Monogrammed Brick Stories

Brick: Stern, Kenneth

Contributed by Kenneth Stern

Ken grew up on a farm near Roaring Spring, Pennsylvania, and earned degrees from Messiah College and Shippensburg University in Pennsylvania and from the University of Oklahoma. He taught students across the spectrum from elementary school to graduate school and was a school principal in Kansas. For 4 years he taught at Southwestern Oklahoma State University and for 29 years at Oklahoma State University. He and his wife, Lois, had a daughter, Janelle, and a son, Aaron. In retirement he works with the Ministry of Education in Belize and is President of the Aaron K. Stern Foundation which funds Aaron's Camp. He has been a member of the Oklahoma Historical Society for many years.




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In 2012 the Oklahoma Historical Society invited those who purchased one of the monogrammed bricks paving the Red River Journey at the Oklahoma History Center to share about the person or group their brick honors. Below is a list of those who submitted stories and the message shown on their brick. Use the links below to read the contributed story.

This project was made possible by a generous donation from Catherine B. Wootten.