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The Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame was established by the Oklahoma Legislature in 1988, with legislation authored by State Senators Maxine Horner and Penny Williams. The Hall of Fame was one of several organizations created in the North Tulsa “renaissance” dedicated to reconstructing the city's historic Greenwood district after the Tulsa Race ...
The class of 2024 will be recognized during the 97th Annual Oklahoma Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony Nov. 14 at the Oklahoma City Convention Center. Tickets will be available to the public ...
The Oklahoma Hall of Fame was founded in 1927 by Anna B. Korn to officially celebrate Statehood Day, recognize Oklahomans dedicated to their communities, and provide educational programming for all ages. [1] The first Oklahoma Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony was held the next year, inducting the first two members into the hall of fame.
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 building was turned over to the Tulsa County Industrial Authority, which then signed a 99-year lease with the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame for $1. [6] The Jazz Hall began operations at the site in 2007, though did not formally take control of the building until 2009. [7]
Jul. 2—Lee "Skip" Whitmer, a longtime Enid-area referee and head of the Enid Officials Association, will be inducted into the Oklahoma Officials Association's Officials Hall of Fame Class of ...
The Oklahoma Educators Hall of Fame began in 1984 as a nonprofit organization designed “to recognize and to honor those professionals who have exemplified a commitment of quality public ...
Downtown Tulsa is an area of approximately 1.4 square miles (3.6 km 2) surrounded by an inner-dispersal loop created by Interstate 244, US 64 and US 75. [1] The area serves as Tulsa's financial and business district; it is the focus of a large initiative to draw tourism, which includes plans to capitalize on the area's historic architecture. [2]