Jean G. Gumerson

Class of
1999
Jean G. Gumerson

Jean G. Gumerson

“You can change the face of a community. You really can.”
Jean Gumerson, 2000

Biography

Born in Minnesota, Jean G. Gumerson graduated from Hayfield High School, Minnesota, and attended the University of Minnesota before marrying and moving to Delaware for a time before residing in Enid. In 1958, she and her family moved to Oklahoma City and in 1960, she began serving on various local, state, and national boards relating to mental health. In 1989 she became the president of the Presbyterian Health Foundation. Appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1986 to the President’s Committee on Mental Retardation, she also has volunteered with the American Red Cross, the Oklahoma Public Schools Foundation, and the American Orchestra League. Her awards include Governor’s Arts Award for Community Service, Woman of the Year by the Oklahoma Mental Health Association, and the Norick-Hulsey Gallery Award from OCU.

Fun fact

Jean Gumerson was a founder of the Children’s Medical Research Institute, of which she served as a volunteer and its first president.

Oklahoma connections

Gumerson moved to Enid, Oklahoma in 1948.

Hometown

Oklahoma City

Profession

Civic Leader

Presenter

Born

1923

Died

2006
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