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Reginald Love
Reginald Love was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma , March 17, 1957. When he was five years old, his father, a construction worker was involved in an
accident, that left him disabled. The...view moreReginald Love was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma , March 17, 1957. When he was five years old, his father, a construction worker was involved in an
accident, that left him disabled. The family then moved to a remote rural
area in the southeastern part of the state, known as Bluff, Oklahoma. After
attending Lincoln Elementary in the first and second grade, a segregated school, he then attended school in Soper from the third grade till graduating from high school. He was the Salutatorian of his Junior High Class. In high school, he played baseball and basketball, graduated third in the class and was nominated by then, Speaker of The House, Carl Albert to attend West Point. In 1976 he was listed in Who's Who Among Junior College students, as he was on the dean's honor roll, varsity basketball team, and president of the African American Club. He received an ROTC scholarship and graduated from Oklahoma State University, with a B.S. in Health and Physical Education, and also as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He received Army Commendation Medals as a Mortar Platoon Leader and Tank Platoon Leader. He became clean and sober in 1988. He is a physical education teacher and enjoys playing, as well as coaching baseball and basketball.view less