Sean Burrage currently serves as the Vice President for Executive Affairs at the
University of Oklahoma
The University of Oklahoma (OU) is a Public university, public research university in Norman, Oklahoma. Founded in 1890, it had existed in Oklahoma Territory near Indian Territory for 17 years before the two Territories became the state of Oklahom ...
in Norman, Oklahoma.
Burrage was named as President of
Southeastern Oklahoma State University
Southeastern Oklahoma State University (Southeastern, SE, or SOSU) is a public university in Durant, Oklahoma. It had an undergraduate enrollment of 4,824 in 2019.
History
On March 6, 1909, the Second Oklahoma State Legislature approved an a ...
in Durant, Oklahoma on May 15, 2014, by the Regional University System of Oklahoma Board of Regents. He began his duties on July 1, 2014. An Antlers native, Burrage completed his second term as an Oklahoma State Senator (District 2) in May 2014. He did not seek a third term in office.
On July 7, 2014, an overflow crowd officially welcomed Burrage to Durant with a reception at the Choctaw Event Center.
Among those in attendance were numerous elected officials, higher education regents and presidents, business leaders, and university and community representatives. Burrage is a member of the
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
The Choctaw Nation (Choctaw: ''Chahta Okla'') is a Native American territory covering about , occupying portions of southeastern Oklahoma in the United States. The Choctaw Nation is the third-largest federally recognized tribe in the United S ...
.
President Burrage was appointed to the Governor's Education Advisory Committee in 2015, and the State Regents’ Task Force on the Future of Higher Education in 2017. He also serves on the Oklahoma Ordinance Works Authority and the Oklahoma Board of Juvenile Affairs.
Burrage served as Vice Chairman of the Legislative Affairs Committee of the Council of Presidents (Oklahoma). He served as Chairman of Imagine Durant, member of the Durant Industrial Authority Board, and member of the Durant Economic Development Council.
Burrage received his accounting and law degrees from the
University of Oklahoma
The University of Oklahoma (OU) is a Public university, public research university in Norman, Oklahoma. Founded in 1890, it had existed in Oklahoma Territory near Indian Territory for 17 years before the two Territories became the state of Oklahom ...
.
Early life and career
Raised in Antlers, Oklahoma, Burrage received his undergraduate and law degrees from the
University of Oklahoma
The University of Oklahoma (OU) is a Public university, public research university in Norman, Oklahoma. Founded in 1890, it had existed in Oklahoma Territory near Indian Territory for 17 years before the two Territories became the state of Oklahom ...
. He served the State of Oklahoma as former U.S. Senator David L. Boren's Legislative Director in Washington, D.C., and continued his public service as Special Assistant and Director of State and Federal Relations to Boren after he became president of the University of Oklahoma.
Burrage is a past board member of the University Hospitals Authority at the University of Oklahoma Medical Center.
Burrage played an active role in the communities of Rogers and Mayes Counties by serving on the board of directors for Tri-County CASA and as President of Share the Spirit, a local charity that has helped many families. He was named Tri-County CASA Attorney of the Year in 2001 in recognition for his pro-bono representation of minor children in the juvenile court system.
Personal life
Sean is married to Julie Wohlgemuth Burrage and has two sons from a previous marriage, Truman and Carter. Sean is the son of former United States District Judge Michael Burrage and Aletha Burrage, a retired elementary school principal. He is also the nephew of former State Auditor and Inspector Steve Burrage.
Political career
Burrage represented
Oklahoma Senate
The Oklahoma Senate is the upper house of the two houses of the Legislature of Oklahoma, the other being the Oklahoma House of Representatives. The total number of senators is set at 48 by the Oklahoma Constitution.