Ann Halligan was the wife of Jim Halligan an Oklahoma state senator and university president. The couple had three adult children.
Jim Halligan passed away on the morning of October 25, 2022, at Integris Hospital in Oklahoma City. He was 86. His cause of death has not been made public.
Jim Halligan became the sixteenth president of Oklahoma State University on August 1, 1994
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As president of the university, Halligan oversaw $200 million in campus construction projects for research and student facilities, as well as a $260 million renovation of Gallagher-Iba Arena.
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Credit: Oklahoma Senate
His achievements extended beyond OSU’s campus, including his eight years in the state senate.
His role as the architect of the 2015 law prohibiting tobacco use in schools and on college campuses was one of his most significant legislative accomplishments.
He was responsible for OSU campuses in Stillwater, Tulsa, Oklahoma City, and Okmulgee as well as at OSU’s Center for Health Sciences and Medical School.
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