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OU president Jim Gallogly to participate in parachute jump before Army game

The University of Oklahoma's ROTC program has planned several events leading up to OU's game against Army next Saturday, and one of those involves president Jim Gallogly jumping from a plane.

Gallogly will be one of several prominent OU figures who will participate in tandem skydive jumps with the Black Daggers, a U.S. Army Special Operations Command parachute demonstration team.

The jumps are planned for Friday. They will take off from Max Westheimer Airport in Norman and land in a field near Lloyd Noble Center.

Other notable jumpers include: OU provost Kyle Harper, regent Leslie Rainbolt-Forbes, softball coach Patty Gasso, football strength coach Bennie Wylie,OUPD chief Kent Ray, SGA president Yaseen Shurbaji, Cadet Nick Morris from OU ROTC and ROTC alum Keith Huffman.