Sean Burrage is an American attorney and politician who is the Chancellor of the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education since 2024, and who served in the Oklahoma Senate representing the 2nd district from 2006 to 2014.
16 Facts About Sean Burrage
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In 2006, Sean Burrage was elected to the Oklahoma Senate and he served until he opted not to run for reelection in 2014.
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Sean Burrage stayed in office until 2019 when he left to work in the University of Oklahoma's administration.
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In October 2024, Sean Burrage was announced as the new chancellor of the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education effective December 2.
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Sean Burrage was raised in Antlers, Oklahoma, in a Choctaw family.
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Sean Burrage earned a bachelor of business administration from the University of Oklahoma in 1990 and a juris doctor from the University of Oklahoma College of Law from 1990 through 1993.
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Sean Burrage 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.
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Sean Burrage was a Litigation Counsel of America Fellow and an Aspen-Rodel Fellow in Public Leadership.
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Sean Burrage was co-lead counsel in the I-40 bridge cases in Oklahoma and has represented numerous corporate clients in defense matters in state and federal courts throughout Oklahoma.
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In 2006, Sean Burrage was elected to represent Oklahoma Senate District 2, which includes Rogers and Mayes County.
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Sean Burrage served on several legislative committees and task forces, including the 2008 legislative task force on Oklahoma's Promise.
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Sean Burrage served as Vice Chairman of the Legislative Affairs Committee of the Council of Presidents.
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Sean Burrage was appointed to Governor Mary Fallin's Education Advisory Committee in 2015 and the State Regents' Task Force on the Future of Higher Education in 2017.
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Sean Burrage served on the Rogers State University Foundation and the Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence.
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In September 2019, Sean Burrage announced his intention to step down as president of SEOSU and take a position as the Vice President for Executive Affairs at the University of Oklahoma.
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On October 9,2024, Sean Burrage was named the 10th chancellor of the Oklahoma State System for Higher Education, which comprises 25 institutions with nearly four dozen campuses around the state.