Cowboy Chronicles: Celebrating the 70th anniversary of an emperor's visit to Oklahoma
September 13, 2024
September 13, 2024
STILLWATER, Oklahoma, Sept. 13 -- Oklahoma State University issued the following news:
It was 6:30 p.m. on Friday, June 18, 1954, when Abe Lee Hesser stepped out of Student Union Parlors A, B and C into the hallway looking for the guest of honor, who was half an hour late.
Three hundred local, state and national dignitaries were seated inside at the most prestigious dinner to date on the Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College campus. Hesser, only 29, had been nam . . .
It was 6:30 p.m. on Friday, June 18, 1954, when Abe Lee Hesser stepped out of Student Union Parlors A, B and C into the hallway looking for the guest of honor, who was half an hour late.
Three hundred local, state and national dignitaries were seated inside at the most prestigious dinner to date on the Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College campus. Hesser, only 29, had been nam . . .