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...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM CDT FRIDAY...
...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Heat index values up to 108 expected.

* WHERE...Portions of central, east central, southeast, southern, and
southwest Oklahoma and northern Texas.

* WHEN...For today, until 8 PM CDT this evening. For Friday, from
noon to 8 PM CDT.

* IMPACTS...Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat
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Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of
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Weather Alert

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM CDT FRIDAY...
...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Heat index values up to 108 expected.

* WHERE...Portions of central, east central, southeast, southern, and
southwest Oklahoma and northern Texas.

* WHEN...For today, until 8 PM CDT this evening. For Friday, from
noon to 8 PM CDT.

* IMPACTS...Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat
illnesses.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of
the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors.

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75 facts about OU President David Boren for his 75th birthday

David Boren 20th anniversary

For OU President David Boren's 75th birthday, we compiled a list of 75 facts about D-Bo. Which fact is your favorite?

Boren

Boren smiles and laughs during a surprise party that the Union Programming Board and Campus Activities Council co-hosted to celebrate his 20th year as president in November 2014.
  1. Birthday: April 21, 1941
  2. Birthplace: Washington, D.C. (Lyle Boren was a Oklahoma Congressman when President Boren was born)
  3. Parents: Lyle and Christine Boren
  4. Spouse: Molly Shi Boren 
  5. Siblings: one younger sister, Susan Boren
  6. Children: Dan Boren and Carrie Boren
  7. Closest advisor: Molly Shi Boren (Boren has been a judge, a lawyer and an educator)
  8. Nickname: D-Bo 
  9. Pet: a West Highland Terrier named Sunny 
  10. Role models: Both parents
  11. Father was a U.S. Congressman from the State of Oklahoma
  12. Aunt (Mae Axton Boren) wrote "Heartbreak Hotel" 
  13. Member of the First Christian Church in Norman 
  14. Favorite job: Being president of the University of Oklahoma 
  15. Grew up in Seminole, Oklahoma
  16. Favorite activities as a child: bowling, touch football
  17. Childhood fun fact: Sat on President Franklin D. Roosevelt's lap when he came through Oklahoma 
  18. Favorite book: the Bible
  19. Favorite book on political philosophy: "On Liberty" by John Stuart Mill
  20. Favorite movie: "To Kill A Mockingbird" 
  21. Favorite composers: Aaron Copland and Gustav Mahler 
  22. Favorite type of art: French Impressionism
  23. Favorite sculptor: Auguste Rodin 
  24. Favorite color: Blue
  25. Favorite saying: "Do right and fear not" 
  26. Favorite meal: Chicken fried steak, gravy and okra (which he can no longer have) 
  27. Favorite animal: Dog 
  28. Favorite U.S. President: Abraham Lincoln 
  29. Favorite holiday: Thanksgiving 
  30. Favorite activities: Reading, hiking, travel, gardening (to a lesser degree) 
  31. First car: Old Southwestern Bell telephone company Ford — used car
  32. High schools: Seminole High School and Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School in Maryland 
  33. College: Yale University
  34. Member of the secret society Skull and Bones at Yale University 
  35. Rhodes Scholar at Balliol College, University of Oxford
  36. Rowed crew at Oxford
  37. Law school: University of Oklahoma
  38. First job in school: Student intern for Edward R. Murrow (journalist when Murrow was Director of U.S. Information Agency) 
  39. First job after graduating: Opened a law office in Seminole and was a professor at Oklahoma Baptist University
  40. Captain and Company Commander in Oklahoma Army National Guard
  41. Youngest governor in United States (33 years old) when inaugurated in 1975
  42. Started first public school classes for gifted and talented students
  43. Helped author the Oklahoma Open Meeting and Open Record Acts
  44. Longest serving chairman of Senate Intelligence Committee 
  45. First person in state history to be Governor, U.S. Senator and president of the University of Oklahoma 
  46. Favorite thing about OU: Being with students
  47. Favorite OU tradition: Singing the OU Chant at the end of events 
  48. Will celebrate 50 years of public service in 2017
  49. Top goal for this year: pass the penny sales tax so we can pay our teachers adequately and stop raising tuition and fees on students
  50. Part Cherokee but not enough to be a voting member of the tribe, but Mrs. Boren is a voting member of the Choctaw tribe. 
  51. Favorite place to be: Oklahoma
  52. Coffee or tea: Coffee
  53. Favorite song: "Send in the Clowns"
  54. Favorite spot on campus: Bizzell Library's Great Reading Room
  55. Favorite restaurant on Campus Corner: Othello's
  56. Most memorable football game since his time here: 2000 OU-Texas Game where OU won 63-14
  57. Favorite music genres: Classical and Folk
  58. Favorite place to travel abroad: Istanbul
  59. Something that he loves that not many people know about: Listening to music
  60. Favorite part about living on campus: Being near the students
  61. Likes most about getting to teach a class at OU: The interchange of ideas with students
  62. Family traditions: Celebrating Thanksgiving together
  63. Do one thing as a kid again: Play kick the can again
  64. Favorite poet: Robert Frost
  65. Favorite author: Ernest Hemingway 
  66. President to have dinner with: Harry Truman 
  67. Favorite thing about his wife: Her good heart
  68. Favorite place to visit in the U.S.: San Francisco 
  69. Most interesting person he's met: Nelson Mandela, with whom he also had dinner when Mandela made his first U.S. visit. 
  70. He and his wife have been married 38 years.
  71. What makes him most proud of OU: It is a place where we care about each other
  72. Rainy days or sunny days: Rainy days 
  73. Boren is uncle to Janna Ryan, wife of Speaker of the House Paul Ryan
  74. He was in army ROTC in Yale and later joined the Army Reserve and National Guard.
  75. He was appointed to President Barack Obama's top secret Intelligence Advisory Board in 2009. 
David and Molly Shi Boren

President David Boren and Molly Shi Boren attend a regents meeting in the Oklahoma Memorial Union Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2014. University faculty and students surprised the Borens with a celebration marking the 20 years of work and achievements Boren has done with the University of Oklahoma. Boren said it's "not work to be with your best friends and people you love every day." 

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