Senator Taylor Appoints McCorkell of Tulsa to Board By Janet Johnson Informational Representative, Office of Accountability January 21, 2002   President Pro Tempore Stratton Taylor has appointed Don McCorkell as a member of the Education Oversight Board. McCorkell is a Tulsa businessman and an attorney and served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1978 to 1996. McCorkell earned a reputation as an innovative reform legislator during his eighteen years of service by sponsoring legislation providing for education deregulation and changes in teacher education and licensure. He also led efforts in nursing home reform, guardianship reform, and restructuring of the state's services for children, as well as being the author of major ethics and environmental legislation. He has a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science (1969) and a doctorate (1973) from the University of Tulsa. He is also certified as an "Economic Development Finance Professional" and as a Mediator. He has been a member of the Oklahoma Bar Association since 1974. McCorkell was appointed to fulfill the term of resigned member Grant Hall, which expires in June of 2003. The Education Oversight Board governs the Office of Accountability and oversees the Oklahoma School Testing Program and the Oklahoma Educational Indicators Program created by House Bill 1017.