Harry Ransom CenterThe University of Texas at Austin

Leonard J. Eaton

Tulsa, OK

Len Eaton was a member of the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education and served as Chairman in 2001. Mr. Eaton has been on the boards of and served as Chairman of River Parks, The Nature Conservancy, the Tulsa Chamber of Commerce, the University Center of Tulsa, and the University of Tulsa. He currently serves on the Board of The NORDAM Group and the Hillcrest Medical Center. He joined the Bank of Oklahoma in 1971 and retired as Chairman and CEO in 1991. At that time, he became a consultant to The NORDAM Group, serving primarily in the capacity of Director of Corporate Finance and as a member of the Executive Management team. Currently, he is the President of World Travel Service, the largest travel agency in the state of Oklahoma.

Eaton is a graduate of Cornell University and recently received a Doctorate of Humane Letters from Meadville Theological School at the University of Chicago. He served as Vice President in the Oil and Gas Department of CitiBank prior to coming to Tulsa. His wife, Patty, served as Oklahoma's first Secretary of the Environment. She has been elected, and served eight terms, on the Tulsa City Commission. She is also on several civic boards. The Eatons have three children and five grandchildren.