Northern Oklahoma College alumni Dr. Jim Appleman will be inducted into the NOC Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame April 1 along with fellow inductees Willie Street and Jeff Medders.

They will be honored in ceremonies taking place during the NOC Alumni and Friends Reunion Dinner in the Renfro Center at NOC Tonkawa at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 1.

Also, the Class of 1973 will be honored at the event.

Dr. Jim Appleman grew up in Tonkawa, where both his parents were members of NOC’s faculty and administration. His first three years at Washington Elementary School coincided with his parents serving as dorm parents for Easterling Hall.

Following graduation from Tonkawa High School he naturally attended Northern Oklahoma College. After one year in which he took full advantage of NOC’s rich campus life experience, he graduated with an Associate of Science degree in Mathematics. He subsequently received his Bachelor of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in Biochemistry from Oklahoma State University followed by post-doctoral training in the laboratory of Dr. Gustav Lienhard at Dartmouth Medical School.

Appleman is the Senior Vice-President, Research and Development, and Chief Science Officer and Co-Founder of Primmune Therapeutics in San Diego, California.