We wish Burns Hargis the best in retirement, thank him for passionate service to OSU

THIS IS A KOCO 5 EDITORIAL WITH BRANDT HENSLEY. OKLAHOMA STETA MAYA ALMA MERAT SAID GOODBYE TO PRESIDENT BURNS HARGIS OFFICIALLY RETINIRG ON JULY THE 1ST. HARGIS WAS OSU’S 18TH PRESIDENT AND WAS THEEC SOND ALUMNI TO HOLD THE POSITION? BUT HIS ROOTS WERE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS WHERE HIS FAMILY ARE ALLIE D HARD LONGHORNS. HIS ROOTS MIGHT HAVE BEEN IN TEXAS, BUT HIS HEART WAS IN OKLAHOMA AND AT OKLAHOMA STATE FOR HIS UNDERGRAD HIS REASON. HE LOVED THE CAMPUS AND THE PELEOPIS H LEADERSHIP AT OSU STARTED EARLY AS FRESHMAN CLASS VICE PREDESI ACCORDING TO MEMBERS OF HIS TEAM BURNS WOULD REGULARLY TELL STUDENTS FIND YOUR PASSION AND YOU WILL BE HAPPY. HIS PASSION WAS SERVICE, AND HE SERVED OSU HAPPILY FOR 13 YEARS AS PRESIDENT. HIS TENURE BROUGHT ABOUT RECORD-BREAKING FUNDRAISING TOTALING 2.2 BILLION DOLLARS. HE RESHAPED THE CAMPUS BY CONSTRUCTING 28 NEW BUILDINGS AND MANY MAJOR RENOVATIONS. SWA COMMITTED TO DIVERSITY BEING ONE OF ONLY SENEV UNIVERSITIES IN THE COURYNT TO WIN THE HIGHER EDUCATNIO EXCELLENCE IN DIVERSITY AWARD NINE YEARS IN A RO W. HEAS W COMMITTED TOIS H STUDENTS ALONGSIDE FIRST COWGIRL AENN VISIBLE AT EVERY ACADEMIC RECURRING EVENT LEADING TO FIVE OF THE LARGEST FRESHMAN CLASSES IN O HSUISTORY. WITH NO FORLMA BACKGRODUN IN HIGHER EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION HARGIS MIGHT HAVE BEEN AN UN LIKELY CANDIDATE. BUT IT WAS HIS LEADERSHIP QUALITIES THAT SOME SAY MEAK HIM THE GREATEST PRESIDENT IN OSU HISTORY. NOW A NEW ADMINISTRATION TAKES OVER WITH CASEY SHRUM THE THIRD ALUM TO HOLD THE SEAT AND WE WISH HER GREAT SUCCESS. BUT IN THIS MOMENT, WE WISH BURNSND A END THE BEST IN RETIREMENT. AND THANK THEM FOR THEIR PASSIONATE SERVICE TO OSU. LOYAL AND TRUE I’D LEIK TO HEAR FROM YOU EMAIL ME AT EDITORISAL AT KOCO.COM.