History
The Oklahoma Educators Hall of Fame was constituted and incorporated in 1984 as a nonprofit organization to recognize and to honor those professionals who have exemplified a commitment of quality public-supported education while demonstrating exceptional abilities in realizing the ideals of research, service or leadership through their contribution to Oklahoma education.

NEWS RELEASE: Tulsa Teacher, East Central University Professor To Be 2009 Inductees To Oklahoma Educators Hall of Fame; To Be Inducted in Formal Ceremonies this Saturday, Aug. 2 (pdf) - Wednesday, August 26, 2009
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Oklahoma Educators Hall of Fame Members
	Dr. Oliver Hodge (1901-1968) “Father of the free textbook system"; State Superintendent of Public Instruction, 1947-1968; raised status of education in Oklahoma by increasing certification standards. Inducted 1985.
	Dr. Anna Lewis (1885-1961) First woman to receive a Ph.D. from OU; long-time chair, Department of History, Oklahoma College for Women. Inducted 1985.
	Dr. Francis Tuttle (1920-1997) "Father of Oklahoma Vo-tech education"; State Director of the Oklahoma Department of Vocational-Technical Education, 1967-1985. Inducted 1985.
	Dorice Allen (1931-2005) Prominent Enid classroom teacher, civic leader, school librarian. Inducted 1986.
	Edith Force Kassing (1890-1966) Scientist (ornithologist and herpetologist) and classroom teacher at Wilson Junior High School, Tulsa. Inducted 1986.
	Juanita Kidd (1918- ) Teacher, counselor, civic leader, President of OEA, Director of NEA; member of OETA Board of Directors. Inducted 1986.
	Dr. Charles C. Mason (1904-1993) Teacher, principal, author; Superintendent, Tulsa Public Schools, 1944-1970. Inducted 1986.
	Dr. Robert B. Kamm (1919- ) Civic and educational leader; President, Oklahoma State University. Inducted 1987.
	Dr. Raymond Knight (1903-1978) Civic leader; principal, Lowell Elementary and Will Rogers High School, Tulsa; President, OEA; President, NASSP. Inducted 1987.
	Farris Willingham (1903-1985) Teacher, coach, principal, superintendent, lobbyist; President of OEA; President of Oklahoma High School Athletic Association; Founder, Oklahoma Professional Practices Commission and Oklahoma Rights and Responsibilities Commission. Inducted 1987.
	Valarie Colvin (1904-1988) Professor and Chairperson, Department of Health, Physical Education and Recreation, OSU; five-term chair, State Board of Women Officials; national leader in physical education. Inducted 1988.
	Dr. Lowell Dunham (1910-2001) Professor and Chair, Department of Languages, Literature and Linguistics, OU; Founder, Oklahoma Foreign Language Teachers Association. Inducted 1988.
	Dr. Frederick Douglass Moon (1896-1975) Teacher, administrator at Crescent, Wewoka and Oklahoma City Public Schools; known as "the dean of Black education" in Oklahoma. Inducted 1988.
	Glyn Loyd Hollabaugh (1901-1993) Teacher, coach; Superintendent, Union Public Schools, Broken Arrow Public Schools; Member, State Board of Education, 1956-66. Inducted 1988.
	Dr. Robert F. Bibens (1927-1990) Teacher, coach, academician, role model professor; Chair, Department of Educational Leadership, University of Oklahoma; nationally recognized author of the cluster plan for urban education. Inducted 1989.
	Dr. Grace M. Burcham (1915- ) Professor and Chair, Elementary Education, Southwestern Oklahoma State University; teacher at Hinton, Centralvue and Lone Wolf; First "Teacher of the Year" at SWOSU; 1982 Outstanding Woman of Achievement in Delta Kappa Gamma. Inducted 1989.
	Dr. C. G. Oliver Jr. (1929- ) Teacher, church and civic leader, professional leader; Superintendent of Broken Arrow Public Schools; 1982 Oklahoma Administrator of the Year; Member, Oklahoma Vo-Tech Board. Inducted 1989.
	Lucy Adams (1906-1998) Classroom teacher and civic leader; State President AAUW; Garfield County Teacher of the Year Award; UNESCO Delegate. Inducted 1990.
