As a young mother of two children with a husband who was temporarily disabled, Glendene Goucher initially intended to work only one year when on May 1, 1963, she became secretary to Hal Everett, the first city manager of the City of Clinton. She retired 35 years later, on April 30, 1998. In that time she opened the way for city clerks in Oklahoma to receive in-state training for professional certification.
Read MoreWinnsboro, Louisiana, native Gene Brown first came to Oklahoma as a soldier at Fort Sill in Lawton and later moved to Duncan with Sun Oil Company. There he met and married his wife, Mary. After 18 years Sun Oil closed the Duncan refinery and the Brown’s were faced with the decision of whether to stay with the company and move to Los Angeles, California or to remain in Duncan, where Gene had recently been elected to the City Council. They chose Duncan as the place to raise their two children, and he has served on the city council for a record-setting 22 years.
Read MoreWhen Charles Lamb was first elected to the Edmond City Council in 1993 he brought with him a wealth of experience in housing and urban development issues and quickly developed an abiding interest in public power systems. A native of Perry, he graduated in 1967 from Wentworth Military Academy in Lexington, MO, and in 1970 from the University of Central Oklahoma. He received his Master’s in Urban Affairs at UCO in 1980, graduating Summa Cum Laude.
Read MoreAlbert Veltema, perhaps more than any other city or town official since 1973, can be credited with assuring abundant sources and lowest cost wholesale power to most Oklahoma municipal electric communities. Albert (Buddy) Veltema retired in 2002 as City Manager of the City of Walters after 27 years of services as manager or Treasurer.
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