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"The Sounds of Hale" was an record album produced by the Class of '66 Concert Choir, Symphony Band and Symphony Orchestra.

We intend to offer a CD-Rom version of the entire album soon.  For now, you can download and listen to the 1966 Hale Concert Choir singing the school fight song - "Hail to the Rangers"

Hail to the Rangers.mp3
Windows users: Right click on link, then "Save as"

We would like to thank Lynda Hill-Holt, Hale Special Ed teacher and Class of '74 Alumnus, for providing the original album, and her help with this project.

Jim Keeter

I Honorably retired from the United States District Courts, Southern District of New York, in 1996 , having a been fortunate to have a PROCLAMATION designating James E. Keeler Day named after me on June 7, 1996 upon my retirement from the United States Courts thereafter returned to Oklahoma in 1998.

Phil Brooks

As a 9th grader at Hamilton Junior High School, Phil was a member of the committee of students, faculty and administrators that picked Hale's school colors, school nickname, school yearbook name, etc.  In his senior year, he became the first all-state football player in Hale history and played in the all-state game in Oklahoma City.

         
Gary Busey

Gary is one of Hale's most famous graduates.  For Tulsan's, his claim to fame first came on local Saturday night TV as "Teddy Jack Eddy" on "Mazeppa Pompazodi's Uncanny Film Festival and Camp Meeting".  He also toured as a musician with Leon Russell, Kris Kristofferson, and Willie Nelson before turning to acting. The son of a Native American father and an Irish mother, Busey was raised in Oklahoma, where he worked on a ranch and rode bulls. His movie career started in the early 70's.  He has had parts in over 100 movies, including the lead roll in "The Buddy Holly Story". He has made numerous television appearances in everything from "Bonanza" to "King of the Hill", and had his own cable television series, "I'm With Busey".

Mike Barker
Class of '61

Linda Buker
Class of '62

Contact Mike & Linda at MdBarker42@aol.com

Nathan Hale's First National Merit Scholar

M. Anne Campbell graduated from Hale in 1962 and was Hale's first National Merit Scholar.  She then enrolled at Grinnel College, Iowa and completed a B.S. in Biology in 1966.  Following that she completed her Ph.D. in Human Genetics at the University of Hawaii (1969) and did a year as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of North Carolina.(1969-70).

Following that she joined the faculty at UCLA as Assistant Professor in the School of Medicine.  From the beginning her principal interest was in Human Genetics research. Her publication of works and papers number in the fifties.

At UCLA she achieved Full Professor academic rank in record time while being named to "American Men & Women of Science" in 1976", "Who's Who in the West in 1977" and "School of Medicine, Woman of Science Year, 1979.  She was named a Diplomate, Ph.D. Medical Geneticist, American Board of Human Genetics in 1984. She was appointed Associate Dean of the Graduate Division UCLA (1988-1992).

While at UCLA she was married to Arthur Spence, an attorney, and, while now divorced, she continues to use the name M. Anne Spence.

In 1992 she accepted the position of Vice Chancellor-Academic Programs, University of California, Irvine. In this position she had the responsibility for the Deans of all of the Colleges on the Irvine campus. There she was also named Professor in Department of Pediatrics. After two years as Vice Chancellor she returned to her first love, that being research, where she now heads that Universities participation in the Humane Genome project which is identifying all the human genes.

Anne has also been quite active in other ways in her field of interest.  She was the first woman and first non-MD elected president of the American Academy of Human Genetics.  There she also serves on the Board, writes and administers the examinations for doctors to achieve certification in Human Genetics.  She's held a number of committee positions for the National Institutes of Health, Washington, D.C.

On leave for a year from UC at Irvine, she held an endowed Professor in residence chair at Cal. Tech. and again at University of Iowa. She consults regularly with programs at the University of Missouri, Washington University, Denver University and the University of British Columbia.   In 1999 Grinnell college conferred an honorary doctorate on her and shortly there after named her to a term on their Board of Trustees.

Anne plans to retire from her class room teaching at the end of 2004 but will continue her research and consultation and speaking engagements. She's already moved to her retirement home in San Luis Obispo, CA, and can be contacted at: maspence@uci.edu

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