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Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame
Since 1993 the Oklahoma Historical Society has honored individuals based on their contributions to the preservation, collection, interpretation, and dissemination of Oklahoma history. Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame members are inducted annually.
Below is a list of members of the Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame. You can learn more about members of the Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame in The Chronicles of Oklahoma, the quarterly publication of the OHS, which is distributed to all OHS members.
| Name | Year Inducted | Biography in The Chronicles of Oklahoma |
|---|---|---|
| Debra Echo-Hawk | 2024 | Spring 2024 |
| Hannibal B. Johnson | 2024 | Spring 2024 |
| Donna Nigh | 2023 | Spring 2023 |
| George Nigh | 2023 | Spring 2023 |
| William D. Welge | 2023 | Spring 2023 |
| Bob L. Blackburn | 2022 | Spring 2022 |
| Davis Joyce | 2022 | Spring 2022 |
| Yvonne Kauger | 2022 | Spring 2022 |
| Theda Perdue | 2022 | Spring 2022 |
| Bruce Fisher | 2021 | Fall 2021 |
| Jack Frank | 2021 | Fall 2021 |
| Cassandra Gaines | 2020 | Fall 2021 |
| Melvena Heisch | 2020 | Fall 2021 |
| Gaston Litton | 2020 | Fall 2021 |
| Steve Ripley | 2020 | Fall 2021 |
| Dianna Everett | 2019 | Spring 2019 |
| Helen Holmes | 2019 | Spring 2019 |
| Emmy Scott Stidham | 2019 | Spring 2019 |
| Mary Jo Watson | 2019 | Spring 2019 |
| Henrietta Mann | 2018 | Summer 2018 |
| Bill Moore | 2018 | Summer 2018 |
| Sandra Stratton | 2018 | Fall 2018 |
| Nudie Williams | 2018 | Fall 2018 |
| Clyde Ellis | 2017 | Summer 2017 |
| John Erling | 2017 | Summer 2017 |
| Paul Lambert | 2017 | Summer 2017 |
| John Carmichael | 2017 | Summer 2017 |
| L. V. and Pat Baker | 2016 | Spring 2016 |
| Steven K. Gragert | 2016 | Spring 2016 |
| Mike Larsen | 2016 | Spring 2016 |
| Arthur L. Tolson | 2016 | Spring 2016 | Sally Bourne Ferrell | 2015 | Spring 2015 |
| Jimmie Lewis Franklin | 2015 | Spring 2015 |
| Edwin C. McReynolds | 2015 | Spring 2015 |
| John Wooley | 2015 | Spring 2015 |
| Kenny Brown | 2014 | Spring 2014 |
| Loretta Y. Jackson | 2014 | Spring 2014 |
| Linda W. Reese | 2014 | Summer 2014 |
| Mary Jane Warde | 2014 | Summer 2014 |
| Bill Anoatubby | 2013 | Spring 2013 |
| William Corbett | 2013 | Spring 2013 |
| Eddie Faye Gates | 2013 | Summer 2013 |
| Max J. Nichols | 2013 | Summer 2013 |
| David Dary | 2012 | Spring 2012 |
| Kenny A. Franks | 2012 | Spring 2012 |
| Richard Lowitt | 2012 | Summer 2012 |
| Rennard Strickland | 2012 | Summer 2012 |
| Jim Argo | 2011 | Spring 2011 |
| Sandie Olson | 2011 | Spring 2011 |
| Juanita Keel Tate | 2011 | Spring 2011 |
| Alvin O. Turner | 2011 | Spring 2011 |
| Currie Ballard | 2010 | Summer 2010 |
| Bob Burke | 2010 | Summer 2010 |
| Thomas P. Stafford | 2010 | Summer 2010 |
| Lewis Stiles | 2010 | Summer 2010 |
