MAY 2025 | 87 THE OKLAHOMA BAR JOURNAL in the 1976 democratic primary for president. He then moved to Corrales and became a political science professor at the University of New Mexico. Mr. Harris chaired the Democratic Party of New Mexico and authored three novels and political science texts and reports. He also created an endowment at the University of New Mexico Foundation to continue to support UNM students participating in the Fred Harris Congressional Internship Program in Washington, D.C. Richard L. Harris of Tulsa died Nov. 23, 2024. He was born Feb. 14, 1932, in Anson, Texas, and graduated from San Angelo High School in 1950. He attended Texas A&M University as an Air Force cadet and graduated with a business degree in 1954. Mr. Harris served from 1954 to 1956 in the U.S. Air Force as an air police officer stationed at Goodfellow Air Force Base in Texas, obtaining the rank of second lieutenant. He was honorably discharged from active duty in 1956 but continued his service in the Air Force Reserve until 1968 at the rank of captain. After being discharged, he worked for El Paso Natural Gas in Farmington, New Mexico, where he began to take an interest in oil and gas law. Mr. Harris received his J.D. from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law in 1963 and started his legal career at the Tulsa law firm of Farmer, Woolsey, Flippo & Bailey. He began making his own oil deals and growing mineral interests, and he subsequently took the position of attorney and investor in Viking Petroleum Co. in the 1970s. He started his own law firm soon after and created two oil entities: Jones County Minerals and Windmill Oil and Gas, which his sons now operate. Allison Herzfeld Longwell of Oklahoma City died Oct. 8, 2024. She was born Jan. 29, 1962. Ms. Longwell attended Heritage Hall, OSU and OU. She studied law at the University of Oxford Faculty of Law and received her J.D. from the OU College of Law in 1987. Ms. Longwell was a proud member of the Pi Beta Phi sorority and Phi Beta Kappa, both of which celebrated her love of writing and her dedication to education. She was a survivor of the 1995 Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building bombing. Robert Dudley Looney Jr. of Oklahoma City died Feb. 20. He was born Feb. 4, 1946, in Oklahoma City. Mr. Looney attended Harding High School, where he played football, baseball and basketball and was an AllState quarterback. He graduated from OU and was a member of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity. He attended the Georgetown University Law Center for one year and then received his J.D. from the OU College of Law in 1970. He served in the U.S. Army and was stationed at Phu Loi Base Camp, a helicopter base, in Vietnam from 1971 to 1972. He was in the Judge Advocate General’s Corps and attained the rank of captain. Mr. Looney practiced law at Looney, Nichols, Johnson & Hayes for almost 30 years and then at Hall Estill as a partner until his retirement. Mr. Looney was a charter member of the American Board of Trial Advocates and was selected as a charter fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America. He authored many legal publications and was a member of the Rotary Club of Oklahoma City, the Pros 4 Vets Board of Directors and the OBA Military Assistance Committee, receiving numerous awards and honors. Christan P. Mai of Broken Arrow died Jan. 31. He was born July 16, 1951, in Scottsbluff, Nebraska. Mr. Mai graduated from Torrington High School in 1969 and the University of Wyoming in 1973. He received his J.D. from the University of Wyoming College of Law in 1977. Early in his career, he worked as a lawyer in the Wyoming Attorney General’s Office. He moved to Broken Arrow in 1980 and worked as an attorney for several oil and gas companies, starting with Cities Service Co. in Tulsa. In 2000, he transitioned to family law practice until his retirement in 2021. Thomas G. Marsh of Tulsa died March 3. He was born Dec. 4, 1930, in Oklahoma City. He graduated from TU with a bachelor’s degree in business administration in 1953. Mr. Marsh attended night classes while working as a clerk at the Tulsa County Courthouse and received his J.D. from the TU College of Law in 1957. Following graduation, he took a job with Dyer, Powers & Gotcher, which later grew into Marsh & Armstrong. Mr. March practiced in the areas of commercial, banking and automobile law, with an emphasis on automobile dealer and manufacturer relations. He served as general counsel for the Oklahoma Automobile Dealers Association and executive secretary and general counsel
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