Obit of Tom J McRorey, Ph.D. (m266) - Bryan County, Oklahoma

Submitted by:  C Colston <kittensworld@sbcglobal.net>  18 Nov 2003
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Wednesday, November 5, 2003
Durant Daily Democrat

Tom J. McRorey, Ph.D., 68

A service will be 2 p.m. Thursday at Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Shawnee 
for Dr. Tom J. McRorey, Ph.D., 68, Shawnee, who died Monday, Nov. 3, 2003, 
at Unity North. Art Scrutchins will officiate.

The son of the Rev. and Mrs. H.D. McRorey, he was born Oct. 10, 1935, in 
Dallas, Texas. After serving in the navy, he obtained his B.A. at 
Southeastern Oklahoma State University, and continued on to earn a Masters 
and his Doctorate at the University of Oklahoma.

Over the course of his career, he was a professor at SOSU, the director of 
the NASA ‘KIAC’ program at SOSU, the dean and chair of the school of 
business at the University of Arkansas, Monticello, and the vice president 
of fiscal affairs at Carl Albert State College in Poteau.

He married his wife, Audrey on Oct. 28, 1961.

A Paul Harris Fellow, he was a devout Rotarian and a member of the 
Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Shawnee.

Preceding him in death were his parents and a brother.

Burial will be in Resthaven Memorial Park under the direction of Resthaven 
Funeral Home in Shawnee.
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