| Donald E. Green | 2009 | Spring 2009 |
| Marvin E. Kroeker | 2009 | Spring 2009 |
| Michael Wallis | 2009 | Summer 2009 |
| Quintus and Mary Herron | 2009 | Summer 2009 |
| Odie B. Faulk | 2008 | Spring 2008 |
| Danney G. Goble | 2008 | Spring 2008 |
| Lawrence Hart | 2008 | Summer 2008 |
| Robert “Bob” Klemme | 2008 | Summer 2008 |
| W. David Baird | 2007 | Spring 2007 |
| Guy W. Logsdon | 2007 | Spring 2007 |
| Martin Hagerstrand | 2007 | Summer 2007 |
| Pendleton Woods | 2007 | Summer 2007 |
| Denzil D. Garrison | 2006 | Summer 2006 |
| Joe C. Jackson | 2006 | Summer 2006 |
| Robert “Bob” F. Read Sr. | 2006 | Summer 2006 |
| Alice Tyner Timmons | 2006 | Summer 2006 |
| William G. McLoughlin | 2005 | Spring 2005 |
| Virgil Talbot | 2005 | Summer 2005 |
| Reba Neighbors Collins | 2005 | Fall 2005 |
| Gary Moulton | 2005 | Winter 2005–2006 |
| Robert L. Williams | 2004 | Summer 2004 |
| Alice Lee Marriott | 2004 | Fall 2004 |
| Howard L. Meredith | 2004 | Spring 2005 |
| Louis F. Burns | 2004 | Spring 2003 |
| Preston George | 2003 | Summer 2003 |
| Martha Royce Blaine | 2003 | Fall 2003 |
| William T. Hagan | 2003 | Winter 2003–2004 |
| Jack D. Haley | 2003 | Spring 2004 |
| Annie Heloise Abel | 2002 | Summer 2002 |
| George H. Shirk | 2002 | Fall 2002 |
| John Womack | 2002 | Winter 2002–2003 |
| Louis F. Burns | 2002 | Spring 2003 |
| Carolyn Thomas Foreman | 2001 | Summer 2001 |
| Louis H. Coleman | 2001 | Fall 2001 |
| Daniel F. Littlefield Jr. | 2001 | Winter 2001–2002 |
| Charles Banks Wilson | 2001 | Spring 2002 |
| Carl Coke Rister | 2000 | Summer 2000 |
| Wilbur S. Nye | 2000 | Fall 2000 |
| Mildred Imach Cleghorn | 2000 | Winter 2000–2001 |
| Glenn Shirley | 2000 | Spring 2001 |
| Rella Watts Looney | 1999 | Summer 1999 |
| Savoie Lottinville | 1999 | Fall 1999 |
| Parker McKenzie | 1999 | Winter 1999–2000 |
| Donald J. Berthong | 1999 | Spring 2000 |
| Thomas Lee Ballenger | 1998 | Summer 1998 |
| John W. Morris | 1998 | Fall 1998 |
| Kent Ruth | 1998 | Winter 1998–1999 |
| Norman L. Crockett | 1998 | Spring 1999 |
| Emmet Starr | 1997 | Summer 1997 |
| William Brown Morrison | 1997 | Fall 1997 |
| Morris L. Wardell | 1997 | Winter 1997–1998 |
| Stan Hoig | 1997 | Spring 1998 |
| John Hope Franklin | 1996 | Summer 1996 |
| John Joseph Mathews | 1996 | Fall 1996 |
| Emma Estill-Harbour | 1996 | Winter 1996–1997 |
| C. W. "Dub" West | 1996 | Spring 1997 |
| Arrell Morgan Gibson | 1995 | Summer 1995 |
| Anna Lewis | 1995 | Fall 1995 |
| LeRoy H. Fischer | 1995 | Spring 1996 |
| Walter S. Campbell (Stanley Vestal) | 1995 | Fall 1995 |
| William Parker Campbell | 1994 | Summer 1994 |
| Edward Everett Dale | 1994 | Fall 1994 |
| Angie Debo | 1994 | Winter 1994–1995 |
| Robert E. Bell | 1994 | Spring 1995 |
| Joseph B. Thoburn | 1993 | Summer 1993 |
| Grant Foreman | 1993 | Fall 1993 |
| Muriel H. Wright | 1993 | Winter 1993–1994 |
| Berlin B. Chapman | 1993 | Spring 1994 |
