Jay Bozalis and his grandfather, Dr. John Bozalis, were at the event honoring Dr. Bozalis where he received the Children’s Wellness Award. (Photos provided).

Dr. John R. Bozalis was honored recently with the first annual Childrens Wellness Award. The event was at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art.  The Schools for Healthy Lifestyles and the Oklahoma Allergy and Asthma Clinic presented  Bozalis with the award for his outstanding efforts to help make Oklahoma’s children the healthiest in the nation.

Bozalis was responsible for the  creation of Schools for Healthy Lifestyles which began in 1997.  SHL has grown from 8 elementary schools in Oklahoma City and is  currently serving 52 schools across the state.  He has served as the president of the nonprofit organization since its inception.
Bozalis is a physician at the Oklahoma Allergy & Asthma Clinic and has been there since 1973. He is also currently the Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center.He received his medical degree from the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine and completed post-doctoral training in internal medicine at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan.

He completed his sub-specialty training in allergy and clinical immunology at the University of Michigan. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, and also of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, the American College of Chest physicians, and the American College of Physicians. He is board certified in Internal Medicine and Allergy and Immunology.

The honoree is also a member of the Oklahoma County Medical Society, the Oklahoma State Medical Association and the American Medical Association.

Dr. Ramona Paul was the event master of ceremonies and Nancy and Dr. Bob Ellis were honorary chairmen of the event. Dr. Bozalis received an original framed picture  from students at Fillmore Elementary where Dr. Bozalis serves as the “Adopt-A-Doc.”

Dr. John Bozalis received an original framed picture from students at Fillmore Elementary.

Dr. Ramona Paul,  Dr. John R. Bozalis, and  Dr. Robert and Nancy Ellis were at the event.

The dance troupe from the Stanley  Hupfeld Academy  performed at the event.

Dr. John R. Bozalis will receive the Casady School Distinguished Graduate award at a Alumni Awards  dinner on October 8 at 6:00 p.m. in Calvert Hall on the Casady Campus.

Terry Stuart Forst and Dr. Marcia Meiring will be honored that night for Alumni Achievement and Mary Payne Moran will receive the  Young Alumni Achievement award.

Classes graduating 50 years ago or more from Casady will also be recognized at the Alumni Awards Dinner and 50-Year Banquet with a special Golden Cyclone gift.  The classes of 1959 and 1954 have scheduled reunion activities during homecoming week.

Homecoming activities  kick off with the ” Breaking New Ground at Casady”  ceremony celebrating the expansion of the chapel and first steps toward construction of the new math facility on October 7 at 8:30 a.m.

Dr. John R. Bozalis, Terry Forst, Dr. Marcia Meiring, Mary Payne Moran. (Photos provided)