	Dr. J. Paschal Twyman (1933-1989) Administrator, researcher, teacher; President of University of Tulsa, 1968-1989. Inducted 1990.
	Dr. Glenn R. Snider (1909-2000) Regents professor; Chair, Department of Education, SWOSU; Director of Teacher Education, OU; Chair, National Commission on Human Rights and Responsibilities in Education; Founder, S.W. Center for Human Relations. Inducted 1990.
	Dr. Arch B. Alexander (1922-2005) High school teacher, superintendent; higher education administrator, college dean, junior college president; established "Quick Start" industry program. Forty years as public servant. Inducted 1991.
	Dr. Anne Bell (1932-1990) Leading authority on reading education; reading consultant, teacher, lecturer, professor, administrator. Thirty-nine years of public school service. Inducted 1991.
	Carthel Means (1933- ) Teacher, principal, coach; professional educator and civic activist; originated program of psychomotors skills development combining cognitive learning with physical activity. Thirty-seven years of public school service. Inducted 1991.
	Dr. Betty J. Christian Williams (1931- ) Elementary, junior high school teacher; implemented dropout prevention and in-house suspension programs; known for work with "at-risk" secondary students. Thirty-one years of public school service. Inducted 1991.
	Dr. Joe Anna Hibler (1939- ) Business teacher, civic leader; Dean, School of Business, Executive Vice President and President of SWOSU; President, National Business Education Association. Twenty-seven years in education. Inducted 1992.
	Dr. Alfred M. Philips (1923-2008) Teacher, higher education administrator; President, Sheridan College, Wyoming; Founding President, Big Bend Community College, Washington; Vice-Chancellor, Dallas County Junior College District, Texas; Founding President, Tulsa Junior College, Oklahoma. Fifty years in education. Inducted 1992.
	Dr. J. Kenneth St. Clair (1926- ) Teacher, administrator, professor, Department of Educational Administration and Higher Education, OSU; Co-author of the Leadership in Educational Administration Development (LEAD) program. Forty-one years in education. Inducted 1992.
	Dr. D. Bruce Howell (1931- ) Teacher, coach, Superintendent of Tulsa Public Schools; Professor and Chair, School of Educational Administration and Research, The University of Tulsa. Forty-two years in education. Inducted 1993.
	Dr. Robert R. Price (1910-2005) Vocational Agriculture teacher, Professor and Head, Agricultural Education, OSU; Father of the Oklahoma Young Farmer Program. Fifty-nine years in education. Inducted 1993.
	Dr. John J. Seaburg Jr. (1927- ) Teacher, coach, administrator, Professor and Chair, Educational Administration, The University of Oklahoma; Developer of educational leaders, Key contributor to Leadership in Educational Administration Development (LEAD) Program. Forty-two years in education. Inducted 1993.
	Ruth Genevieve Hudson (1906-2007) Classroom teacher; primarily taught music at Sand Springs, Tulsa and Blackwell Public Schools and in Kansas; civic leader. Forty-five years in education. Inducted 1994.
	Dr. Mildred Knight Laughlin (1922-1995) Teacher, first school librarian in Norman Public Schools; Professor, School Media Administration, Children’s/Adolescent Literature, School of Library and Information Studies, University of Oklahoma; Founder of the "Festival of Books." Forty-six years in education. Inducted 1994.
	Nellie Mays (1913-1995) Teacher, administrator, Principal, Greasy Public Schools from 1940-1993. Administered one of the first Head Start and bilingual education programs in Oklahoma. Sixty-two years in education. Inducted 1994.
	Dr. J. Dale Mullins (1925- ) Teacher, coach, counselor, administrator; Professor and Dean, College of Education, University of Central Oklahoma; Developed a teacher and student exchange program with Daewon School Foundation of Seoul, Korea. Thirty-nine years in education. Inducted 1995.
	Dr. Joe J. Struckle (1933- ) Teacher, Dean of Students and Associate Professor of Education, and President, NWOSU. Thirty-five years in education. Inducted 1995.
	Dr. Joe W. Lemley (1925- ) Teacher, administrator, civic leader, first superintendent of Tulsa Vocational-Technical Schools now known as Tulsa Technology Centers. Forty-three years in education. Inducted 1995.
