Bernice Shedrick

Bernice Shedrick
Member of the Oklahoma Senate
from the 21st district
In office
1980–1996
Preceded by Robert M. Murphy
Succeeded by Mike Morgan
Personal details
Born Bernice Link
August 9, 1940
Chickasha, Oklahoma
Political party Democratic
Alma mater Oklahoma State University
Profession educator, Lawyer, Judge

Mary Bernice Shedrick (August 9, 1940) is a politician from the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Shedrick represented Oklahoma State Senate District 21 from 1980 to 1996. In 1994 she was a candidate for Governor of Oklahoma. Shedrick is now a part-time Administrative Law Judge in Payne and Logan counties and is a member of the Ethics Commission of Oklahoma.

Biography

Shedrick was born in Chickasha, Oklahoma on August 9, 1940 to parents Irene May Williams-Link and Arthur Cole Link, Sr. Shedrick earned both her bachelor's and master's degrees from Oklahoma State University. Shedrick taught in the Stillwater Public School system from 1969 to 1980 [1] before running for a seat in the state senate. Elected in 1980, Shedrick was only the third woman to serve in the Oklahoma Senate.

While serving in the Senate, Shedrick earned her juris doctorate from the Oklahoma City University Law School. In 1996 Shedrick was inducted in the Oklahoma Women's Hall of Fame.

Oklahoma Senate (1980-1996)

Shedrick focused on education during her time in the Senate. She served as primary author on HB 1017, also known as the Oklahoma Educational Reform Act, which was signed into law by Governor Henry Bellmon in April 1990.[2] She was also an original author of HB 1286 which established the Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics in 1983. There is a library in the school named after Shedrick.[3]

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