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When longtime OU supporter Jane M. Patten died in November 2008, she left a parting gift to the University she had loved and supported so generously throughout her life. An estate gift provided more than $100,000 to enhance the John H. and Jane M. Patten Teaching Award, established in 1989 to promote excellence in teaching in the traditional humanities.
She was a staunch supporter of education, a founding member of the Norman Public Schools Foundation and served as a member of the board of the Oklahoma Department of Libraries. In addition to the OU teaching award, she supported the Joe C. and Carole Kerr McClendon Honors College, the College of Law, the Weitzenhoffer Family College of Fine Arts, and the Athletics Department.
Born in Aledo, Ill., on Feb. 3, 1927, she moved to Norman after high school to live with her aunt, OU mathematics professor Dora McFarland, and attend the University. In 1949, she earned a bachelor's degree in home economics, with an emphasis in early childhood education. She married John H. "Jack" Patten, a community leader, chairman of the board of Security National Bank, and a state regent for higher education, who became a trustee of the University of Oklahoma Foundation Inc. in 1979, serving until his death in 1983.
Mrs. Patten taught kindergarten at the OU Lab School until the birth of her children. After the death of her husband, she became chairman of the board of Security National Bank. She was active in community and social organizations, including Assistance League of Norman, Junior League of Norman, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, and Kappa Alpha Theta sorority, among others.
Example bequest language - Please feel free to change the numbers or percentages as you desire.
1. Bequest of cash
"I bequeath the sum of $10,000 to The University of Oklahoma Foundation, Inc., 100 Timberdell Rd., Norman, OK 73019."
2. Bequest of a percent of the estate
"I devise and bequeath 20% of the remainder and residue of property owned at my death, whether real or personal, and wherever located to The University of Oklahoma Foundation, Inc., 100 Timberdell Rd., Norman, OK 73019."
3. Contingent Bequest
"If my brother John Doe survives me, I devise and bequeath 20% of the remainder and residue of property owned at my death, whether real or personal, and wherever located to John Doe. If John Doe does not survive me, then I devise and bequeath 20% of my residuary estate, whether real or personal property and wherever located to The University of Oklahoma Foundation, Inc., 100 Timberdell Rd., Norman, OK 73019."
You may print a Bequest tri-fold brochure. Voice of a Legacy or Will Your Will be Known.
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