Steve Hammons is an OU alum who has lived in the Phoenix area since 1992. He has worked at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona for the past eight years as editor of company's provider newsletter for physicians, hospitals and health care providers statewide.

Steve started at OU in 1970 and attended through '74, then worked on a final senior research project in psychology in California and finally graduated in summer of '77. He received a BGS degree with dual majors in communications (journalism focus) and health education (psychology focus). Steve visited Athens in September 2004 as the new school year was starting at OU.

Currently, he is marketing and promoting his two novels, MISSION INTO LIGHT and the sequel LIGHT'S HAND about an unconventional government and military research group that looks into unusual phenomenon. The books are available in paperback from Barnes & Noble and most booksellers.

In his spare time, he also is editor and research analyst at a Web site called IntelDesk.com, an innovative Web site that includes live feeds of news and information from diverse worldwide sources, satellite, scientific developments and many other features. One of Steve's articles for IntelDesk.com was also published May 13, 2005, in The Post at OU. Click here to read the article.