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The Oklahoma Memorial Association was founded in 1927 by Anna B. Korn with the purpose of establishing the Oklahoma Hall of Fame. Being inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame is the highest honor one can receive from the state. 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, opening the Gaylord-Pickens Museum and giving the Oklahoma Hall of Fame a public home.
To be eligible for induction, an individual must satisfy the following criteria:
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 or paintings of the inductees can be seen at the Gaylord-Pickens Museum in Oklahoma City. 669 members have been inducted since 1928.
Russell Westbrook, NBA Player
Kevin Durant, NBA Player
Jack Abernathy, United States Marshall
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
Gary England, meteorologist
General Tommy Franks, Iraq War general
John Hope Franklin, historian
Rev. Gregory Gerrer, OSB, artist, museum founder
Vince Gill, singer
Blake Shelton, singer
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
Henry Iba, basketball coach
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.
Eugene Lorton, longtime editor and publisher of the Tulsa World
Tom Love, owner, founder, and chairman of Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores
Mickey Mantle, baseball player
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.
Nan Sheets, painter and museum director
Warren Spahn, baseball player
Barry Switzer, college football coach
Steven W. Taylor, Oklahoma Supreme Court Justice
Elmer Thomas, U. S. Congressman and Senator from Oklahoma
Jim Thorpe, athlete
Sharen Jester Turney, American Businesswoman
Elizabeth Warren, U.S. Senator from Massachusetts
Alma Wilson, first woman Oklahoma Supreme Court justice and chief justice
Alfre Woodard, actor 2014
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