In November 2003, Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry appointed Richard L. DeVaughn, D.D.S., Enid, to a nine-year term on the Oklahoma Commission for Human Services, which expires in August 2012. Gov. Henry appointed him chairman in Dec. 2004 and he served the Commission in this capacity until Nov. 2011.

Commissioner DeVaughn and his wife, Judy, both received their undergraduate degrees from Oklahoma State University, Stillwater.

Commissioner DeVaughn completed graduate studies in dentistry at the University of Missouri School of Dentistry in Kansas City. He has practiced family dentistry in Enid, Okla., since 1967.

The DeVaughns have three adult children: Dustin L. DeVaughn, an attorney in Wichita, Kan.; Wendi L. Dollarhide, MBA, a consultant in San Antonio, Texas; and Forrest L. DeVaughn, an attorney in Enid, Okla.