	Dr. Ernest L. Holloway (1930- ) Administrator, teacher, President of Langston University, Professor of Education and Assistant Professor of Biology, Dean of Student Affairs, college registrar; teacher and principal at Boley High School. Forty-three years in education. Inducted 1996.
	Dr. John W. Renner (1924-1991) Professor of Science Education, University of Oklahoma; mentor to a generation of teachers; consultant, author, civic leader, scholar, OU Teacher of the Year, scientific researcher, administrator. Thirty-eight years in education. Inducted 1996.
	James E. Sutton Jr. (1917-2001) Education advocate, mentor, civic leader, teacher, and coach at Boynton; Superintendent, Council Hill and Midwest City-Del City, first principal at Midwest City High School; board member, Oklahoma Teachers' Retirement System; National Leader of Federal Impact Aid; Honorary Life Member of State and National PTA. Forty-six years in education. Inducted 1996.
	Dr. G. Blaine Smith (1933- ) Administrator, teacher; Executive Secretary of OASCD; President, OEHF and ASBO; Assistant Superintendent, Broken Arrow and Tulsa Public Schools; Interim Superintendent, Union Public Schools. Forty-one years in education. Inducted 1997.
	Marvin Stokes (1914-2005) Mentor, education leader, lobbyist, teacher, coach and principal; Superintendent at Byng Public Schools for over 30 years; Father of Integrated Academic and Vocational Programs. Sixty-two years in education. Inducted 1997.
	Dr. Paul George Ruggiers (1918-1998) Professor emeritus at University of Oklahoma; author, teacher, researcher, scholar; founder of the New Chaucer society. Forty-eight years in education. Inducted 1997.
	Dr. Kenneth E. Wiggins (1932- ) Author, teacher, and aviaton leader, professor and head of department of OSU Aviation and Space Education; father of the "Spacemobile" Program-NASA; coordinator of the Teaching from Space program. Forty-one years in education. Inducted 1997.
	Dr. Lawrence L. Boger (1923-2001) President emeritus and professor of agricultural economics, Oklahoma State University; National 4-H Council board of trustees; 1989 National Osteopathic Educator of the Year; 1994 Henry G. Bennett Distinguished Service Award; 1996 Oklahoma Higher Education Hall of Fame. Forty-nine years in education. Inducted 1998.
	Dr. Nancy O'Brian (1939- ) Superintendent, administrator, professor, teacher, Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence Administrator of the Year; University of Oklahoma Regents Alumni Board. Thirty-six years in education. Inducted 1998.
	Dr. Lois Gean Evans (1929- ) Teacher, department chair, principal, assistant superintendent, Moore Public Schools; adjunct assistant professor, OU; instructor, supervisor of student teachers, UCO; listed in Who's Who in American Education; member of Moore School Board. Inducted 1999.
	Dr. Betty G. Mason (1928- ) Teacher, principal and reading specialist, Kansas, California, Missouri; superintendent of schools, Gary, IN, Oklahoma City; wrote and implemented program for delinquent high school students; received Citation for Excellence in Education; Governor's Award, 1988. Inducted 1999.
	Dr. Dean P. VanTrease (1938- ) Teacher, division chair, dean of instruction, business manager while helping to establish community colleges in Dallas, TX, and Moses Lake, WA; President, Tulsa Community College; developed "2+2+2: Bridging Common Education and Higher Education." Inducted 1999.
	Dr. C. Wayne Bland (1929- ) Leader in Middle School Education; President, Tulsa Teachers Credit Union; Chairman, Teachers Retirement System of Oklahoma Board of Trustees; Community Service through Red Cross and Community Services Council. Thirty-five years in education. Inducted 2000.
	Sandy Garrett (1943- ) Teacher; administrator of gifted programs; state coordinator of gifted and talented; state director of rural education; Secretary of Education and State Superintendent; Advocate for school reform. Thirty-one years in education. Inducted 2000.
	Dr. Idella Lohmann (1909-2001) Elementary and secondary teacher; supervisor of elementary education, Tulsa Public Schools; reading clinician; Professor and Chair, elementary education, Department of Education, OSU; Consultant for Newspapers in Education; Active in Stillwater Dance Club. Inducted 2000.
