Storyteller: Melissa McCorkle

Interviewer: Lorretta Bertolot

Date: 03/30/2018

Language: ENGLISH

Description: Melissa McCorkle described her life as a student, teacher and finally her success at building the tennis program at LaFortune Park. She described the various programs for all ages and especially the process of growing and improving the physical structures at the Park. She described the financial success and the popularity of the center nation-wide. She also described the success the center has had in reaching children with special needs.

Subjects: Tulsa Public Schools: Lanier, Wilson, Rogers and OBU University, AMOCO, LaFortune Park, Operation Face-lift,Richard Bales, Frank Ward, Fred Perry, Charley Cunningham, Michael Case, "Youth at Heart",

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