Contact the Air Conditioning & Refrigeration program by calling 918-293-3817 or emailing dollene.duff@okstate.edu
Mailing address:
OSU Institute of Technology
Air Conditioning & Refrigeration
1801 E. 4th Street
Okmulgee, OK 74447
Joseph Boatner
Joey Boatner graduated from the Air Conditioning and Refrigeration program at OSUIT in 2004. He then went to work for Air Assurance as an HVAC service technician. In 2007, he returned back to OSUIT but as an HVAC technician for Physical Plant Services. By 2012, he made a full circle, returning to the OSUIT ACR Department as an instructor.
Boatner is a native of Okmulgee County. He graduated from Wilson High School and Green Country Technology Center before attending OSUIT’s Air Conditioning and Refrigeration program. Boatner is engaged and has one daughter and one son. His hobbies are deer hunting and bass fishing.
Alex Rosson
Alex Rosson holds an AAS degree in Air Conditioning and Refrigeration as well as a BT in Applied Technical Leadership, both from OSUIT.Alex has worked as an HVAC Technician since graduating from the ACR program. In 2022 he returned to OSUIT to work in Physical Plant Services as an HVAC Technician. He joined the ACR faculty in 2024.
Boyd King
Boyd King graduated from the Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Technology program at OSUIT in December 1996. He then went to work for Donohue Commercial Service, servicing large HVAC equipment, until being hired at OSUIT as the Senior HVAC Technician in 1998. After 8 years of service in Physical Plant Services, he was hired into the ACR program in June 2006 as an instructor. King was awarded the Outstanding Faculty Award in 2011 by the national publication HVAC NEWS and was also recognized as the OSUIT Outstanding Faculty for 2018. King currently holds his Oklahoma State Mechanical Unlimited Journeyman’s license and is an OSHA Authorized Construction Trainer. King feels that it is his passion and calling to be able to teach a trade that has been so good to him and his family.
Chris Lamm
Chris Lamm is an Okmulgee native having graduated from Okmulgee High School in the late 1990s. He currently holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from Northeastern State University, two Associate of Applied Science degrees from Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology, a CareerTech Certificate, and is pursuing a Bachelor of Technology in Engineering. He became an ACR faculty member in January 2017. Lamm has performed commercial and residential HVAC/R service and installation over the past 10+ years.