Company H-7 Commanders
If you know of any other Company Commanders, please give us their names.
| Year | Company Commander | Comments | |
| 1948-49 | Rod Smith | Was President at this time | |
| 1949-50 | Bill Billingsley | ||
| 1950-51 | |||
| 1951-52 | R. L. Boosa | ||
| 1952-53 | Carl Smith | ||
| 1953-54 | Rod Buckles | ||
| 1954-55 | |||
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| 1959-60 | |||
| 1960-61 | |||
| 1961-62 | Jessie Chapman | Deceased | |
| 1962-63 | Patrick Walker | ||
| 1963-64 | |||
| 1964-65 | |||
| 1965-66 |  |
Henry Sabine | Henry's name was give to me by Fred Roberts. (from Linda Grissette) |
| 1966-67 | Fred Roberts | I heard about the "great Fred Roberts" when I was a pledge. In the Spring of 1968 a guy I'd never met kept coming into our office. Finally I asked what his name was and it was Fred. (from Linda Grissette) | |
| 1967-68 |  |
Robert J. Kish | Bobby was the commander when I pledged and his wife Gail was the CAPER National Commander. The next year he was the CAPER National Liaison. (from Linda Grissette) |
| 1968-69 | John Sheehan | John married one of the CAPERS, Pam Thrasher. (from Linda Grissette) | |
| 1969-70 |  |
James Hamilton | Hamilton was an expert at drill and was always the CAPER drill instructor. He was also the Local CAPER liaison one year. He coached us to our 4th place in our only drill meet during my time in CAPERS. The Pershing Rifles National Commander for 1969-70 even remembers him! (from Linda Grissette) |
| Fall 1970 | Steve LaBoon | I realized that Steve was Company Commander for a while when I got some memorabilia which included the 1970 White Rose Ball Program....and there is was. During the early 1990's I know that Steve lived in St. Charles, MO, because one day my daughter brought a friend to the house...and he was obviously Steve's son (and his name was Steve). I tried to get Rick to invite Steve and his wife to dinner, but he didn't (normal). Now I have no idea where he is. | |
| Spring1971 |  |
Richard Dean | |
| 1971-72 |  |
Link Sellers | Charles Brantley told me this one that I should have known. He and Brian McConnell both told me that Link died a few years ago. (from Linda Grissette) |
| 1972-73 |  |
Charles Brantley | |
| 1973-74 |  |
John O'Dell | |
| 1974-75 |  |
Mike Bailey | |
| 1975-76 | Greg Myers | Reported deceased | |
| 1976-77 | Noel Webster | ||
| 1977-78 | Linda (Kristof) Webster | ||
| 1978-79 | Steven Montgomery | ||
| 1979-80 | Barbara (Carr) Butcher | ||
| 1980-81 | Eric Lasher | ||
| 1981-82 | Joe B. Calvin | ||
| 1982-83 |  |
Vivian (Brantley) Stokes | |
| 1983-84 | Jim Meredith | ||
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| 1990-91 | Jeff Klingenberg | Jeff pledged in 1989 and said he was commander for "a little while", but didn't say what dates...so this is just a guess. Jeff, when was it? (from Linda Grissette) | |
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| We are not sure when the company ended, but there was a brief period of time when it was not designated H-7. | |||
We are looking for members and commanders for all the years that there was a Pershing Rifles Company at the University of Oklahoma, as we are in the process of starting an alumni organization.
Send us any of the names you remember...or anything you think might need to be corrected.
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