Oklahoma CareerTech Hall of Fame
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The Oklahoma CareerTech Hall of Fame is sponsored by the Oklahoma Foundation for Career and Technology Education. The first members were inducted in 1990; beginning in 1991 the awards were presented biennially in odd-numbered years.
Members
2011- Henry BellmonHenry BellmonHenry Louis "Harry" Bellmon was an American Republican politician from Oklahoma. He was a member of the Oklahoma Legislature, the 18th and 23rd Governor of Oklahoma , and a two-term United States Senator.-Service in World War II:Bellmon was born in Tonkawa, Oklahoma and graduated from Billings...
, former Governor of OklahomaGovernor of OklahomaThe governor of the state of Oklahoma is the head of state for the state of Oklahoma, United States. Under the Oklahoma Constitution, the governor is also the head of government, serving as the chief executive of the Oklahoma executive branch, of the government of Oklahoma...
and U.S. senator - Earl Cowan, former superintendent of Canadian Valley Technology CenterCanadian Valley Technology CenterCanadian Valley Technology Center is a public career and technology education center, which opened in 1970.Three main central Oklahoma campuses serve district patrons. The campuses are located in El Reno, west Oklahoma City and in Chickasha...
- Jim E. Hamilton, former state senator and representative
- Vince Orza, Ph.D., president and CEO of KSBIKSBIKSBI, virtual channel 52, is an independent television station in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. It is locally owned and operated by Family Broadcasting Group of Oklahoma, an Oklahoma-based company, in a duopoly with Tuff TV affiliate KXOC-LP...
, Oklahoma City
2009
- Dick Anderson, Retired Executive Vice President AGC of Oklahoma
- Brenda Brixey, Retired Family and Consumer Sciences Teacher
- Dr. Gene Callahan, Retired Tulsa Technology CenterTulsa Technology Center- Tulsa Technology Center :Tulsa Tech is a public independent school district affiliated with the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education. Tulsa Tech is dedicated to preparing people for success in the workplace, and helps high school and adult students from across the Tulsa region...
Superintendent - Raymond Cockrum, Retired agricultural educationAgricultural educationAgricultural education is instruction about crop production, livestock management, soil and water conservation, and various other aspects of agriculture. Agricultural education includes instruction in food education, such as nutrition...
District Supervisor, ODCTE - Clovis Weatherford, Retired Tri County Technology CenterTri County Technology CenterTri County Technology Center is a public career and technology education center located in Bartlesville, Oklahoma and is part of the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education system.-Student organizations:...
Superintendent
2007
- Charlotte Edwards, Retired Executive Director of Oklahoma ACTEAssociation for Career and Technical EducationThe Association for Career and Technical Education is the professional association of CTE educators . It is a nonprofit membership association based in the United States. Its members are primarily educators and administrators of career and technical education , which is sometimes known as...
- Senator Ted V. Fisher, former Oklahoma SenateOklahoma SenateThe Oklahoma Senate is the upper house of the two houses of the Legislature of Oklahoma, the other being the Oklahoma House of Representatives. The total number of Senators is set at 48 by the Oklahoma Constitution....
- Mike Stephens, agricultural educationAgricultural educationAgricultural education is instruction about crop production, livestock management, soil and water conservation, and various other aspects of agriculture. Agricultural education includes instruction in food education, such as nutrition...
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adviser - Ron Wilkerson, Retired chief communications officer at ODCTE
- Elmer L. “Tex” Williamson, Retired student services specialist
2005
- RL Beaty, Retired Chief of Staff, ODCTE
- Ann Benson, Retired Director, ODCTE
- Sam Combs, co-founder the Retired Educators for Agriculture Programs (REAP)
- Chuck Hopkins, Retired assistant director, ODCTE
- Frosty Troy, Editor of The Oklahoma Observer
2003
- Arthur Foster, former community banker
- Dr. Clyde Knight, former trade and industrial education professor at Oklahoma State
- DeAnn Pence, Retired vocational Family and Consumer Sciences instructor
- Dr. J.W. Weatherford, former professor of vocational teacher education at UCOUniversity of Central OklahomaThe University of Central Oklahoma, often referred to as UCO, is a coeducational public university located in Edmond, Oklahoma. The university is the third largest in Oklahoma, with almost 18,000 students and approximately 434 full-time and 400 adjunct faculty...
