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Shown above are the inductees in the 39th annual Oklahoma

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Journalism Hall of Fame ceremony in 2009.

Biographies of 2009 Hall of Fame inductees

Nomination Form

History and Purpose

Each year since 1971, the Oklahoma Journalism Hall of Fame, located in th Communications Building at the University of Central Oklahoma, has recognized Oklahoma journalists who have made outstanding contributions to Oklahoma journalism for at least 10 years or to natives of the state who have made outstanding contributions to journalism elsewhere for 10 years or more. As many as nine persons are added to the Hall of Fame each year.

Awards and Recognition

A suitable certificate stating the accomplishments of the honoree is displayed the Hall of Fame at UCO and the State Capital Publishing Museum in Guthrie. Duplicate copies are given to the honoree or his/her family. Names of honorees announced each April. A news release announcing those honored each year is provided to all state newspapers, broadcasting stations, magazines and college departments and schools of journalism. The UCO Department of Mass Communication is the host and administrator of the Hall, and the Oklahoma Newspaper Foundation helps finance the display area at UCO. Selection of Honorees

Honorees are selected by a committee composed of members of the working press, Society of Professional Journalists and the Hall of Fame. The committee sifts through all nominations, both new ones and those held over from previous years before selecting the nine honorees. Nomination forms are available at any

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time from the Department of Mass Communication by phoning Dr. Terry Clark, director of the Hall of Fame, or Sherry Sump, department secretary, at 1-405-974-5303, or sending an e-mail to [email protected].

2009

 Sharon K. Dowell, The Oklahoman, Ames Daily Tribune, Perry (Iowa) Daily Chief, Daily Law Journal-Record.  Lewis Ferguson, The Associated Press, The Ponca City News.  Sue Brewster Hinton, Oklahoma City Community College, The Oklahoman, Norman Transcript, Lawton Morning Press.  Debbie Jackson, Tulsa World, Henryetta Daily Free-Lance, The Oklahoma Journal.  Russell M. Perry, Black Dispatch, Black Chronicle, Perry Publishing & Broadcasting.  Dick Pryor, Oklahoma Educational Television Authority, KOCO- TV, KJRH-TV, KFDX-TV, KNOR radio.  Ray Soldan, The Oklahoman, Daily Kansan, Beatrice (Neb.) Daily Sun, Lawton Morning Press.  Gloria Trotter, Tecumseh Countywide News, The Shawnee Sun, The Countywide & Sun, Bristol Virginia-Tennesseean, WCYB-TV, WOPI radio.  Wayne Trotter, Tecumseh Countywide News, The Shawnee Sun, The Countywide & Sun, Jackson (Miss.) Daily News, Bristol (Va.) Herald-Courier, Memphis Commercial Appeal, Asheboro (N.C.) Courier-Tribune.

2008

 William P. Bleakley, Oklahoma Gazette, OKCBusiness, Tierra Media Group, U.S. Navy, Guam Daily News  Gerry Bonds, OETA-TV Oklahoma News Report; KOCO-TV Oklahoma City; WTNH-TV, Connecticut

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 Ann DeFrange, Oklahoma City Times, The Daily Oklahoman  Donna Barron Evers, Cameron University, Lawton Constitution, Pauls Valley Daily Democrat  Bill Harper, The Tulsa Tribune, Tulsa Daily World  Lindel G. Hutson, The Associated Press, Jonesboro Sun, U. S. Army, Texarkana Gazette  Bill Walter, The Hennessey Clipper, Oklahoma Daily, Alva Review- Courier, OBU Press  Barbara A. Walter, The Hennessey Clipper, Oklahoma Press Association Publisher  Paul B. Southerland, Oklahoma City Times, The Daily Oklahoman

