Ironically , a leader in higher education later in life , Noble dropped out of OU in 1921 , took out a loan .
Ironically , a leader in higher education later in life , Noble drilled his first oil well in Healdton , Okla .
Ironically , a leader in higher education later in life , Noble dropped out of OU in 1921 , took out a loan and drilled his first oil well in Healdton , Okla .