Ten exceptional University of Oklahoma alumni and friends will receive Regents' Alumni Awards for their dedication and service to OU in a May 15 ceremony on the Norman campus.

Presented by the OU Board of Regents and OU Alumni Association, the Regents' Alumni Award is a testament to the important roles OU alumni and supporters play in the life of the university. A committee formed by the Alumni Association selects the award recipients from nominations made by alumni, friends and OU faculty and staff. The names of each year's recipients are engraved on a permanent plaque in Oklahoma Memorial Union.

This year's recipients are:

· Susan E. "Betsy" Brackett, Bartlesville, doctor of dental surgery

· Bob Burke, Bartlesville, attorney, author and historian

· Jorge DeDiego, Havana, Cuba, doctor of medicine, Doral Medicine Associates

· Danny Heatly, Oklahoma City, senior vice president, accounting and chief accounting officer, Devon Energy Corp.

· Rebecca Lea Loving, San Bernardino, Calif., director of health care systems, Oklahoma City Area Indian Health Services

· Bill Z. Parker, Oklahoma City, retired executive vice president for worldwide production and operations, Phillips Petroleum Co.

· Robert J. "Bob" Ross, Oklahoma City, president and CEO of the Inasmuch Foundation and the Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation

· Yoshi K. Sasaki, Akita, Japan, George Lynn Cross Professor of Meteorology Emeritus

· C. Renzi Stone, Tulsa, president and CEO of Saxum Public Relations, Oklahoma City

· Steven W. Taylor, Henryetta, Oklahoma Supreme Court justice.