2007

 David Dary, University of Oklahoma, University of Kansas, CBS News, NBC News  Gracie Montgomery, The Purcell Register, The Johnston County Capital-Democrat  Patrick O'Dell, CBS Southwest Bureau; KOTV, Tulsa; WSB-TV, Atlanta  Phillip Parrish, Tulsa World, Norman Transcript, The Lawton Morning Press  Bob Sands, Oklahoma Educational Television Authority; KAFG- FM, WKY, KEBC-FM, KOMA-AM & FM, KKNG-FM, KTOK- AM, Oklahoma City; ABC News Nightline; CNN, NBC Dateline  Mike Shannon, The Oklahoman, Oklahoma City Times  Mike Sowell, Oklahoma State University, The Tulsa Tribune, The El Paso Times  Mark Thomas, Oklahoma Press Association, Colorado Press Association, Edmond Sun  Helen Ford Wallace, The Oklahoman  Joe Worley, Tulsa World, Nashville Banner, Oklahoma & Tennessee National Guard

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2006

 Jerry Bohnen, KTOK-AM  Vicki Clark Gourley, Friday  Jennifer Duffy Gilliland, Oklahoma Press Association, The Daily Oklahoman, Oklahoma County Newspapers  Jenk Jones, Jr., The Tulsa Tribune, Minneapolis Tribune, Anchorage Times  Jim Langdon, TulsaPeople magazine, The Tonkawa News, The Norman Transcript  Dana Sue Walker, Tulsa World  George R. Wilson, The Daily Oklahoman & Times, Oklahoma Journal  Fritz W. Wirt, Oklahoma State University O'Collegian, Temple Daily Telegram, El Paso Times, San Angelo Standard Times, Del Rio News-Herald, the Huntsville Item, Kingsport, Tenn., Times-News, Clinton Daily News  John V. Young, Tulsa World, The Tulsa Tribune, Sapulpa Daily Herald, United Press International, Cushing Daily Citizen

2005

 David G. Fitzgerald, commercial photography, Oklahoma Today magazine contributor  Dr. Haskell O. "Woody" Gaddis, University of Central Oklahoma, Tulsa World  Sue Lewis Hale, The Oklahoman, Oklahoma City Times, El Reno Tribune, FOI Oklahoma  Bettye Jane Johnston, Bartlesville Sooner High School journalism & photography teacher, Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise, Pawhuska Journal-Capital  James A. Killackey, The Oklahoman, The Tulsa Tribune

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 Mike McCormick, Shawnee News-Star  John D. Montgomery, Purcell Register, Hobart Daily Democrat- Chief, Kiowa County Star-Review, The Oklahoman, Oklahoma City Times, Tulsa World, Madill Record, Johnston County Capital- Democrat  James G. Palmer, Fox Channel 25; WKY-AM, KMGL-FM, KOMA-AM, KTOK-AM radio, Oklahoma City; United Press International; KADS radio, Elk City; KWCO radio, Chickasha  Dave Sittler, Tulsa World, The Tulsa Tribune, Omaha World- Herald, The Daily Oklahoman, Lincoln Journal Star  Terri Watkins, KOCO-TV, Oklahoma City; Oklahoma Education Television Authority; KOCY-AM, KTOK-AM radio, Oklahoma City; KNOR-AM radio, Norman; KLUF radio, Lufkin, Texas; KAKS radio, Tulsa

2005: Posthumous Honorees

 Doris Hedges, 1910-1999, Eufaula Indian Journal  Vera Holding, 1884-1984, Waurika News-Democrat  Ben Langdon, 1913-1999, Mangum Star  Eugene Lorton, 1869-1949, Tulsa World  Joseph Miller, 1921-1992, The Daily Oklahoman  Alexander L. Posey, 1873-1908, Eufaula Indian Journal  Wayne Singleterry, 1949-2001, The Daily Oklahoman  Tom Steed, 1904-1983, Shawnee News Star

2004

 Darrell Barton, WKY/KTVY-TV, Channel 4  Phil E. Brown, Enid News & Eagle  Pam Henry, Oklahoma Educational Television Authority; KOCO- TV, Channel 5; WKY-TV, Channel 4; KTOK radio, Oklahoma City

