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Is it wrong that all I can think of is that this guy must've gotten hell all through school on account of his last name?

Thanks for the Ping!

The State of Oklahoma has lost a true friend! Mr. Gaylord will go down in the history of the State of Oklahoma as the #1 benefactor to this Sooner State because he and his entire Family have given so much back to the State in not only money but their time.

His editorial pages are the best in the Country -- always conservative. He stayed a registered Democrat as so many of the older Southern Conservataive Democrats did, but when you look at today's paper, you see pictures of him with President Reagan, President Bush #41, and President George W. Bush. His editorial pages are for smaller Government and less taxes! And since moving here in 1997, the Daily Oklahoman, his first love, have consistently recommended Republicans for offices.

He was a fan of Country music and family entertainment and as they said in our paper as down to earth as they come.

The State of Oklahoma and this Country will miss Mr. Gaylord and here in the Sooner State we are thankful that he has raised four children who all give back to this State just like their Father.

Mr. Gaylord gave $22 million plus several more million from other family members to see that the Jounalism School at the University of Oklahoma became its own College with a new building. When breaking ground the other week, President David Boren assured the family that the right wing of the new College would be much bigger than the left wing. The gifts by Mr. Gaylord and his Family to the University of Oklahoma have been in all areas of the University!

IMHO, the Gaylord Family are the first family of Oklahoma! They have done more for this State than any elected official ever has or ever will. To sum up Mr. Gaylord, he drove an American car every day to work, got his coffee from the coffee machine, and shook the machine when it didn't give back change.

God be with the Family and as a Sooner I thank this wonderful man for giving his time and money to help all the Sooner State and the University of Oklahoma here in Norman be better places for all of us here in Oklahoma.

You are wrong about Mr. Gaylord. No harder worker than he and his Family in this State to make Oklahoma a better place!

Is it wrong that all I can think of is that this guy must've gotten hell all through school on account of his last name?

I doubt it. Gay used to mean something completely different then it does now