Oklahoma Hall of Fame
The Oklahoma Hall of Fame was founded by the Oklahoma Memorial Association, a group founded in 1927 by Anna B. Korn with the purpose of establishing the hall of fame.[1] In the 1970s, the Hefner Mansion was donated to the association to house the exhibits and busts or portraits of the inductees, and the organization changed its name to the Oklahoma Heritage Association in 1971. It then moved into the former Mid-Continent Life Insurance building in Oklahoma City in 2007 where it is now part of the Gaylord-Pickens Museum. In 2015, the organization changed its name for the final time to the Oklahoma Hall of Fame, in order to better represent the goals and mission of the organization.
To be eligible for induction, an individual must satisfy the following criteria:[1]
- Reside in Oklahoma or be a former resident of the state.
- Have performed outstanding service to humanity, the State of Oklahoma and the United States.
- Be known for their public service throughout the state.
In 2000, the rules were changed to allow for posthumous nominations.
Busts and/or paintings of the inductees can be seen at the Gaylord-Pickens Museum in Oklahoma City. As of 2019, 706 members have been inducted since 1928, with more inducted annually.[2]
Notable inductees
- Jack Abernathy, United States Marshal
- Carl Albert, member of U. S. House of Representatives from Oklahoma (1947–1977); Speaker of the House (1971–1977)
- Bill Anoatubby, Chickasaw governor
- C.R. Anthony, businessman
- Hannah Atkins, Oklahoma State Representative
- Gene Autry, singer and actor inducted as an entrepreneur
- Dewey F. Bartlett, Governor of Oklahoma (1967–1971)
- Page Belcher, politician
- Henry Bellmon, politician
- Johnny Bench, baseball player
- Clay Bennett, businessman
- Henry G. Bennett, educator
- George S. Benson, missionary
- James E. Berry, politician
- William Bizzell, educator
- G. T. Blankenship, Oklahoma State Representative
- David L. Boren, Oklahoma Governor
- Lyle Boren, politician
- David Ross Boyd, educator
- Bill Bright, evangelist
- Anita Bryant, Miss Oklahoma
- Admiral Joseph Clark. World War II admiral
- Woodrow Wilson (Woody) Crumbo. Native American artist
- F. Hiner Dale, judge
- Angie Debo, author
- Kevin Durant, NBA player
- Rachel Caroline Eaton, believed to be the first Oklahoma Native American woman to get her Ph.D.
- Gary England, meteorologist
- General Tommy Franks, Iraq War general
- John Hope Franklin, historian
- Rev. Gregory Gerrer, OSB, artist, museum founder
- Vince Gill, singer
- Sylvan Goldman, inventor of the shopping cart
- Thomas Gore, first U.S. senator from Oklahoma (1907–1921)
- Woody Guthrie, singer, songwriter and musician
- Harold Hamm, CEO of the oil company Continental Resources
- Paul Harvey, radio commentator
- Lillian Gallup Haskell, inaugural First Lady of the state[3][4]
- Henry Iba, basketball coach
- William S. Key, decorated veteran of both World Wars; Major general in the Oklahoma National Guard and Warden of Oklahoma State Penitentiary
- Patience Latting, first woman to serve as Mayor of Oklahoma City and any U.S. city with more than 350,000 people; inducted in 1980.[5]
- Eugene Lorton, longtime editor and publisher of the Tulsa World
- Tom Love, owner, founder, and chairman of Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores[6]
- Wilma Mankiller, Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation (1985–1995)[7]
- Mickey Mantle, baseball player
- Reba McEntire, singer
- Clem McSpadden, politician and rodeo announcer
- Augusta Metcalfe, artist
- James C. Nance, Oklahoma community newspaper chain publisher and former Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives, President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate and member Uniform Law Commission
- Jens Rud Nielsen, physicist
- Robert L. Owen, U. S. Senator from Oklahoma
- Patti Page, singer
- Frank Phillips, oilman and philanthropist
- Waite Phillips, businessman and philanthropist
- T. Boone Pickens, oilman and entrepreneur
- Will Rogers, humorist
- Charles Schusterman, businessman and philanthropist.[8]
- Nan Sheets, painter and museum director
- Blake Shelton, singer
- Warren Spahn, baseball player
- Barry Switzer, college football coach
- Steven W. Taylor, Oklahoma Supreme Court Justice
- Joseph B. Thoburn, scholar of Oklahoma history
- Elmer Thomas, U. S. Congressman and Senator from Oklahoma
- Jim Thorpe, athlete
- Sharen Jester Turney, American Businesswoman
- Carrie Underwood, singer
- Elizabeth Warren, U.S. Senator from Massachusetts
- Russell Westbrook, NBA player
- Alma Wilson, first woman Oklahoma Supreme Court justice and chief justice[9]
- Alfre Woodard, actor
References
- "Oklahoma Hall of Fame". Oklahoma Hall of Fame. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
- Oklahoma Hall of Fame. "Permanent Exhibits," Oklahoma Hall of Fame: Gaylord-Pickens Museum. 2015. Accessed May 24, 2016.
- Cosgrove, Elizabeth Williams (1940). "Lillian Gallup Haskell: 1862–1940". The Chronicles of Oklahoma. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: Oklahoma Historical Society. XVIII: 404–405. ISSN 0009-6024. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
- "Haskell, Lillian Gallup-1939". Oklahoma Hall of Fame. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: Gaylord-Pickens Museum. 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
- Dean, Bryan (2012-12-28). "Former Oklahoma City Mayor Patience Latting dies at age 94". The Oklahoman. Retrieved 2013-01-11.
- "Tom Love". SMEI Academy of Achievement. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- Craddick, Millie J. (December 2011). "Hall of Fame Spotlight: Wilma Mankiller". Oklahoma Magazine. Vol. 16 no. 3. Tulsa, Oklahoma: Schuman Publishing Company for the Oklahoma Heritage Association. pp. 32–34. OCLC 48480378. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
- "Charles Schusterman". Oklahoma Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
- "Alma Wilson, state high court justice, dies". The Tulsa World. Tulsa, Oklahoma. July 28, 1999. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
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