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 Rusty Lang, Tulsa World, Ardmore Daily Ardmoreite  Jack Lancaster, OSU O’Collegian, Elk City News, Alva Review- Courier  Edward Livermore, Jr., Edmond Sun  Fred W. Marvel, Oklahoma Department of Tourism  Bill May, Oklahoma City Journal Record, The Daily Oklahoman & Times, Duncan Banner  Billie Rodely, Oklahoma Educational Television Authority documentary journalist; KTOK radio Oklahoma City

2003

 David Averill, Tulsa World  Bob Burke, Oklahoma Heritage Association; ABC Sports; KOMA and KTOK radio, Oklahoma City; KBEL radio, Idabel  Larry Hammer, Fairview Republican, Cherokee Messenger and Republican, Woodward County Journal, Jet Visitor, Okmulgee Daily Times  Jim Hartz, Today Show, NBC; NBC News; PBS; WRC-TV, Washington, D.C.; KNBC-TV, New York City; KOTV, Channel 6, Tulsa; KOME and KRMG radio, Tulsa  Mick Hinton, The Daily Oklahoman & Times, Norman Transcript, Lawton Daily Constitution  Suzanne Holloway, Tulsa World, The Daily Oklahoman  Ed Kelley, The Daily Oklahoman, Perry Daily Journal  Becky Mayo, The Sequoyah County Times  Tony Pippen, Ada Evening News

2002

 E.G. "Bob" Albright, The Daily Oklahoman & Times  J. Landis Fleming, Springfield, Mo., News, The Daily Oklahoman &

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Times, Norman Transcript, Wes-Ten News, Oklahoma Advisor, North Star, Moore Monitor, The Bristow News, Kingfisher Times & Free Press, Oklahoma City Journal Record, Black Dispatch, Oklahoma Publisher  Francis Langdon, Henryetta Daily Free Lance, Tonkawa News  W.U. McCoy, author of "Performing and Visual Arts Writing and Reviewing," Western News Service, Memphis, Texas, Democrat, The Pampa, Texas, News, The Amarillo, Texas, Times, The Daily Oklahoman & Times, Orbit magazine  Jim Myers, The Enid News & Eagle, Lawton Constitution, Tulsa World  Francis (Fran) Morris, KWTV Channel 9 and KFOR-TV Channel 4, Oklahoma City; Oklahoma Gazette  Pam Olson, Oklahoma Journal, Midwest City Monitor, KWTV Channel 9, CBS News, CNN, Tulsa World  James H. Reid, Stars and Stripes, Muskogee Daily Phoenix, The Daily Oklahoman & Times  Dave Story, Frederick Leader, Guymon Herald, Claremore Daily Progress 2001

 Osa Lee Banzett, Edmond Booster, The Edmond Enterprise  Ida B. Blackburn, KOCO-TV, Channel 5, Oklahoma City Milton B. Garber, Enid Morning News, Enid Daily Eagle, Stars and Stripes  Robert L. Haught, The Daily Oklahoman, United Press International, U.S. Army 45th Division Thunderbird News  H.C. Neal, Watonga Republican, Okemah Daily Leader, The Daily Oklahoman, Edmond Sun, Edmond Booster  Maebeth "Beth" Ray, The Yale News, Leedey Star, Woodward County News, Cyril News, Lawton Constitution and Press, Vici Beacon

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 Mark Singer, New Yorker magazine, The Tulsa Tribune  Jack D. Willis, Oklahoma Daily, Muskogee Daily Phoenix and Times Democrat  Pendleton Woods, OG&E The Meter, Fort Smith Southwest American, U.S. Army 45th Division 2000

 Roy Angel, Shawnee News-Star  Ed Brocksmith, KRMG radio, Tulsa, Northeastern State University  Dr. Terry M. Clark, University of Central Oklahoma, Waurika News-Democrat  Bob Haring, Tulsa World  Katherine Hatch, international correspondent  Jim Henderson, Tulsa World, Dallas Times Herald, Houston Chronicle  Jan Lovell, Oklahoma Educational Television Authority  Bob Peterson, Durant Daily Democrat  Charles Ward, assistant to U.S. House Speaker Carl Albert & U.S. Sen. David Boren 1999

