Major accomplishments to Oklahoma include: creating The Greater Ardmore Scholarship Foundation and Ardmore YWCA Mammogram Program, assisting in the creation of the Elizabeth Merrick Coe Chair in Breast Imaging and the Jean Gumerson Chair in Children Psychology both at the University of Oklahoma Health Science Center,  supporting health education in Oklahoma colleges and universities, contributing to The Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, funding research through the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, establishing the Chair in Western American History at the University of Oklahoma, and providing the Merrick Teaching Award endowments at Oklahoma State University, University of Oklahoma, and Oklahoma Christian University.