Above: Marilyn B. Ogilvie, portrait by Mike Wimmer in the Marilyn B. Ogilvie Room, Bizzell Memorial Library, 5th floor, University of Oklahoma History of Science Collections.
Marilyn B. Ogilvie, a specialist on women in science, served as the second curator of the University of Oklahoma Libraries History of Science Collections from 1991-2008.
These are the remarks I offered in tribute to Marilyn on December 9, 2023, when the University Libraries held a reception to celebrate her. It was such a delight to see her again among many friends! At the end of the program, the Libraries officially opened the Marilyn B. Ogilvie Room, which houses historic instruments. We also unveiled a portrait of Marilyn painted by Mike Wimmer, one of Oklahoma’s best-known portrait artists.
Speakers included:
- Mike Szajewski, Associate Dean of Special Research Collections
- Denise Stephens, Dean of Libraries, University of Oklahoma
- Kerry Magruder, Curator, History of Science Collections (this talk)
- Stephen Weldon, Chair, Department of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine
- David Wrobel, Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
- Tributes from the floor: Kenneth L. Taylor, Bill Ogilvie, and Robert Henry.
- Marilyn herself!
- Tyler Paul, OU Development
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