Sharon L. Morrison was the library director at Southeastern Oklahoma State University. Morrison received her bachelor’s degree in political science from Houston Baptist University and then went on to earn a master’s in library science from Sam Houston State University. She taught orientation classes to incoming students. She passed away in 2020.
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