 Claude V. Barrow, The Daily Oklahoman  Jack Brannan, Los Angeles Times, Tulsa World, Joplin Globe, United Press International  Dennie Hall, University of Central Oklahoma  Lucia Caroline Loomis, Fort Worth Press, Rocky Mountain News, Akron Time-Press, Tulsa Tribune  Philip A. Morris. Southern Living magazine  Gaylord Shaw, Newsday, Associated Press, Dallas Times Herald, Los Angeles Times, El Reno American

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 George F. Tapscott, The Daily Oklahoman  M.J. Van Deventer, National Cowboy Hall of Fame, Oklahoma Home & Lifestyle magazine, Tulsa magazine, Tulsa Lifestyle, The Daily Oklahoman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Tulsa World, Shawnee News-Star  Riley W. Wilson, Tulsa World 1998

 Bob Barry, KFOR-TV Channel 4, Oklahoma City  Linda Cavanaugh, KFOR-TV Channel 4, Oklahoma City  Reba N. Collins, speaker, book author, Will Rogers scholar  D. Jo Ferguson, Pawnee Chief  Fred H. Grove, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma Educational Television Authority, book author  Marie Price, Oklahoma Legislative Report, Oklahoma Journal Record  Walt Radmilovich, Oklahoma Natural Gas, Tulsa World, The Daily Oklahoman  Arthur B. Ramsey, newsreel cameraman  William P. Ross, The Cherokee Advocate 1997

 Jim Argo, The Daily Oklahoman & Times  Frank Boggs, The Daily Oklahoman & Times  Jack Bowen, KOKH-TV Channel 25, KOCO-TV Channel 5, Oklahoma City  Bill Connors, Tulsa World  Ron Jenkins, The Associated Press, Oklahoma Journal  Edith Johnson, The Daily Oklahoman & Times  James E. Stewart, Oklahoma City Black Dispatch

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 William S. Tharpe, Oklahoma Journal, Henryetta Daily Free-Lance  John R. Whitaker, University of Oklahoma 1996

 C. Robert Bellatti, Stillwater News-Press  John R. Clabes, Federal Aviation Administration, Oklahoma Journal  Robert E. "Bob" Lee, The Daily Oklahoman & Times  Robert E. Lorton, Tulsa World  Paul S. McClung, Lawton Constitution & Morning Press  Jim Monroe, Enid Morning News & Daily Eagle, McCurtain Daily Gazzette  Ted M. Phillips, Seminole Producer  Albert (Buddy) Riesen, Jr., Ardmore Daily Ardmoreite 1995

 W.P. "Bill" Atkinson, Oklahoma Journal  Donovan W. Banzett, Edmond Booster  James W. Bradshaw, Shawnee News-Star  Klina E. Casady, Cheyenne Star, author  Gene Curtis, Tulsa World  Paul English, The Daily Oklahoman  Dr. Marlan D. Nelson, Oklahoma State University, Haskell News  Max Nichols, Oklahoma Historical Society, Oklahoma City Journal Record  O.F. (Omer F.) Schnoebelen, Mooreland Leader  Milo W. Watson, Perry Journal 1994

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 Eric Allen, Ada Weekly News  Jane Bryant, Norman Transcript  Ferdie Deering, The Daily Oklahoman & Times  Edward L. Gaylord, The Daily Oklahoman & Times  Joan Gilmore, Oklahoma City Journal-Record, The Daily Oklahoman & Times  Stan Hoig, University of Central Oklahoma  Omer N. Schnoebelen, Mooreland Leader  Margaret Taylor, Davis News  Wally Wallis, The Daily Oklahoman & Times 1993

