His last achievement before retiring in 2021 was the establishment of the Hargis Leadership Institute, which encourages every student to explore and achieve their leadership potential. I know that you will continue to coalesce behind Kayse’s leadership because you are in for a real good ride, I promise.” “Whether you are faculty, staff, alumni, donors or students, everybody has come together. “I would like to say thank you to all the OSU family,” Hargis said. He also thanked President Kayse Shrum and spoke with excitement about the university’s trajectory under her leadership. Hargis called the dedication a “phenomenal honor,” thanking the large crowd of supporters for their ongoing support of OSU and his wife, Ann Hargis, for her unrelenting support and love for OSU. His inspirational time at OSU officially is blazoned in stone and bronze to last forever on the campus he walked for nearly 20 years - first as a regent and then for 13 years as president.” “Every day, countless students will walk under the watchful gaze of President Hargis in this busy intersection and every day we will be reminded of the legacy President Hargis left us in his love and commitment to everything orange. But his greatest contribution is how he changed the heart of the OSU faithful with a new confidence and pride in being an OSU Cowboy. President Hargis’ legacy reflects how he changed the landscape of the campus with new academic and athletic facilities, art and gardens. “The statue captures Burns with his hands on his hips, gazing at one of the many building projects that symbolize his expansive vision for the campus. “President Hargis will be remembered as a giant of a president as the history of OSU is written,” said OSU/A&M Board of Regents Chair Jarold Callahan. Funds for the statue were raised in record time as friends of Hargis and OSU jumped at the chance to immortalize him in bronze. The OSU/A&M Board of Regents began the process of creating this statue in 2020 when Hargis announced his retirement. On Friday, the university unveiled a towering, 10-foot-high bronze statue of its 18th president between the Student Union and Edmon Low Library, across Library Lawn from another iconic OSU president - Henry Bennett. Burns Hargis is now larger than life on the Oklahoma State University campus in Stillwater.
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