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The University of Oklahoma • Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Comunication

Staff Standout: Staff Award Winner

CELEBRATION: OU president David L. Boren and OU first lady Molly Shi Boren host Otis Sullivant Award winner Lorene Dover and her husband, Clifford, at the dinner honoring Lorene’s work at the Gaylord College. Dover was the fifth recipient of the award. Photo by Robert Taylor

Love of building brings honor
Gaylord Hall custodian Dover's care of her building wins $20,000 OU award

By Pulse Staff

Lorene Dover, the main custodian in Gaylord Hall, home of the Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication, was named the 2006 recipient of the $20,000 Otis Sullivant Award for Perceptivity at the University of Oklahoma.

Dover joined the university in September 2000 as a temporary employee. In December, she joined the staff permanently as Custodian I, and in 2002, she was promoted to Custodian II.

“Lorene Dover has clearly been a major force in creating a true spirit of community among faculty, staff and students at the Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication. In her own kind and unselfish way, she has touched the lives of many in our OU family,” said OU first lady Molly Shi Boren, chair of the selection committee.

President David L. Boren led a celebration dinner for Dover in March and spoke of the importance of her contribution to the university.
“We are extremely fortunate to have Lorene Dover as a member of our university family,” he said.

Joe Foote, dean of the Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication nominated Dover for the award

“I see Lorene’s work as so vital to the work of the University of Oklahoma,” he said. “I feel fortunate to work in a place where I have supreme confidence in the ability of the person at the top of the institution to the person on the front lines. Both David Boren and Lorene Dover are singularly focused on excellence.
Both love the University of Oklahoma. Both are builders and ‘custodians,’ protectors, defenders and maintainers of all that is good in our university.”

Molly Shi Boren announced the recipient on behalf of the Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation and the selection committee, which is composed of faculty and staff members, students and alumni.

“The committee unanimously agreed that this outstanding member of the university community met the high standards set by Edith Gaylord in establishing the award,” she said.

The late Edith Kinney Gaylord of Oklahoma City established the $500,000 Sullivant Prize endowment shortly before her death in January 2001. The award honors the late, longtime Oklahoma journalist Otis Sullivant. Sullivant, who covered Oklahoma and national political news for several decades, was known for his ability to analyze and accurately predict political trends. Gaylord was a longtime supporter of many OU programs and a pioneering journalist.

She was the first woman reporter to join the New York bureau of the Associated Press and was the second president and one of the founders of the Women’s National Press Club in Washington, D.C.

The agreement establishing the prize states that a faculty or staff member “who manifests intuitiveness, instant comprehension, empathy, is observant and interprets from experience” should be selected. The benefit to community, which comes from the recipient’s insight, also is considered.

Previous recipients are Michael A. Mares, director emeritus of the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History; Catherine F. Bishop, vice president for Public Affairs; Robert Con “R.C.” Davis-Undiano, executive director of OU’s international literary quarterly World Literature Today; George Henderson, Regents’ Professor, David Ross Boyd Professor and S.N. Goldman Professor of Human Relations; and Dave Annis, executive director of Food Services and special assistant to the vice president for Student Affairs.

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					The University of Oklahoma • Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Comunication
					Staff Standout: Staff Award Winner CELEBRATION: OU president David L. Boren and OU first lady Molly Shi Boren host Otis Sullivant Award winner Lorene Dover and her husband, Clifford, at the dinner honoring Lorene’s work at the Gaylord College. Dover was the fifth recipient of the award. Photo by Robert Taylor Love of building brings honor Gaylord Hall custodian Dover's care of her building wins $20,000 OU award By Pulse Staff Lorene Dover, the main custodian in Gaylord Hall, home of the Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication, was named the 2006 recipient of the $20,000 Otis Sullivant Award for Perceptivity at the University of Oklahoma. Dover joined the university in September 2000 as a temporary employee. In December, she joined the staff permanently as Custodian I, and in 2002, she was promoted to Custodian II. “Lorene Dover has clearly been a major force in creating a true spirit of community among faculty, staff and students at the Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication. In her own kind and unselfish way, she has touched the lives of many in our OU family,” said OU first lady Molly Shi Boren, chair of the selection committee. President David L. Boren led a celebration dinner for Dover in March and spoke of the importance of her contribution to the university. “We are extremely fortunate to have Lorene Dover as a member of our university family,” he said. Joe Foote, dean of the Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication nominated Dover for the award “I see Lorene’s work as so vital to the work of the University of Oklahoma,” he said. “I feel fortunate to work in a place where I have supreme confidence in the ability of the person at the top of the institution to the person on the front lines. Both David Boren and Lorene Dover are singularly focused on excellence. Both love the University of Oklahoma. Both are builders and ‘custodians,’ protectors, defenders and maintainers of all that is good in our university.” Molly Shi Boren announced the recipient on behalf of the Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation and the selection committee, which is composed of faculty and staff members, students and alumni. “The committee unanimously agreed that this outstanding member of the university community met the high standards set by Edith Gaylord in establishing the award,” she said. The late Edith Kinney Gaylord of Oklahoma City established the $500,000 Sullivant Prize endowment shortly before her death in January 2001. The award honors the late, longtime Oklahoma journalist Otis Sullivant. Sullivant, who covered Oklahoma and national political news for several decades, was known for his ability to analyze and accurately predict political trends. Gaylord was a longtime supporter of many OU programs and a pioneering journalist. She was the first woman reporter to join the New York bureau of the Associated Press and was the second president and one of the founders of the Women’s National Press Club in Washington, D.C. The agreement establishing the prize states that a faculty or staff member “who manifests intuitiveness, instant comprehension, empathy, is observant and interprets from experience” should be selected. The benefit to community, which comes from the recipient’s insight, also is considered. Previous recipients are Michael A. Mares, director emeritus of the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History; Catherine F. Bishop, vice president for Public Affairs; Robert Con “R.C.” Davis-Undiano, executive director of OU’s international literary quarterly World Literature Today; George Henderson, Regents’ Professor, David Ross Boyd Professor and S.N. Goldman Professor of Human Relations; and Dave Annis, executive director of Food Services and special assistant to the vice president for Student Affairs. Back to Top











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