Virgil Medlin:
CLASS OF 1961
Chickasha High SchoolClass of 1961
Chickasha, OK
Virgil's Story
Just call me "Wayne" as my dad was Virgil. "Ignoring History is like drivinig a car without mirrors" (Original statement made on recorded tv show during interview by Dr. Dolphus Whitten at Oklahoma State University who asked me if history is bunk)
BASIC INFORMATION:
Networks:
Oklahoma City, OK
Sex:
Male
Birthday:
February 21, 1943
Hometown:
Midwest City, OK, Chickasha, OK
Looking For:
Friendship
Networking
Political Views:
Democrat (votes Republican whose 6th great aunt was George Bush's 6th great grandmother, so cousins)
Religious Views:
United Methodist
Personal Information
Activities:
Tennis, Badminton; Walking; Handball; Sailing
Interests:
Gadgets Gizmos; Astrophysics; Soccer; Tennis; Sailing; Dogs; Mustang 69-70 Fastbacks, PC's Macs
Favorite Music:
Too many to name. Anything with a beat and a tune including classical, opera, country-western, jazz, etc to include Kelly Clarkson, Cold Play and Lady Gaga. Especially Beethoven; Mozart, Elgar, Kodaly, Scriabin, Shostakovich, Prokofiev; Boito; Wagner; Verdi; Berlioz
Favorite TV Shows:
Last of the Summer Wine, Keeping Up Appearances, Vicar of Dibley; History International; Worst Jobs In History; The Abbott and Costello Show; Alfred Hitchcock Presents; I Love Lucy; M*a*s*h; The Prisoner; Taxi; X-files
Favorite Movies:
Dirty Dancing; Lawrence Of Arabia; Duck Soap; Chinatown; To Kill A Mockingbird; Singin' In The Rain; Vertigo; Apocalypse Now; Blade Runner 1982; The Searchers; Ghandi; Seven Samurai; The Godfather; Lord Of The Rings; Laurel and Hardy
Favorite Books:
1984 (Orwell), The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain); Animal Farm (Orwell); The Sun Also Rises (Hemingway); Pale Fire (Nabokov); Stranger In A Strange Land (Heinlein); Lord of the Rings (Tolkien)
Favorite Quotations:
The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others. (Albert Schweitzer) The only thing that interferes with my learning is education (Einstein) Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school (Einstein) The real valuable thing is intuition (Einstein) A person starts to live when he can live outside himself (Einstein) Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.(Abraham Lincoln) The great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up (Schweitzer); Do something for somebody every day for which you do not get paid. (Schweitzer) Do something wonderful, people may imitate it. (Schweitzer) The tragedy of life is what dies inside a man while he lives. (Schweitzer) Seek always to do some good, somewhere. (Schweitzer) In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.(Schweitzer)
ABOUT ME
Everything is Yin ¿ and Yang ¿ so that the universe is in balance and thus the harmony of life. All learning is in the end self-learning. I have spent my life trying to learn in order to help others as only a few are gifted to contribute to the store of knowledge. Most of what we do is pointless, repetitious or false mimicry so do not add to the waste bin and if you have the spark of creativity use it to improve the world as what we do to help others is one's true worth. People are usually thinkers or "feelers"; try your best to be a thinker if you want to make a difference.
CHICKASHA HIGH SCHOOL ROSTER: Latin Club, FTA, CHICK-CHAT, Band, Drum Major, Okla Honor Society, National Honor Society, Forensic Club, All State Band, DAR History Award.
COLLEGE ACTIVITIES: Frosh-Soph Field Day 61-62, Badminton, 64-65; Cross-Country 61-62; Frosh Football 61-62, Tennis 64-65; Varsity Badminton Team 66-67; Band Scholar, 61-63; Banning Scholar, 61-65; Dean's Honor Roll 63-66; Grad Dean Honor Roll 65-66; University Campus newspaper, 64-65; Peterson History Award 66, Commendation (OCU) 66; Merit Scholar, 61-65; Phi Alpha Theta 66, Vice Pres; Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia 62-; Phi Sigma Alpha 66-; President's Honor Roll 63; Russian Language Travel Prize 65; Graduated with Highest Honors 65; Russian Club (Treas), German Club, History Club; Opera Workshop Assistant Conductor, 62-63; Stu...Expand for more
dent Ed Assoc, 63-; Univ Band Student Conductor 62; Univ Choir, 61-62; Univ Orchestra, 61-62; Young Democrats, 64-67; Young Republicans 63-64; Campus Chest (OU) 66-67; Grad Assistant Russian History 66; Univ Band Librarian 62-63; Varsity Soccer Team 68-70.