	Dr. Bob Mooneyham (1938- ) Classroom teacher; director of Beaver County Cooperative Guidance Program; school superintendent; special instructor at Oklahoma University; Executive Director of Oklahoma State School Boards Association; Civic Leader. Forty years in education. Inducted 2000.
	Gerald F. Dickerson (1936- ) Teacher, coach, administrator, developer of educational leaders; adjunct professor; Superintendent, Bethany Public Schools for over seventeen years; Currently, consultant and lobbyist for education. Thirty-six years in education. Inducted 2001.
	Dr. Richard Lee Hall (1931- ) Teacher, school counselor, administrator, Tulsa Public Schools; Assistant Professor, SEOSU; first director of Upward Bound; Associate Professor, Professor and Associate Dean at The University of Tulsa, teaching educational psychology and counseling courses. Forty-eight years in education. Inducted 2001.
	Dr. Yvonne Carmichael-Riley (1934- ) Oklahoma Medal of Excellence in Teaching; Oklahoma Medal of Excellence in Teaching and Administration; John Sheffield "Teacher of the Year" Award; department chair of health and physical education; "Distinguished Teaching Award"; U.S. Olympic Festival ‘89 synchronized swimming sports coordinator, Texas Women of Distinction. Inducted 2002.
	Dr. H. Jack Dobbins (1929- ) Thirty-five years teaching at Northeastern Oklahoma State University; director of intercollegiate athletics; "Teacher of the Year"; national Basketball Coach of the Year; Oklahoma Coaches Association Hall of Fame; Oklahoma Governor’s Council on Physical Fitness. Fifty years in education. Inducted 2002.
	Dr. Robert Lee Kidd III (1940- ) OK Medal of Excellence in Teaching; Norman Public School’s "Teacher of the Year"; Hall of Fame for Oklahoma Music Educators; Governor’s Arts Award in Arts & Education; founder, Circle the State with Songs; founder, All State Children’s Chorus. Inducted 2002.
	Dr. Ann M. Benson (1945- ) Teacher, professor at the Oklahoma Department of Vocational and Technical Education and Oklahoma State University; state director and executive officer of the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education and the State Board of Career and Technology Education. Inducted 2003.
	Dr. Milt Lehr (1924- ) Teacher, instructor in the United States Air Force, professor and administrator at Northwestern State University; executive director of the Oklahoma Education Council and educational consultant to Governor David Boren. Thirty-eight years in education. Inducted 2003.
	Dr. Frederick Harrison Wood Jr. (1936-2002) Teacher, administrator, professor and head of the Division of Curriculum and Instruction, Penn State University; professor and dean, College of Education, University of Oklahoma; outstanding research, service, and publication awards; mentor and inspirational leader. Forty-four years in education. Inducted 2003.
	Dr. Judith Ford Barber (1945- ) Teacher, Curriculum Instructor, Arts-in-Education Coordinator, Principal, and Director of Curriculum and Instruction, Norman Public Schools; Special Instructor and Adjunct Professor, University of Oklahoma; President of School District Consulting Company. Thirty-seven years in education. Inducted 2005.
	Dr. Bill S. Cole (1937- ) Biology and Science Teacher and Department Chair, Putnam City and Purcell Public Schools and Redlands Community College; Assistant Dean of Instruction and President, Redlands Community College; President, East Central University; President, Presidents’ Council, Board of Regents of Oklahoma Colleges. Forty-six years in education. Inducted 2005.
	Tommy G. Fulton (1936- ) Art teacher, Jarman Junior High, Mid-Del Public Schools; "Teacher of the Year"; President and Deputy Executive Director of the Oklahoma Education Association; Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Oklahoma Teachers’ Retirement System; Appointed to the AARP/NRTA Pension Round Table. Twenty-nine years in education. Inducted 2005.
	Dr. Charles Dodson (1933- ) Leader and Consultant for the Oklahoma Effective School Movement. President Oklahoma Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1986-1988. Superintendent of Sapulpa Public Schools 1987-1999. Community and Civic Leader. Forty-one years in education. Inducted 2006.
