Thank You Mary Ann

(to the tune of “Those Were The Days, My Friend”)
 
Several years ago in Oklahoma
A girl was born in OKC one day
Ever since she was an embryoma
Adventurousness and fun were her fortes
 
This is the story of
That lady filled with love
Both for her husband
And her children too
Who’ve gone to great success
Mandy and Nicolas
Mary Ann Matzke hold on, we’re not through
 
Origins in Perry, Oklahoma
Where Timothy McVeigh was later caught
An Oklahoma State B.S. diploma
Along with that new guy you found so hot
 
Oh Gordon Matzke you
Showed her a thing or two
During the time you spent in Africa
She did not get unnerved
At Selous Game Reserve
Where spitting cobras made up the fauNA (accent on the ‘na’)
 
Then in the year of one nine seven seven
The Matzkes were uprooted every one
Moving out to a Northwestern heaven
They settled in Corvallis, Oregon
 
Then next the big game plan
In store for Mary Ann
Was getting work at a new OSU
She started musically
As part-time secret’ry
And then advising Science, Business too
 
Fast-forward fifteen years from when she started
Richard Thies had done his job with Fred
She leaped into the challenges whole hearted
In working as the new advising head
 
It went down very well
As everyone can tell
Who’s standing here to honor her today
The students too were pleased
She helped with their degrees
Oh Mary Ann please don’t go far away
 
We wish you all the best in your endeavors
Please know for sure you’ll never be forgot
So go enjoy your favorites forever
Green beans, lattes, and mucho “cho-co-lott”
 
And so now Mary Ann
This ends what you began
A journey long, but satisfying too
Science is better cuz
You worked with all of us
So take these thanks from both your OSUs