Four weeks following our 1960 graduation, I reported to the United States Military Academy at West Point, NY where I spent four very
challenging but rewarding years. I graduated with the Class of 1964, was commissioned in the Field Artillery and then attended both the Army’s Airborne and Ranger Schools at Ft. Benning, GA. That experience was followed with
interesting tours of duty in Germany, Vietnam and Ft. Sill, OK. I
resigned my commission in 1969, having attained the rank of Captain and
having been awarded medals for valor and meritorious service. I
enjoyed my military service immensely but in the end left to attend law
school and pursue a legal career. I used my GI Bill benefits to attend the University of Michigan Law School where I graduated Magna Cum Laude and Order of the Coif in 1972. Watching Michigan beat Ohio State in Ann Arbor in the “Big House” was truly something to see. After graduating from Michigan, I returned to Oklahoma to join the Tulsa law firm of Conner & Winters where I practiced until 1988, primarily as a corporate and business transaction lawyer. I left the firm to take a senior legal
position with The Williams Companies, Inc., a large energy company based
in Tulsa. Williams treated me well, allowing me to attend the Stanford
Executive Program in Palo Alto in 1995 and to serve in several senior
leadership positions for it and its subsidiaries before I retired in 2002. I then rejoined my old law firm as “of counsel,” practicing full time for several years and also volunteering as an Adjunct Settlement Judge for the federal court system. Today, I am still affiliated with the firm, but I am no longer actively practicing law. I married Nancy Shannon, EHS Class of 1959, shortly after my West Point graduation. Our marriage resulted in a daughter, Colleen, who lives in Denver with her family which includes husband, James, and children, Naomi, James II, and Juliet. Colleen also is a lawyer and focuses her practice in the area of domestic relations. Nancy and I divorced in 1983, and I am sad to report she died in 2022. In 1987, I
married Judi, a Tulsa lawyer, and we were happily married and enjoyed an active life together until her death in 2014. Today, I live happily with Marsha Lee Maxwell, my life partner and a 1967 EHS graduate. Marsha and I still enjoy relatively good health which allows us to travel often and enjoy our families and friends. While I have slowed significantly, I work to stay fit and active. I still ski (mainly with grandkids), fly fish (mainly with my son in law), golf (from the forward tees and not very well) and take long rides on my bicycle with my cycling buddies. I also have stayed close to West Point. Marsha and I especially enjoy returning in the fall for Army football weekends coupled with outings to NYC. As the shadows grow longer, I am mindful of how fortunate we are to have grown up in Enid, and attend EHS. I look forward to seeing everyone at our reunion. Bob F McCoy