Oklahoma Higher Education Heritage Society Announces Hall of Fame Inductees
Contact: Marvanna Millican
(405) 522-0778
For Immediate Release
The Oklahoma Higher Education Heritage Society, established in 1991 as a nonprofit to support awareness of higher education's vital role in Oklahoma history, recently announced the class of 2009 into the Oklahoma Higher Education Hall of Fame. They are:
Dr. Anthony A. Echelle (Stillwater, OK) - Oklahoma State University Dr. Floyd Wesley Emanuel (Norman, OK) - University of Oklahoma Dr. Jerry L. Hargis (Norman, OK) - University of Oklahoma Helen Muller - Oklahoma Panhandle State University Dr. Virginia (Katherine) Rader - Oklahoma Baptist University Dr. Gary D. Schnell (Norman, OK) - University of Oklahoma Dr. John T. Snow (Norman, OK) - University of Oklahoma Dr. William Tabbernee (Cleveland, OK) - Phillips University.
Special Award of Merit - Richard and Jeanette Sias (Oklahoma City, OK)
The Oklahoma Higher Education Hall of Fame was established in 1994 to recognize and honor individuals, living and deceased, for outstanding meritorious service to higher education in Oklahoma. To be eligible for induction, an individual must have been employed by one or more institutions of public and private higher education in Oklahoma on a full-time basis for a minimum of ten years. Individuals not so employed, but who have performed outstanding service to higher education in the state, or organizations or institutions, are also eligible for consideration, such service to be above and beyond financial contributions. Each year the Oklahoma Higher Education Heritage Society may elect to give a Special Award of Merit for distinguished contributions to higher education to an individual, organization, or institution deemed worthy of recognition. The formal induction ceremony and banquet will be held on October 27, 2009 at 6:30 p.m. at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City.
Biographical sketches and photos of all Higher Education Hall of Fame inductees, past and present, are displayed in the higher education exhibit at the Oklahoma History Center.
For more information about the Oklahoma Higher Education Hall of Fame or the Oklahoma Higher Education Heritage Society, please visit: www.ohehs.org or call 405-522-0778.