Members of Northwest Technology Center’s Board of Education include (back row l to r) Stan Kline, Max Ott, Dean Meyer, (front row l to r) Butch Edingfield and Tom Russell.
The current Northwest Technology Center Board of Education has over fifty years of combined service. Its longest serving member, Dean Meyer, has been on the board for thirty-three years, with one member who has just served since June. Northwest Technology Center’s Board includes: Tom Russell of Freedom, Stan Kline of Alva, Max Ott of Cherokee, Dean Meyer of Cleo Springs and Butch Edingfield of Fairview.
Northwest Technology Center’s Board of Education held its first organizational meeting on April 8, 1969 at Miller’s Café in Waynoka. At that time, the school was called the Major-Woods Counties Area Vocational-Technical School. Those serving on the initial board included: Harold Wilkerson, Dick Brunsteter, Charles Loomis, George Barkett and J.W. Martin.
Others serving on the school’s board over the past three decades include: The Honorable A.L. “Lute” Murrow of Dacoma, Glen Deweese of Waynoka, Boyd Hughes of Freedom, Louis Folks, Connie Garrison, Dr. Dan Shorter, Dennis Bushman and Earl Geis of Alva, Chuck Dreschler from the Aline area and Vinton Baker, Bob Van Meter and Marvin Martens of Fairview.
A few highlights in the board’s history included the selection of the late Louis Folks as the OSSBA Distinguished Achievement Award winner in August of 2003. Folks served on the technology center board from 1972 until his retirement in 2002. The late Dr. Dan Shorter was named to Oklahoma’s All State School Board in 2007 in recognition of his 30 plus years of service to the students of Northwest Oklahoma. Dr. Shorter served as a board member from March of 1975 until his death in August of 2005. Current Board Member Dean Meyer was honored as the Outstanding CareerTech Board Member in 2008. Meyer has served on NWTC’s Board since 1978.
“We appreciate all of our board members and their efforts on our behalf.” stated Dr. Gerald Harris, NWTC’s Superintendent. “We look forward to working with our current board members and thank our current and past board members for their time and dedication to our school.”
