Five
Officials Selected for 2019 Induction into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame for
City and Town Officials
Five officials representing
a wide range of experiences will be inducted September 19 into the Oklahoma
Hall of Fame for City and Town Officials. The black-tie optional hall
of fame induction ceremony will be at the Cox Convention Center in Tulsa
in conjunction with the Annual Conference Banquet for the Oklahoma Municipal
League.
They will become the 65th 69th inductees into the Oklahoma Hall
of Fame since 2001.
Those to be inducted this year were recently announced by the Oklahoma
Hall of Fame for City and Town Officials Foundation, which is supported
by eight organizations of Oklahoma municipal government officials or
service organizations.
Those to be inducted on September 19 are:
Pam Polk, City Manager, City of Collinsville
Dan Galloway, Retired City Manager, Stillwater & El Reno
Gary Pruett, Retired General Manager, Municipal Utility Board,
Pryor
Jeff Shockley, former Mayor, Poteau
Michael Vanderburg, City Attorney, Ponca City
Formed in 1999, the Oklahoma Hall of Fame for City and Town Officials
Foundation recognizes individuals for outstanding achievements or contributions
to city and town government. To be selected, an honoree must make significant
contributions to Oklahoma local government, through their positive spirit
of public service, with unquestioned ethics.
The website www.okcityandtownofficials.org
highlights the careers of each inductee in the past 18 years. Visitors
to the website are able to navigate through biographies, video and photo
features about each inductee.
The Oklahoma Hall of Fame Foundation is supported by the Oklahoma Municipal
League, The Mayors Council of Oklahoma, the City Management Association
of Oklahoma, the Oklahoma Municipal Alliance (formerly MESO), the Oklahoma
Municipal Assurance Group, the Oklahoma Municipal Retirement Fund, the
Oklahoma Municipal Power Authority and the Oklahoma Municipal Clerks,
Treasurers and Finance Officials Association.
The 64 past inductees based on their residence when inducted include:
Ada Charles E. Spencer;
Bixby Joe Williams;
Braman Jerry Johnston;
Broken Arrow James C. Reynolds;
Chickasha Robert J. Hicks;
Clinton Glendenne Goucher;
Duncan Eugene Brown;
Edmond Cindy Shattuck, Don Bown, Charles Lamb, William A. Moyer,
Carl Reherman, Donald C. Rider, Kevin McCullough and Drake Rice;
El Reno Tony Rivera;
Frederick Robert B. Johnston and Wanda Jo Evaige;
Guymon Jess Nelson;
Hobart Thomas Talley;
Jenks Randy Ewing;
Mannford Michael Nunneley;
Midwest City Tommy Melton;
Norman Anthony M. Francisco, David Morgan, PhD, and Larry J.
Shelton;
Oklahoma City James Couch, James G. Hamill, Patience Sewell Latting,
Leon E. Nelson, Gary Marrs, Zach Taylor, Jr., Stephen E. Reel, Gerald
Wilkins, Michael Crawford and Mick Cornett;
Perry Mary Rupp;
Piedmont George Fina;
Ponca City Gary D. Martin, Homer Nicholson, Marilyn Kay Andrews
and Craig Stephenson;
Prague Harold Pumford;
Sand Springs Mike Burdge;
Santa Fe, NM Shane Woolbright;
Seminole Edward Smith;
Shawnee Mary Ann Karns, Terry Powell and Bertha Ann Young;
Stillwater Ernest R. Dirks, Lawrence Lee Gish,and Lawrence O.
Hansen;
The Village Stanley Alexander;
Tonkawa - John Ramey;
Tulsa Robert LaFortune, Susan Savage and David Weatherford;
Walters Albert Veltema;
Watonga Leroy Lage;
Weatherford Tony Davenport, George Wilkinson and Mike Brown;
West Siloam Springs Elaine Carr;
Woodward - Alan Riffel;
Tickets for the Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and banquet are $45
each available from the Oklahoma Municipal League by calling 405-528-7515
or by email to cathy@oml.org.
For More Information:
Deborah Miner-Gonzales, Secretary
Oklahoma Hall of Fame for City and Town Officials Foundation 308 NE
27th Street Oklahoma City, OK 73105 Phone 405-528-7564 ext. 1 deborah@meso.org
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