2001
- Gus Friedmann, Retired Distributive Education instructor, Stillwater High SchoolStillwater, OklahomaStillwater is a city in north-central Oklahoma at the intersection of U.S. 177 and State Highway 51. It is the county seat of Payne County, Oklahoma, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 45,688. Stillwater is the principal city of the Stillwater Micropolitan Statistical...
- Ruth Killough, Retired LPN instructor, Mid-Del Technology Center
- Roy Peters, Jr, former Director, ODCTE
- Bill Powers, Retired Superintendent, Kiamichi Technology CenterKiamichi Technology CenterKiamichi Technology Center is a public career and technology education center located in Wilburton, Oklahoma and is part of the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education system.-Student organizations:...
- Jean Robertson, Retired Family and Consumer Sciences Instructor, Pryor Junior High
- Wes WatkinsWes WatkinsWesley Wade "Wes" Watkins is a politician from the state of Oklahoma. He is a retired member of the United States House of Representatives where Watkins had represented Oklahoma's 3rd Congressional District for 14 years as a Democrat and then for six years as a Republican.-Early life and...
, retired member of the United States House of RepresentativesUnited States House of RepresentativesThe United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...
, namesake of Wes Watkins Technology CenterWes Watkins Technology CenterWes Watkins Technology Center is a public career and technology education center located in Wetumka, Oklahoma and is part of the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education system.-Namesake:Wes Watkins is an Oklahoma politician...
1999
- Vic Van Hook, Retired Deputy Director, ODCTE
- John Hopper, Retired Superintendent, Central Technology CenterCentral Technology CenterCentral Technology Center is a public career and technology education center located in Drumright, Oklahoma and Sapulpa, Oklahoma. Central Tech is part of the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education system.-Student organizations:...
- Dale Hughey, Retired, ODCTE
- Dr. Joe Lemley, Retired Superintendent, Tulsa Technology CenterTulsa Technology Center- Tulsa Technology Center :Tulsa Tech is a public independent school district affiliated with the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education. Tulsa Tech is dedicated to preparing people for success in the workplace, and helps high school and adult students from across the Tulsa region...
- Wayne Miller , Retired Director, Oklahoma State University-Okmulgee
- Marvin Stokes, Retired Superintendent, Byng Public SchoolsByng, OklahomaByng is a town in Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 1,090 at the 2000 census.-History:The beginnings of the town of Byng were established in 1917 with the building of a post office and power plant . The post office and power plant were named to honor the World War I...
1997
- Dr. Roy Ayres, former State Supervisor, Trade and Industrial Education
- Ted Best , former state adviser, DECADECA (organization)DECA, also known as Collegiate DECA on the college level) is an international association of students and teachers of marketing, management and entrepreneurship in business, finance, hospitality, and marketing sales and service . DECA prepares emerging leaders and entrepreneurs in marketing,...
- Dr Bob Brown, Retired professor, Central State University
- Dr Willa Combs, Retired professor and chair, Langston UniversityLangston UniversityLangston University is an institution of higher learning located in Langston, Oklahoma, USA. It is the only historically black college in the state, and the westernmost historically black college in the United States...
- Dr Coaken Jones, former National New Farmers of AmericaNew Farmers of AmericaThe New Farmers of America was an American youth organization of African-American farm boys studying agriculture in public schools throughout 18 states in the eastern and southern United States. The NFA started in 1927 in the state of Virginia, and merged in 1965 with the Future Farmers of America...
Adviser - Ernest Muncrief, Retired agricultural educationAgricultural educationAgricultural education is instruction about crop production, livestock management, soil and water conservation, and various other aspects of agriculture. Agricultural education includes instruction in food education, such as nutrition...
instructor, Marlow, OklahomaMarlow, OklahomaMarlow is a city in Stephens County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 4,592 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Marlow is located at ....
