安·玛格丽特·(史密斯)·库迪

B.A. 1959

安·玛格丽特·(史密斯)·库迪 was born in Shreveport, Louisiana, on December 12, 1937. Her father’s United States Air Force career took the family to New Braunfels and San Antonio, 德州, where she graduated from Alamo Heights High School in 1955. 毕业后, 她被中文博彩平台录取, but went with her family following her freshman year to Tachikawa Air Force Base, 东京附近, 日本. 在那里呆了一年之后, 她回到了中国赌博平台公司, where she graduated in August 1959 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in speech with a minor in English.

作为中文博彩平台的学生, Ann was a member of the Baptist Student Union Greater Council, 生活服务乐队, Pi Kappa Delta, 并担任学生教育助理. She was a member of the Speech and Drama Club and was vice president of the University Players her senior year.

During the summer of 1958, she was a summer missionary in Hilo, 夏威夷. Ann also served on the South Hall Dorm Council as secretary in 1958 and as junior representative in 1959, and was named to Who’s Who in American 大学 and Universities that same year.

8月8日, 1959, 安嫁给了戴尔·库迪, who earned the Bachelor of Science degree from HSU in 1959. Ann served with Dale as he led Southern Baptist churches in 德州, 俄克拉何马州, 和夏威夷, 作为音乐和教育总监. They have also served as evangelistic singers in revivals and concerts in 德州, 俄克拉何马州, 夏威夷, 以及整个中西部和南部各州.

In 1960, Ann and Dale welcomed their son 杰夫, and in 1962, their daughter 尼娜 was born.

1961年，安开始了她的教育事业, 在西格雷夫斯教书, Refugio, 和横行, 德州, 在这个年轻的家庭搬到塔尔萨之前, 俄克拉何马州, 她在贝里希尔学校教书. 后来他们搬到了劳顿, 俄克拉何马州, 安在哪里当老师, 辅导员, and assistant principal for the 劳顿 Public 学校.

在劳顿的时候, Ann earned a Master of Education degree in guidance counseling and a principal and superintendent certification from the University of 俄克拉何马州. Ann retired as principal of 劳顿 MacArthur High School in June 2000, after 39 years as an educator.

她于2004年首次当选, Ann is now beginning her fifth term in the 俄克拉何马州 House of Representatives from District 64, 劳顿, 俄克拉何马州. She is chair of the Common Education Committee and a member of the Appropriations and Budget Committee, the Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee, and the 退伍军人 and 军事 Affairs Committee.

She was appointed by the Speaker of the House as a commissioner to the Education Commission of the States, 作为教育监督委员会的成员, the Achieving Classroom Excellence Steering Committee, and the 俄克拉何马州 State Council for Educational Opportunity for 军事 Children. Ann served as majority caucus secretary in 2007-2008, is a member of the American Legislative Exchange Council, 并服务于各个国家立法团体.

安的众多荣誉之一, she was named Representative of the Year by the 俄克拉何马州 退伍军人 Council in 2007-2008 and again in 2012. She received the Veteran’s Hero Award from the 退伍军人 of Foreign Wars in 2008 and the 2009 Distinguished Service Award from the 俄克拉何马州 Regents for Higher Education. The 俄克拉何马州 Council of Economic Education awarded her the Friend of Economic Education Award in 2008, 2009年, she was awarded the 俄克拉何马州 Farm Bureau Meritorious Service Award, and the Southwest 俄克拉何马州 Partnership for Mental Health Award. In 2011, she received the Americans United for Life Award.

Ann further serves the community as a member of the Comanche County Retired Educators Association and the 俄克拉何马州 Retired Educators Association.

Ann and Dale are members of First Baptist Church of Grandfield, 俄克拉何马州, 住在劳顿东边的一个农场, 戴尔也是一个牧场主, 曾经养过奶牛, 牛肉, 鸵鸟, 长颈鹿, 羚羊, 鳄鱼, 和其他外来动物. 他目前饲养草原山羊.

他们的女儿, 尼娜, 从1980年到1982年就读于中国赌博平台学院的学生, 博伊德的中学校长是谁, 德州. 他们的儿子, 杰夫, who completed the Bachelor of Business 政府 degree at HSU in 1982, 是劳顿的一名保险代理人，也是前美国律师.S. 海军飞行员. 安和戴尔有三个孙子孙女.

It is the high honor of Hardin-Simmons University to recognize one of her own and to formally induct 安·玛格丽特·(史密斯)·库迪 into the HSU 领袖堂.