Rogers State University two-year associate degrees to the public known as Claremore Junior College. In 1982, it became Rogers State College, named after Rogers County, where the main campus is located. Rogers County is named in honor of Clement Vann Rogers, not Clem's son, Will Rogers. In 1996, Rogers State College and the University Center at Tulsa (UCAT)–an extension center operated by the University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma State University, Northeastern State University and Langston University–merged to form Rogers University, with campuses in Claremore and Tulsa. The merged school operated for two years before being separated by the state Legislature. The Tulsa campus–the former
USS Will Rogers (SSBN-659) reactor was modified to use an S3G core 3. She conducted additional deterrent deployments from Rota into 1978, bringing the total number of patrols she had conducted to 35. From the latter half of 1978 until November 1991 "Will Rogers" was forward deployed at Site One in Holy Loch, Scotland. On 9 November 1991, "Will Rogers" departed Site One, the last submarine to leave Holy Loch before Submarine Squadron 14, which had been based there, was deactivated. Deactivated while still in commission, "Will Rogers" entered the U.S Navys Nuclear-Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program at Bremerton, Washington on 2 November