 R. Marsden Bellatti, Blackwell Morning News, Stillwater News- Press, Nowata Daily Star  John C. Casady, Cheyenne Star & Sunbeam  Ruth Ferris, Altus Times Democrat, The Daily Oklahoman, KOMA- AM, KWHW-AM radio, Oklahoma City  John T. Greiner, Jr., The Daily Oklahoman & Times, U.S. Army Reserve  Tony Hillerman, mystery author, Lawton Constitution & Morning Press  James J. Lange, The Daily Oklahoman & Times  Jim Mayo, Sallisaw Sequoyah County Times  Ted Ralston, Lawton Constitution & Morning Press  Homer Ray, The Yale News 1992

 Warren F. Bickford III, Blackwell Journal-Tribune  Joseph Henry Carter, United Press International

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 Mary Katherine "Kay" Dyer, El Reno Tribune  M.C. Garber, Enid Morning News & Daily Eagle  Mary Goddard, The Daily Oklahoman & Times  Donald J. Morrison, The Waurika News-Democrat  Mary Jo Nelson, The Daily Oklahoman & Times  Deacon New, The Daily Oklahoman & Times  Joe W. Taylor, Davis News 1991

 Alex K. Adwan, Tulsa World  James R. Campbell, Oklahoma Press Association, United Press International  R. Jack Christy, Sr., Waukomis Hornet  Ivy M. Coffey, The Daily Oklahoman & Times  William T. "Bill" Dixon, Lawton Constitution & Morning Press  Ken Neal, Tulsa World  Guy R. Old, McCurtain Gazette, Broken Bow News  Wava L. Denson Poindexter, Gage Record, Ellis County Capital 1990

 Cullen Johnson, Oklahoma City Times  Louise Beard Moore, University of Oklahoma  Ray Parr, The Daily Oklahoman & Times  Earnest A. Shiner, Farmer-Stockman  Malvina Stephenson, Tulsa World  May Vandament, Yukon Sun  Poe B. Vandament, Yukon Sun  H. Merle Woods, El Reno American 1989

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 Freda Ameringer, Oklahoma City Advertiser  Byron V. Boone, Tulsa World  Chan Guffey, Guffey’s Journal  Edith Gaylord Harper, The Daily Oklahoman & Times  Joe White McBride, Jr., Anadarko Daily News  Roy P. Stewart, The Daily Oklahoman & Times  Richard David Story, USA Today, New York magazine, Reader's Digest  Tom Yarbrough, The Associated Press, Oklahoma City Times 1988

 George W. Cornell, The Associated Press, The Daily Oklahoman  Lola Hall, KWTV, Channel 9, Oklahoma City  Charles Nedwin "Ned" Hockman, University of Oklahoma  John A. Jameson, Englewood Herald  Wayne Mackey, The Daily Oklahoman & Times  Alfred W. McLaughlin, The Daily Oklahoman & Times  Gareth B. Muchmore, Ponca City News  Montez Tjaden, KWTV, Channel 9, Oklahoma City; KRMG-AM radio, Tulsa  Jerry L. Witcher, United Press International 1987

 James R. Bellatti, Stillwater News-Press  Bill F. Bentley, Lawton Constitution & Morning Press  Carter Bradley, Oklahoma Press Association State Capitol Bureau  Richard F. "Dick" Dudley, Hollis Daily News  Ruth Robinson Greenup, author, photographer  Richard R. Hefton, Oklahoma County Newspapers, Inc., Air National Guard

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 Ennis C. "Tex" Helm, The Daily Oklahoman & Times  Joe Howell, The Tulsa Tribune  Irvin Hurst, history author, Oklahoma City Times 1986

 Glen Bayless, The Daily Oklahoman & Times  Edith Walker Forbes, Gotebo Times-Record  Richard L. Jones, Jr., The Tulsa Tribune  Wallace Kidd, Anadarko Daily News  Edward F. Montgomery, The Daily Oklahoman & Times, Norman Transcript  Herbert J. Pate, Madill Record, Hobart Democrat-Chief  James L. "Jim" Pate, Madill Record  James T. Young, Oklahoma City Times 1985

