For Archie McCray, nothing was more satisfying than watching the Sooners score a winning touchdown or taking a vacation in the Colorado mountains with his wife, Avis. Both provided respite from the countless hours he spent plowing and harvesting wheat and tending cattle. Farming—a longstanding tradition in northwest Oklahoma—was the way of life this Carmen […]
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Anglers land $4,000 for OMRF cancer research
In a perfect world, Danny Wohl is pretty certain who would have won this past weekend’s annual Frank Wohl Memorial Bass Tournament. “My dad would have said, ‘Good tournament, guys,’ but he would have won it,” Danny Wohl said, laughing. “He didn’t just fish. He would’ve won.” But Wohl’s father, Frank, a Clinton businessman and […]
Weekend fishing tournament to benefit OMRF cancer research
Anglers can cast their lines at Foss Lake this weekend in search of two prize catches: the heaviest fish and progress in the fight against cancer. Proceeds from Sunday’s Frank Wohl Memorial Bass Tournament will benefit cancer research at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation. The fishing tournament began 20 years ago in memory of Wohl, […]
OMRF marks 60 years of discovery
In 1957, Jordan Tang drove his beat-up, crimson Ford from Stillwater to Oklahoma City. When it was cold, Tang had to pour gasoline into the carburetor to get it to start, but on this particular day the car ran well. This was fortunate, because the young scientist had a job interview at the Oklahoma Medical […]
OMRF employees give $122,000 to support research
OKLAHOMA CITY, Sept. 5, 2006 – Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation employees ate ice cream sundaes, bought personalized bricks and placed bids in online auctions to help raise money to support medical research. And their efforts paid off—to the tune of $122,000 in donations to support research and education programs at OMRF. Of OMRF’s 568 employees, […]
