Stanley Levi Evans

Colonel Stanley L. Evans was born on 6 October 1946 in Athens, Texas, raised in Oklahoma City, and graduated from Fredrick A. Douglass High School in 1964. He attended Oklahoma State University and enlisted in the Army in 1968. He trained as a Nike Hercules Missile Crewman. He was selected for, and graduated from, the Artillery Officer Candidate School, at Fort Sill, Oklahoma in March 1970.

Evans completed Signal Officer Basic and Airborne Courses and was assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division’s 2/321st Artillery as Battalion Signal Officer. He served in Vietnam, December 1971 - November 1972, where his last assignment was Commander, Headquarters Company 39th Signal Battalion. The 39th was the most decorated signal battalion in Vietnam.

Evans is a graduate of the University of Central Oklahoma (1976), University of Texas (Tyler), the Army War College, and the Command and General Staff College. During his 32 years of service Evans served at duty stations in Vietnam, Germany, Alaska, Georgia, Illinois, Texas, Kansas, and Washington, DC.

His military legacy includes the improved training, development, and management of soldiers and officers in the Signal Branch, and his leadership during 1995-97 at Fort Leavenworth, home of the US Army Command and General Staff College. He was initially the Garrison Commander and then Dean for Students and Administration.

Evans retired in 2000 and enrolled in the OU College of Law, graduating with honors in 2003. He passed the bar exam and was appointed Assistant Dean for Students. He is a founder of the Oklahoma Lawyers for America’s Heroes Program and has helped more than 4,000 veterans and their families with free legal services.

His military awards include the Distinguished Service Medal, Legion of Merit, Bronze Star, Defense Meritorious Service, Meritorious Service medal and others. In 2021, Evans was inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame.