Don S. Zimmerman
Mr. Andrew Schallhorn Bonnie J. and Mickey M. Vanderwork Mrs. Betty J. ZumMallen
Ms. Edie A. Schneeberger Mickey Vanderwork Farm
Ms. Mary S. Schneeberger Ms. Margaret A. Vater $500 - $999
Mr. Dale Schoeling Mrs. Ruth J. Vierra
Dr. Clyde H. Schoolfield, Jr. Penny L. and Russell L. Voss Carolyn A. and Richard M. Adkins
Elizabeth and William Schraad, Jr./ Marsha and John N. Waldo Affordable Housing Providers of
Mr. and Mrs. Gary V. Walker
Schraad Enterprises, LLC Mrs. Ruth Louise Wallace Oklahoma
Donna and Bryan Schulze Michelle D. and Lee R. Walther Caroline C. and Tyler Allen
Mrs. Kathryn M. Scott Nancy and Chi-Sun Wang American Welding Supply, Inc.
Mr. Rob Shaff Ms. Shari Wanzer Anonymous
Ms. Pamela Sharp Mrs. Margie Ware Arcadia Downhole Services, Inc.
Rebecca A. and Kirby G. Shelton Mr. Mark Warner Sherri L. and Mike W. Bailey
Mrs. Surekha Sheorey Linda S. and James J. Wasson/Wasson Mr. and Mrs. Steve Baker
Tenna M. and Greg S. Shepherd Ms. Lynn M. Baldwin
Marilyn K. and Rex A. Sheppard Family Charitable Foundation Mrs. Linda Barton
Ms. Gay L. Shick Miss Judy Gayle Waters/Waters Kaye F. and Mike J. Base
Mr. Richard L. Sias Ruth L. and Gary D. Beatie
Ms. Janet Welsh Simmons Charitable Foundation Mr. Wyatt Beauprez
Barbara and Roger N. Simons Dr. Gregory L. Watkins Mr. Michael L. Bourland
Mr. Ernest Simpson Maril Weber

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Devota F. and Jim R. Bowers Mona M. and Vincent Hoehner Dr. Sue A. Rice
Patty N. and Charlie W. Brown Mr. and Mrs. Dan Hogan III Mrs. Willa G. Ring
Pat H. and David J. Brown Mr. and Mrs. Donnie Holloway LaDonna and Norville Ritter
Mrs. Patty Bryan Kenneth M. Humphries, Ph.D. Mrs. E. Joan Rollins
Darla J. and David F. Burks Dr. Sharon H. Iorio and Mr. L. Richard Lisa D. and Randy Romines
Mr. William M. Cameron Ms. Debbie L. Rose
Ruth E. and Chris Carey Iorio Mr. Kenneth C. Schley
Mr. and Mrs. C. Michael Carolina Mr. Robert N. Jackson Ms. Gail E. Schmidt
Mr. Brandon Carpenter Mr. Ronald G. Jacob Mr. and Mrs. Francis J. Schmitz
Mrs. Judith P. Carr/Judith Carr Fund - Mr. and Mrs. Donald E. Jeffers Pat and Fred Schonwald, Jr./Pat and Fred
Mr. Carlos E. Johnson
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