[Oasfaa] Blast from the past

[Larry Hollingsworth]

Hi All,

I was sorry to see that one of OASFAA's funniest entertainers recently passed away. You old timers may remember Don White who was a hypnotist. The first time I saw Don was at an OASFAA conference almost 30 years ago. It was the fall of 1986 at the Hilton Inn in OKC. Heck, some of you young whippersnappers were just a gleam in your parents eyes back then.

Anyway, I had been in OASFAA for about six years and was just getting to know some of the OASFAA personalities  - Ed Queeny, Warren Wilson, Rhonda Freeman, Mary Coffey, David Horn, Chuck Pappan, Richard Dean, Dave Barrett, Elton Davis, Archie Gwartney, Don Matthews, Carole Pence and even Pam McConahay just to name a few.

Well, Don was the banquet entertainment, and it was one of the funniest things I have ever seen! If you have ever seen a hypnotist perform, when you know the people involved it makes the show a gazillion times more funny. He had people doing things completely out of their character. But he was a gentleman, nothing morally inappropriate of course. We were laughing ourselves to tears; it was hilarious! Too bad we didn't have cell phones back then!

We had Don come back once in subsequent years, however that story is for another day.

I'm sure you have some interesting personalities in the association today, but back in the 80's there were some real corkers! "Hall of Famers" is what we called them.  Someday when I have more time, I'll have to tell you the story of a presentation by Henry Pace whose topic was "Meeting Unmet Need". Yes, as they say, those were the days...

Best Regards,

Larry

Larry Hollingsworth
Vice President Loan Management
Oklahoma Student Loan Authority
Telephone: (405) 556-9231
FAX: (405) 556-9258
E-mail: lhollingsworth at osla.org<mailto:lhollingsworth at osla.org>





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