Thurman White - a major figure in Oklahoma's history of higher education
"He will truly be missed." - Dr. James P. Pappas
Thurman James Ambrose White, beloved husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather joined his adored wife Corrine in eternity on All Saints' Day Thursday, the first of November. While Thurman would have been 91 years old on the seventh of November, his family believes that Corrine, a faithful Episcopalian, asked that he wait no longer and join her early on a most cherished day. Obituary - Thurman J. White, The Norman Transcript
OU family remembers Thurman White
Published: November 06, 2007, The Norman Transcript
By Julianna Parker
Transcript Staff Writer
The University of Oklahoma and the Norman community were enriched by Dr. Thurman J. White, who died Thursday at age 90, those who knew him said.
“Dr. White was a major figure in the history of higher education in our state,” OU President David Boren said in a statement. “He was a pioneer in the field of continuing education for adult and nontraditional students and his leadership led to the formation of the Oklahoma College of Continuing Education on the OU campus.” Continue reading article.
Celebration/Memorials
A memorial celebration of White’s life will be 1 p.m. Dec. 7 in the Thurman J. White Forum building at the OCCE campus, 1704 Asp Ave. A reception will follow. White’s family said they would be honored to have his friends and colleagues join them for the celebration.
Naturally, Thurman's wish is that memorials be designated for the University of Oklahoma Foundation's Continuing Education and Public Service Fund and sent to the University of Oklahoma Foundation, 100 Timberdell Road, Norman, OK 73019. Obituary - Thurman J. White, The Norman Transcript
Lifelong Learning: The Lasting Frontier
Thurman White’s vision for continuing educationPublished: Winter 2006, Sooner Magazine (Read Article)
By Anne Barajas, a freelance writer living in Norman, Oklahoma.
Thurman J. White can still see it clearly—his beloved mother, shaking a finger in his face and summing up all the rewards of an education with the simple phrase, "get your lessons." He could not have known those much-repeated words would resonate over half a century to change the lives of countless adult students at the University of Oklahoma. Read story.
"It isn’t what you learn; it’s what you do with what you learn."
-Thurman J. White
Thurman J. White Forum
The International Adult and
Continuing Education Hall of Fame officially
began with the desire to provide a mechanism
to honor and document contributions of the past
to better build the future. Dr.
Thurman J. White began
the discussion of this idea with current leaders
and officers of several associations and organizations. The Hall of Fame officially began and was incorporated in the state of Oklahoma on September 20, as a not-for-profit corporation.
Hall of Fame founder Thurman White, inducted in the first Class of 1996, is a pioneering contributor to the theoretical base of adult education. He conceived and played an active role in the design and development of the Oklahoma Center for Continuing Education on the University of Oklahoma’s Norman campus, one of ten W.K. Kellogg Foundation-funded university-based residential conference centers in the world.
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