Malinda Berry Fischer of Stillwater, Okla., graduated from Oklahoma State University in 1960 with a bachelor’s degree in education. She is President of Marietta Royalty Company and Chairman of Thomas N. Berry & Company, a family oil and gas company. While at OSU, Fischer was a member of the Pi Beta Phi sorority, the American Royal Queen in 1957 and Redskin Congratulate in 1958 and 1959. She was the national 1959 Maid of Cotton, touring the world for the American Cotton Industry, Cotton Council International and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. In 1962, Fischer graduated from the Harvard-Radcliffe Program in Business Administration. In 1963, she moved to Rochester, N.Y., where she served on numerous boards. In 1965, she was named one of the “Outstanding Young Women of America.” In 1995, Fischer returned to Stillwater as President and CEO of Thomas N. Berry & Company. From 1997-2007 she served on the OSU Foundation Board of Trustees during which time she was both Interim President & CEO (2004) and Chairman (2005). She established the Thomas E. Berry Professorship in Water Research and Management and the Wise-Diggs-Berry Endowed Arts Faculty Award for teaching excellence in the arts. Fischer is a life member of the OSU Alumni Association. Fischer was recognized as an OSU Leadership Legacy in 2002 and an OSU Distinguished Alumna by the OSU Alumni Association in 2006.