Alva Review-Courier -

A couple who spent their lives educating students recently provided a generous legacy through substantial bequests from their estate. Moving to Alva in 1953, Warren (Bud) and Maxine Nichols were well known as educators in the Alva Public Schools and at Northwestern Oklahoma State University.

Bud Nichols graduated from high school in Watonga, received his bachelor's degree in math, science and coaching from the University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond and his master's degree from Oklahoma State University at Stillwater. He was awarded his doctorate from North Texas State University in Denton, T...