 Jack Bickham, University of Oklahoma  Ed Burchfiel, Cordell Beacon  Roy Butterbaugh, Boise City News  James J. Downing, Tulsa Tribune, Bixby Beacon  Charles E. Engleman, Cushing Daily News  Chuck Ervin, Tulsa World  Don Ferrell, Chandler Lincoln County News, U.S. Air Force, Air National Guard  Robert L. Kidd, Sr., Poteau News, Spiro Times  J. Nelson Taylor, The Daily Oklahoman & Times, Tulsa World  Howard M. Wilson, Oklahoma Press Association State Capital Bureau, Oil & Gas Journal, The Daily Oklahoman & Times, Tulsa World

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1984

 Robert E. Allen, The Daily Oklahoman & Times  Ralph E. Cain, Sr., Vici Beacon  O.B. Campbell, Vinita Daily Journal  Hugh C. Hall, Henryetta Free-Lance, Oklahoma City Times  Wesley K. Leatherock, Perry Daily Journal, Clinton Daily News  S. George Little, newspaper publisher, author  Clyde E. Muchmore, Ponca City News  Stella M. Roberts, The Associated Press  Sidney J. Steen, Tulsa World 1983

 Allen W. Cromley, The Daily Oklahoman & Times  Dr. Harry E. Heath, Jr., Oklahoma State University  N.G. "Bill" Henthorne, Tulsa World  Roy Temple House, University of Oklahoma  J.L. Jennings, Donrey Media Group  N. Beachey Musselman, Shawnee News-Star  Dr. Ray Tassin, University of Central Oklahoma, U.S. Naval Reserve  Vivian Vahlberg, The Daily Oklahoman & Times 1982

 John R. "Jack" Dyer, Norman Transcript  Ralph (Waldo) Ellison, novelist  Frank Hilton Greer, Oklahoma State Capital, Guthrie  Dr. Joe C. Holland, University of Oklahoma  James Clark Nance, Purcell Register, Oklahoma Legislature  Leslie G. Niblack, Guthrie Daily Leader

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 Thomas R. Phillips, Holdenville Daily News  Edyth Thomas Wallace, The Daily Oklahoman & Times  Lyndell Newton Williams, Texas Press Association 1981

 Bill Burchardt, Oklahoma Today magazine  Jo O. Ferguson, Pawnee Chief  Allan Muchmore, Ponca City News  Lillian Newby, Oklahoma City Times  Robert V. Peterson, University of Oklahoma, Wewoka Times  Harry B. Rutledge, Oklahoma Press Association  C. Ray Shaw, The Wall Street Journal, Oklahoma City Times  Glenn Shirley, author 1980

 James H. Baker, network television producer  Jacques DeLier, KWTV Channel 9, Oklahoma City  E.L. Goodwin, Oklahoma Eagle  J. Leland Gourley, Friday, Henryetta Freelance  Bob Lee Kidd, Jr., Poteau News & Sun, Oklahoma Legislature  Willis A. Lansden, Beaver Herald-Democrat  Savoie Lottinville, University of Oklahoma  Dale McConathy, author; Time, Vogue, McCall's, Harper's Bazaar, Aperature magazines  P.A. "Buddy" Sugg, WKY-TV, Channel 4, Oklahoma City 1979

 Harry S. Culver, United Press International  Phil Dessauer, Tulsa World

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 Ray J. Dyer, El Reno Tribune  John Fischer, Harper's magazine, The Daily Oklahoman  S. Edward Lee, Harper County Journal  Charles Long, Society of Professional Journalists  Earl H. Richert, Oklahoma News 1978

 Edward Austin, Copley Newspapers  Harold Belknap, Norman Transcript  Edgar T. Bell, The Daily Oklahoman & Times  Fred W. Cowles, McAlester News-Capital  Travis Hensley, El Reno Democrat, The Westside Democrat of Enid, Oklahoma Legislature  George Hill, Coalgate Record-Register  Donald L. Reynolds, Donrey Media Corp.  Earnest J. "Ernie" Schultz, WKY-TV Channel 4, Oklahoma City  Travis Walsh, Tulsa World 1977

