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V. Burns Hargis

Burns Hargis is Vice Chairman of Bank of Oklahoma, N.A.  He is a graduate of Oklahoma City's John Marshall High School and holds degrees in accounting from O.S.U. and in law from O.U.

He is a former president of the Oklahoma County Bar Association, former president of the Oklahoma Bar Foundation, and is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation.  He is a charter Master and past President of the Bohanon American Inn of Court.  Mr. Hargis practiced law in Oklahoma City for 28 years, most recently with the firm McAfee & Taft.  Mr. Hargis is included in the publications, “Who’s Who in American Law” and “The Best Lawyers in America.”

Hargis served as vice-chairman of the Oklahoma State Election Board, the Oklahoma Constitutional Revision Commission, and served as Chairman of the Oklahoma Commission for Human Services. He is a former member of the Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.  Mr. Hargis was a candidate for the Republican nomination for Governor of Oklahoma in 1990.

Hargis presently serves on the Boards of Bank of Oklahoma, N.A., Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce – Chairman (2003, 2004), State Fair of Oklahoma, Oklahoma Lawyers for Children, and several other philanthropic organizations.  Mr. Hargis serves as a member of the Board of Regents for the Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical Colleges of Oklahoma State University.  Mr. Hargis also serves as Chairman of the United Way of Central Oklahoma (2005).

He appears weekly with sparring partner, Mike Turpen, on the award winning television program "Flashpoint" on KFOR (Oklahoma City) and on KOMA, (Oklahoma City) and KRMG (Tulsa).

Hargis and his wife, Ann, reside in Oklahoma City.  They have two children and three grandchildren.