Gay Wright:  

CLASS OF 1980
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Oklahoma city, OK
Oklahoma city, OK
Oklahoma city, OK
Waco High SchoolClass of 1978
Waco, TX
Oklahoma city, OK

Gay's Story

Life My new name is Gay Jenson. I was married in 1984 and had one daughter in 1986, Danielle Arterburn. I was divorced and remarried in 1990, where my name changed to Gay Conner (which it remained for 13 years). I had two bouts with a very rare form of cancer (the latter one leaving me little chance for survival). During the second expeience (1999), I was also in the process of divorce and my (then) 13-year-old daughter, friends, family, doctors, and prayer got me into remission where I still remain, 7 years later. In 2003, I married Paul Jenson, who was formerly the Chief Executive Officer for Presbyterian Hospital in Oklahoma City. I was the Director of Public Relations and Community Outreach for OU Medical Center (the combined Presbyterian, University & Children's Hospitals). Since that time, I have retired from full-time work and have written and published a book about my second cancer experience, entitled "Mirror Journals: Reflections of a Father-Daughter Journey of Hope" (Tate Publishing). I continue to write, volunteer, now out in Arizona, and am also a motivational speaker. Paul is the President for IASIS Healthcare's Arizona/Nevada region (which has hospitals, surgery centers and physician practices), and we are now living in Fountain Hills, Arizona, which is just east of Scottsdale. My daughter, who will be...Expand for more
21 this month, is winding up her pre-reqs at UCO and is headed for either the OU Health Center's Bacehelor of Science degree in radiology/sonography, or may finish at UCO with her BS in Nursing instead. She is getting married next August (2008) to a wonderful young man who is also a fellow Pirate alum! (as is she) My "now" photo was taken in May, 2005, with Danielle, who graduated from Putnam City High School exactly 25 years after we did! Workplace I began working in Public Relations/Community Outreach in 1983, while still at Okla. City Univ. My career continued in this field in various industries, and I began working in PR/Mktg in the healthcare field in 1989, first working at Baptist Medical Center, then as Oklahoma Division PR Director for Columbia Healthcare Corp (now known as HCA, the country's largest hospital corporation). I recently retired for health reasons from OU MEDICAL CENTER (operated by HCA) as the Director of PR and Community Outreach, following the dissolve of the Oklahoma Division Office. In 2005, I moved to Arizona with my husband, Paul, after my daughter started college that fall. I continue to volunteer in my community here in Fountain Hills, AZ, have published a book called "Mirror Journals: Reflections of a Father-Daughter Journey of Hope (Tate Publishing), and do motivational speaking.
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