Clarence G. Oliver, Jr., is Emeritus Dean and Graduate School Professor at Oral Roberts University, Tulsa, Oklahoma, as well as a retired superintendent of schools, an award-winning journalist, and a former United States Army Infantry officer. An officer and member of several states, regional and national organizations, he is active in church, community and civic work in his community and region.

Oliver served as a Master Sergeant in an Infantry Rifle Company during the Second Winter Campaign of the War in Korea.  He is a retired U.S. Army Infantry Major.

He and his wife, Vinita, married 59 years, have three children, seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. The Olivers live in historic Broken Arrow, Oklahoma