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...bootstraps life story has its equivalents in hers. And just as his reputation for integrity makes the charges against him hard to believe, her reputation makes them hard to dismiss. "She is scrupulous, conscientious and ethical beyond reproach," says Teree Foster, associate dean of the University of Oklahoma's law school...
...High School, finding time for the Pep Club and the Future Homemakers of America before graduating as valedictorian. "She was so smart it wasn't even funny," recalls Bill Bearden Sr., the former basketball coach. "She was very polite, well groomed and never missed a day of school." At Oklahoma State University, she majored in psychology, and graduated with honors in 1977. "We were both country bumpkins," says former roommate Susan Clark. "We socialized, but not to the extreme of getting rowdy...
...Hill followed Thomas to the EEOC as his special assistant, but surprised colleagues a year later by leaving to take a job as law professor at Oral Roberts University. Five years ago, she moved over to the University of Oklahoma, where she specializes in commercial law, one of the least glamorous subtopics of a buttoned-down field. Hill is happiest when teaching contract law, discussing how to promote economic development on Indian reservations, or writing papers on topics like "The Relative Nature of Property in the Context of Bankruptcy." She works on the faculty senate and the dean's committee...
Among the personalities at the well-attended symposium were Arthur Liman, U.S. Senate counsel for the Iran-Contra hearings and legal adviser to convicted junkbond king Michael Milken. Assistant Professor of Law Charles J. Olgetree, who advised Oklahoma law professor Anita Hill at the Senate confirmation hearings last week, attended as well...
...Massachusetts chapter of the National Organization of Women (NOW), which organized the event, said that NOW received hundreds of phone calls over the Columbus Day weekend. She said that many of the callers expressed concern over the allegations of sexual harassment brought against Thomas by University of Oklahoma law professor Anita F. Hill...