William Glenn Nations (June 28, 1942 – February 4, 2025) was an American dentist and politician from the state of

Oklahoma Oklahoma ( ; Choctaw language, Choctaw: , ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Texas to the south and west, Kansas to the north, Missouri to the northea ...

Life and career

Nations was born in

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on June 28, 1942. He graduated from Noble High School in

Noble, Oklahoma Noble is a city in Cleveland County, Oklahoma, United States, and is part of the Oklahoma City Metropolitan Area. The population was 6,985 at the 2020 census, a 7.8% increase from 2010. Noble is Cleveland County's third-largest city behind N ...

in 1960. He earned a bachelor's degree in history from the

University of Oklahoma The University of Oklahoma (OU) is a Public university, public research university in Norman, Oklahoma, United States. Founded in 1890, it had existed in Oklahoma Territory near Indian Territory for 17 years before the two territories became the ...

and obtained a degree in dentistry from

Baylor University Baylor University is a Private university, private Baptist research university in Waco, Texas, United States. It was chartered in 1845 by the last Congress of the Republic of Texas. Baylor is the oldest continuously operating university in Te ...

in 1968. Nations began working as a dentist in 1970. He was a member of the Norman City Council between 1986 and 1992, when he was elected mayor. Nations remained mayor until 1998, when he won his first

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election. He represented district 44 until 2010. Nations was term-limited, and succeeded in office by Emily Virgin. Nations' wife, Teena, died in August 2012, at the age of 69. He died on February 4, 2025, at the age of 82.

References

1942 births 2025 deaths University of Oklahoma alumni Baylor University alumni Democratic Party members of the Oklahoma House of Representatives 21st-century members of the Oklahoma Legislature 20th-century mayors of places in Oklahoma 20th-century members of the Oklahoma House of Representatives 20th-century American dentists Norman, Oklahoma, city council members {{Oklahoma-mayor-stub