 George H. Evans, Chickasha Daily Express  James J. Kilpatrick, national columnist  Wauhillau Lahay, The Daily Oklahoman & Times  R.G. Miller, The Daily Oklahoman & Times  H. Milt Phillips, Seminole Producer  Harmon Phillips, Tulsa Tribune  Corbin M. Sarchet, Guthrie Daily State Capital, The Daily Oklahoman & Times  Frosty Troy, Oklahoma Observer, Tulsa Tribune  Paul Raymond Wade, Elk City Daily News

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1976

 Lou S. Allard, Drumright Derrick  Jack Bell, The Associated Press  John H. Casey, University of Oklahoma  Gerald T. "Cowboy" Curtin, Guthrie Daily Leader, Oklahoma News, Watonga Republican  John Easley, Ardmore Daily Ardmoreite  Foster Harris, University of Oklahoma  Hattie Mae Lachenmeyer, Cushing Daily Citizen  O.L. Lachenmeyer, Cushing Daily Citizen  Bruce Palmer, KWTV Channel 9, Oklahoma City; The Daily Oklahoman & Times 1975

 Victor F. Barnett, The Tulsa Tribune  Tams Bixby, Jr., Muskogee Daily Phoenix & Times-Democrat  James L. Craddock, Weatherford News  Dr. Rex Harlow, Harlow Publishing Corp.  Earl C. Hull, WKY-AM radio, Oklahoma City  William D. Little, Sr., Ada Evening News  Edward K. Livermore, Sr., Sapulpa Daily Herald  Lea M. Nichols, Bristow Record  Otis W. Sullivant, The Daily Oklahoman & Times 1974

 Byron L. Abernethy, The Duncan Banner  John Cronley, The Daily Oklahoman & Times  Alva Dopking, The Associated Press  Norris G. Henthorne, Sr., Tulsa World

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 Frank McGee, NBC News  Jack Morris, KTEW-TV, Channel 2, KTUL-TV, Channel 8, Tulsa  Ned Shepler, Lawton Constitution & Morning Press  Vance H. Trimble, Pulitzer Prize winner, Raymond Clapper Memorial Award winner, Society of Professional Journalists award winner  Harrington Wimberly, Duncan Daily Banner, Altus Times- Democrat 1973

 Ben Blackstock, Oklahoma Press Association  Douglas Edwards, CBS News  Raymond H. Fields, Guymon Herald  D.C. "Clancy" Frost, Kiowa County Star-Review  Paul Harvey, national radio commentator  Lee Hills, Pulitzer Prize winner, Oklahoma City Times  Alice L. Marriott, author, historian  Joe White McBride, Anadarko Daily News  Walker Stone, Scripps-Howard Newspapers 1972

 Fayette Copeland, University of Oklahoma  Earnest T. Hoberecht, Jr., United Press International, World War II correspondent  Jenkin Lloyd Jones, The Tulsa Tribune  Wheeler Mayo, Sequoyah County Times  Paul Miller, Gannett Newspapers  Eugene C. Pulliam, publisher, Altus, Clinton, El Reno, Mangum, Hobart, Elk City & Alva  Ralph Sewell, The Daily Oklahoman & Times, Oklahoma Press

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Association State Capitol Bureau reporter  Fred E. Tarman, Norman Transcript  Clement E. Trout, Oklahoma State University 1971

 Walter S. Campbell, University of Oklahoma  Roscoe Dunjee, Oklahoma City Black Dispatch  Edward K. Gaylord, The Daily Oklahoman & Times  Dr. H.H. Herbert, University of Oklahoma  Richard Lloyd Jones, Sr., The Tulsa Tribune  Jim Lucas, The Daily Oklahoman & Times  W.R. "Bill" Martineau, Oklahoma Journal  Milton W. Reynolds, Seminole Producer  Will Rogers, actor, author, national columnist

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