Verden, Oklahoma
Verden is located in western Grady County at (35.083762, -98.088790). It is on U.S. Highway 62 and State Highway 9, west of Chickasha, the county seat, and east of Anadarko.
Vernon Alden
Alden was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1923. As a young boy, he attended public school in Illinois and Rhode Island. During World War II, Alden attended the Navy Officers Japanese Language School in Boulder, Colorado, before serving on the aircraft carrier . Alden received a degree in English literature at Brown University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.