* Oklahoma City University '65
* BA (65), MA in Teaching (67), History (Banning Scholar), Music, Education (1967)
* Oxford University '67
* Certificate & Postgraduate Diploma, History-Political Science, Institute of International Education Scholar, Exeter College-St. Catherine's College
* University of Oklahoma '74
* MA (68), PhD (74), History, Soviet Studies (Institut zur Erforschung UdSSR, Munich)
* Université Paris Sorbonne - Paris IV '68
* Licencemus, Maitrisemus, DMUS-DEA, Music (67-70), History, Fulbright Scholar-French Government Fellow
* Oklahoma City University '80
* Juris Doctorate, Law
High School:
* Chickasha High School '61
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Employer:
United States Army
Employer:
Attorney at Law
Position:
Lawyer
Time Period:
September 1983 - June 2006
Location:
Oklahoma City, OK
Description:
Represented mine operators before adlaw courts, federal district courts, 10th circuit and US Supreme Court and various other clients
Employer:
Mellon Mortgage Banking
Position:
Consultant
Time Period:
August 1987 - June 1988
Location:
Cleveland, OH
Description:
Evaluated, formulated and applied procedures for Mellon Mortgage Banking Cleveland, Denver, Houston
Employer:
Department of Mines, State of Oklahoma
Position:
General Counsel, Chief Administrative Officer
Time Period:
April 1982 - September 1983
Location:
Oklahoma City, OK
Description:
Legal Counsel and head of administration
Employer:
Oklahoma City University
Position:
Full Professor of History
Time Period:
August 1967 - August 1982
Location:
Oklahoma City, OK
Description:
Taught history. Served as chairman 1 year; director of adult degree program and administrative officer
Employer:
USSR Ministry of Culture (Furtseva)
Position:
Orchestra Conductor
Time Period:
June 1974 - August 1974
Description:
Worked with D. Shostakovich and E. Mravinsky on various works to include rehearsals with Leningrad Philharmonic. Includes later dates with Mravinsky.
Employer:
Oklahoma City Southwestern College
Position:
Instructor and Associate Dean
Time Period:
August 1967 - December 1970
Description:
Taught history and political science and assisted president
Employer:
Orchestre de Paris
Position:
Assistant Conductor
Time Period:
May 1970 - September 1970
Location:
Paris, France
Description:
Assisted Herbert von Karajan in Berlioz festival
Employer:
Oklahoma Journal
Position:
Entertainment & Fine Arts Editor
Time Period:
September 1965 - July 1968
Location:
Oklahoma City, OK
Description:
Covered entertainment and fine arts for metro daily newspaper
Employer:
Bayerische Staatsoper; Bayerischer Rundfunk & Fernsehen Orchester
Position:
Direktor der Proben (director of rehearsals); Staff Conductor
Time Period:
June 1965 - October 1965
Location:
Munich, Germany
Description:
assisted Keilberth in production of Wagner's Lohengrin production & recording. To include later dates after 1965.
Employer:
Oklahoma City Advertiser
Position:
Columnist & Junior Fine Arts Editor
Time Period:
January 1963 - August 1965
Location:
Oklahoma City, OK
Description:
Reviewed phonograph recordings in column; critique fine arts for state's largest weekly newspaper
Employer:
Dr. Bruno Walter
Position:
Student
Time Period:
May 1961 - September 1961
Location:
Beverly Hills, CA
Description:
Studied conducting
Employer:
Dr. Guy Fraser Harrison
Position:
Student
Time Period:
September 1959 - May 1961
Location:
Oklahoma City, OK
Description:
Studied Conducting
Employer:
E. Paul Enix
Position:
Music Student
Time Period:
May 1955 - August 1959
Location:
Chickasha, OK
Description:
Studied music and conducting
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