by okcchs | Oct 24, 2023 | 2022
Gray Frederickson (Posthumously)Oscar-winning American Film Producer Gray Frederickson is an OSCAR and Emmy award-winning producer whose career spanned more than five decades. Three of his films are included in The American Film Institute’s Top 100. He earned an...
by okcchs | Oct 24, 2023 | 2022
Melvena Heisch Deputy Director of the Oklahoma State Historic Preservation Office Melvena Heisch has worked for over forty years in the Oklahoma State Historic Preservation Office at the Oklahoma Historical Society. For most of that time, serving as the Deputy SHPO....
by okcchs | Oct 24, 2023 | 2022
Florence Jones Kemp Owner, Florence’s Restaurant in OKC Florence Jones Kemp owner of the legendary Florence’s Restaurant on 23rd Street, turned 92 years young in 2023 reaching the milestone of 72 years in business. From the daughter of a sharecropper in...
by okcchs | Oct 24, 2023 | 2022
William Calvin Music Educator, Oklahoma City Public Schools William Calvin served as a music teacher in Oklahoma City Public Schools for many years. He was the recipient of the 2018-2019 OKCPS Teachers of the Year while teaching at Taft Middle School. He was the...
by okcchs | Oct 24, 2023 | 2022
Tommy Collins (Posthumously)American Country Music Singer And Songwriter Tommy Collins wrote more than 800 songs but is usually remembered as a pioneer of the country scene in Bakersfield, California. At one point in the early 1950s, his band featured Buck Owens as...
by okcchs | Oct 24, 2023 | 2022
Sue Ann Arnall Founder of Arnall Family Foundation Sue Ann Arnall is an energy industry veteran, who achieved numerous milestones during her time in the industry before founding the Arnall Family Foundation in 2015. At the Foundation, Sue Ann works to bring about...
by okcchs | Jul 28, 2022 | 1990 - 2017
Abts, Jeannie Acee Blue Eagle Ackerman, Ray Alexander, Rev. Dr. William H. Ameringer, Freda Ames, Charles B. Anderson, Gloria Anthony, C. R. Anthony, Nancy Arnold, Anita Atkins, Hannah Atkinson, W. P. Bill Baird, James O. Ball, Ralph Banz, Rep. Gary and Linda Barnard,...
by okcchs | Jul 4, 2022 | 2022
Catherine Montgomery (Posthumously)Historical Preservationist Distinguished Service Award Catherine Montgomery worked as an architect in Maryland and Washington D.C. and held several positions over 13 years at the University of Maryland, College Park. In 1999,...
by okcchs | Jul 4, 2022 | 2022
Dr. Terry Childers (Posthumously) Former Oklahoma City Manager Dr. Terry Childers became the first African American City Manager in Oklahoma City history on September 15, 1986, and one of the youngest. Still, more than setting precedent, Childers helped Oklahoma City...
by okcchs | Jul 4, 2022 | 2022
Sam Bowman (Posthumously) Former Executive Director of Neighborhood Services Organization and OKC Councilman Sam Bowman a 1962 graduate of Penn State University, served for three years as a junior officer in the Navy. He worked briefly for The Salvation Army before...
