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Peggy Y. Fowler (born July 14, 1951) is an American businessperson in the state of Oregon. She was the chief executive officer (CEO) of Portland General Electric (PGE), and as of 2007 was the 11th highest-paid CEO in Oregon. A native of Idaho, she worked for PGE, a private electric utility, from 1974 to 2009.
Area codes 918 and 539 are telephone area codes serving Tulsa and northeast Oklahoma. Besides Tulsa, these area codes cover cities such as Bartlesville, Broken Arrow, Claremore, Gore, Jenks, McAlester, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Pryor, Sapulpa, Tahlequah, and northeastern Oklahoma. Area code 918 was created in 1953 as a split from area code 405.
Map of Oklahoma with area code boundaries. The state of Oklahoma is served by the following area codes: 405/572: Central Oklahoma including Oklahoma City (original area code created in 1947; 572 added as overlay on April 24, 2021 [1] [2] [3] 580: Western and southern Oklahoma (split from 405 in 1997)
The other three area codes serving Oklahoma are 918 and 539, which cover northeastern Oklahoma (including the city of Tulsa); and 580, which serves western and southern Oklahoma. Area code 405 was one of the original area codes put into service in 1947 by telecom giant AT&T. Until January 1, 1953, it covered the entire state of Oklahoma.
After receiving his degree, Stephenson began his career with the Amerada Petroleum Company in 1960 and worked there until 1971. Stephenson then joined Andover Oil Company as vice-president of operations and became president of the company in 1974, serving until 1983 when he co-founded the Vintage Petroleum Company in Tulsa.
The museum is intended to spotlight an array of Sooner State celebrities, like Blake Shelton, The Flaming Lips, the Gap Band and the late Toby Keith.
Kathy Taylor (born 1955), Mayor of Tulsa (2006–2009) John Volz (1935–2011), attorney for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, died in Tulsa in 2011; R. James Woolsey Jr. (born 1941), former director, Central Intelligence Agency; Terry Young (born 1948), former mayor of the City of Tulsa
The Tulsa metropolitan area is the economic engine of the Green Country as well as Eastern Oklahoma. In 2017 the Tulsa metropolitan area's GDP was $57.7 billion, [18] up from 43.4 billion in 2009, nearly thirty percent of Oklahoma's economy, and the 53rd largest in the nation. [19]