1995
- Edna Crow, retired district supervisor, Family and Consumer Sciences
- Jess Banks, retired state coordinator of the Employment and Training Division, ODCTE
- Bruce Gray, Francis Tuttle Technology Center
- Ralph Dressen, Retired agricultural educationAgricultural educationAgricultural education is instruction about crop production, livestock management, soil and water conservation, and various other aspects of agriculture. Agricultural education includes instruction in food education, such as nutrition...
District Supervisor, ODCTE - Hugh Lacy, former coordinator of Manpower Division, ODCTE
- Mary Randall, retired coordinator, Health Occupations, ODCTE
1993
- Larry Hansen, retired assistant director, ODCTE
- Bill Harrison, retired director, Oklahoma ACTEAssociation for Career and Technical EducationThe Association for Career and Technical Education is the professional association of CTE educators . It is a nonprofit membership association based in the United States. Its members are primarily educators and administrators of career and technical education , which is sometimes known as...
- Don Ramsey, owner, Blue and Gold Sausage Company
- May Rollow, retired state supervisor, Family and Consumer Sciences
1991
- Dr. Arch Alexander, deputy director of the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education
- MJ DE Benning, distributive education supporter, assistant professor at Oklahoma State University
- Dick Fisher, chartered CushingCushing, OklahomaCushing is a city in Payne County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 8,371 at the 2000 census.The city was established after the Land Run of 1891 by Billy Rae Little. It was named for Marshall Cushing, private secretary to U.S. Postmaster General John Wanamaker...
FFAFFAFFA is a three-letter acronym that may stand for:-Aviation and the military:* First Flight Airport, IATA code for the tiny airstrip in Kitty Hawk where the first flight occurred in 1903.* Free-fire area, in U.S...
Chapter - Dr. Lucille Patton, dean of the Special College of Arts and Sciences, Central State UniversityUniversity of Central OklahomaThe University of Central Oklahoma, often referred to as UCO, is a coeducational public university located in Edmond, Oklahoma. The university is the third largest in Oklahoma, with almost 18,000 students and approximately 434 full-time and 400 adjunct faculty...
1990
- Dewey Bartlett, former Governor of OklahomaGovernor of OklahomaThe governor of the state of Oklahoma is the head of state for the state of Oklahoma, United States. Under the Oklahoma Constitution, the governor is also the head of government, serving as the chief executive of the Oklahoma executive branch, of the government of Oklahoma...
, instrumental in creation of CareerTech system - Otha Grimes, Polled Hereford industry
- Caroline Hughes, appointed to National Advisory Council on Vocational Education
- Byrle Killian, Regent, OSU and A&M Colleges, former state supervisor Agriculture Education
- George NighGeorge NighGeorge Patterson Nigh , is a popular civic leader in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Nigh served as the 17th and the 22nd Governor of Oklahoma. He was the first Oklahoma Governor to be re-elected and the first to win all 77 counties in the state...
, former Governor of OklahomaGovernor of OklahomaThe governor of the state of Oklahoma is the head of state for the state of Oklahoma, United States. Under the Oklahoma Constitution, the governor is also the head of government, serving as the chief executive of the Oklahoma executive branch, of the government of Oklahoma... - J.B. Perky, former director, ODCTE
- Robert Price, dean, Department of Agriculture Education, Oklahoma State University
- Roy Stewart, author of the County Boy Column in The Daily Oklahoman, colonel in Oklahoma National GuardOklahoma National GuardThe Oklahoma National Guard, a division of the Oklahoma Department of the Military, is the component of the United States National Guard in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. It comprises both Army and Air National Guard components. The Governor of Oklahoma is Commander-in-Chief of the Oklahoma National...
- Lela O’Toole, former dean College of Home Economics, Oklahoma State University
- Francis TuttleFrancis TuttleFrancis Tuttle Technology Center is a public career and technology education center affiliated with the state of Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education. Francis Tuttle has a dual focuses, serving both the business community as well as high school and adult students...
, former ODCTE Director
See also
- Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education
- List of school districts in Oklahoma
- List of private schools in Oklahoma
- List of colleges and universities in Oklahoma