Higher Education Hall of Fame Names Inductees and Moves to Oklahoma History Center for 2007
Contact: Amanda Hudson
(405) 522-3569
Oklahoma City, OK
August 9, 2007
For Immediate Release
Oklahoma Higher Education Heritage Society President John Parrish announced the ten Inductees to this year's Oklahoma Higher Education Hall of Fame and also revealed that this year's Induction Ceremony and Dinner will be held in the Oklahoma History Center in cooperation with the Oklahoma Historical Society.
"The move to the History Center is appropriate for us since we relocated our Society Offices to the Center," Parrish stated.
This year's premier higher education event, the Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and Dinner will be held on October 2, and the ten inductees selected for this year's class will join over 100 others inducted since 1994 when the ceremony was begun. "This year's class enhances the roster of those who have made significant contributions over a long period of time to higher education and the state," Parrish commented.
This year's honorees are: Alvin Alcorn, former Vice President of Finance for the University of Central Oklahoma and Rose State College Regent; James P. Brill, Professor Emeritus of Petroleum Engineering at the University of Tulsa; Billy Crynes, Dean and Professor Emeritus of Engineering at the University of Oklahoma after service at Oklahoma State University; B. Curtis Hamm, Professor Emeritus of Business, Oklahoma State University; Jacob F. Larson, Professor Emeritus of Music, University of Oklahoma; Charles J. Mankin, Director, Oklahoma Geological Survey and Professor at the University of Oklahoma; Jean Bell Manning, Vice President of Academic Affairs, Langston University; Lloyd K. Musselman, Professor of History, Oklahoma City University; Jeanine Rhea, Professor of Business, OSU; and Gary L. Smith, Executive Vice Chancellor (retired) Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education.
Individuals interested in receiving an invitation to the Hall of Fame ceremony may inquire of the Oklahoma Higher Education Heritage Society at Post Office Box, 60388, Oklahoma City, OK 73146-0388 or by calling 405/522-0779.