Luncheon Honors Outstanding Alumni, Students and Faculty
The Sixth Annual Honors Luncheon was held May 3 to recognize Price College’s outstanding students and faculty as well as its distinguished alumni and partners. More than 300 gathered in the Molly Shi Boren Ballroom at Oklahoma Memorial Union for the award luncheon. Many of the students were initiated into Beta Gamma Sigma international business honor society immediately beforehand. Many of the college’s divisional boards held meetings this day as well, so there were many present to celebrate those being honored at this annual event. Six earned this year’s Distinguished Alumni Award, including Jeff Agosta, executive vice president and chief financial officer with Devon Energy; Art Alexander, senior vice president - wealth management at Merrill Lynch; Mike McConnell, president of Jones Energy; Rod Roberts, founder of Lancer Resources; and Jon and Cathryn Withrow, owner, president and vice president of Sundance Oil Co. Kevin Jeffries, vice president – finance services for AT&T, was honored with this year’s Distinguished Partner award for his work with the college’s MBA program and advisory board. The Bruzzy Westheimer Leadership Award went to Entrepreneurship and Accounting Senior Madison Jackson. The faculty and doctoral students commended at the luncheon included Mark Bolino for the Dean’s Excellence Research Paper Award; Ana Bolino for a new faculty award - the Morris Butkin Teaching Award; Shelly Grunsted for the Bruce Magoon Master Teacher Award; Karen Hennes and Terrie Shaft for the Partners in Learning Award; Chris Knapp and Bill Megginson for the Harold E. Hackler Outstanding MBA Professor Award; Shaila Miranda for the Houston & Mary Jo Johnson Master Teacher Award; Vahap Uysal for the Hurley Roberson Teaching Excellence Award; and Aaron Gleiberman for the Doctoral Teaching Award and Aaron McKenny for the Doctoral Research Award. Congratulations to all these individuals who help make Price College the business school what it is today.