	Dr. Randall Raburn (1939- ) Superintendent of Schools of four Oklahoma School Districts: Edmond, Midwest City-Del City, Sapulpa, Central High. Oklahoma Administrator of the Year, 1984, 1992. President, Oklahoma Association of School Administrators. President, United Suburban Schools Assn. OSU College of Education Hall of Fame. Cooperative Council for Oklahoma School Administration Executive Director 1995-2007. Forty-four years in education. Inducted 2006.
	Dr. Earl Sargent (1917- ) Leader in Science Education, The University of Tulsa. Teacher, Principal, and Superintendent in Oklahoma/Colorado Schools. Twice President of Oklahoma Science Teacher's Association Member of the Oklahoma Science Hall of Fame. Director of the Tulsa Regional Science Fair. Retired WWII Veteran (Meterologist). NASA Consultant, Washington, D.C. Sixty years in education. Inducted 2006.
	Dr. Lucy Smith (1935- ) Teacher, Counslor, Administrator, Superintendent, McAlester Public Schools 1985-2006. Oklahoma Administrator of the Year, 2005. OK Foundation for Excellence in Public School Administration, 1994. Forty-five years in education. Inducted 2006.
	Dr. Bert Corr (1934- ) Superintendent, Poteau Public Schools, 1976-2000; Assistant Superintendent, Principal, Teacher/Coach, Norman Public Schools. OASA Administrator of the Year, 1993; President, 1996; Lifetime Achievement Award, 2000. Forty years in education. Inducted 2007.
	Dr. John A. Ludrick (1934- ) Dean, School of Education, Bernhardt Professor of Education, Southwestern Oklahoma State University, 1967-2003; Charter Member of Phi Delta Kappa, SWOSU; Teacher, Ponca City High School. National President, Alpha Phi Sigma Honor Society. Member, Executive Committee, Red Rock Behavioral Health Services. Thirty-nine years in education. Inducted 2007.
	Dr. Edna McDuffie Manning (1942- ) Founding President, Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics; Superintendent, Shawnee Public Schools; Assistant Superintendent, Edmond Public Schools. OWEA President. Top 100 Administrators, 1984. AASA Women’s Caucus President. Forty-four years in education. Inducted 2007.
	Paul D. Hurst (1950- ) Teacher and Education Leader; Assistant Superintendent, Mid-Del Public Schools; Superintendent, Tahlequah Public Schools; Superintendent, Putnam City Schools; President, United Suburban Schools Association; Oklahoma Administrator of the Year, 2007. Inducted 2008.
	Dr. William D. Pennington (1943-2007) Oklahoma Educator and Civic Leader; Historian of the American West and Indian History; 18th President of Murray State College; President of Enid Rotary Club; State Coordinator, Phi Delta Kappa. Inducted 2008.
	Dr. John E. Clinton (1947- ) Music Teacher, Orchestra Conductor; Director of Fine Arts, Norman Public Schools; Founder, Oklahoma Center for Arts Education; Oklahoma Music Educators Hall of Fame; Dean, College of Arts, Media and Design University of Central Oklahoma. Inducted 2008.
	Dr. Ronald Foore Dr. Foore's career spans 37 years in Tulsa Public Schools, the last 12 of which have been at Booker T. Washington. He earned his doctorate in Educational Administration from Oklahoma State University and both his bachelor's and master's degrees from Northeastern State University in Tahlequah. He is a National Board Certified Teacher and the 2000-2001 Oklahoma Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Oklahoma Teacher of the Year. Other honors include the Teacher Touching Tomorrow Award (1999), the Phi Delta Kappa Service Key Award (1990), the National Public School Administration Doctoral Scholarship Award (1989) and the U.S. Jaycees Outstanding Young Man of America Award (1982). He has been the senior writer for two textbooks, "Glencoe Understanding Psychology" and "The American Nation." Inducted 2009.
	Dr. Jack W. Paschall Dr. Paschall's career spans 44 years, having earned his doctorate in secondary education and instructional technology at the University of Oklahoma and both his bachelor's and master's degree in secondary history and education at Southeastern State University in Durant. He has conducted numerous research and consulting projects in instructional technology, classroom management and multicultural education and has served on the ECU faculty for 39 years. He was the university's Graduate Dean from 1990 to 2000. Inducted 2009.

The Oklahoma Educators Hall of Fame is co-sponsored by the Oklahoma chapters of Phi Delta Kappa International.