On Aug. 3, 1946, the articles of incorporation were signed by Governor Roy J. Turner that established the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF). The OMRF is one of the nation’s oldest and most respected nonprofit biomedical research institutes.

OMRF breakthroughs have led to three U.S. Food and Drug Administration-approved drugs, including the first for a deadly blood infection that claims 200,000 American lives each year.