- Oklahoma CareerTech Hall of Fame
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The Oklahoma CareerTech Hall of Fame is an award given to individuals who, through their outstanding professional and personal achievements, have brought honor and distinction to career and technology education in Oklahoma.
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.
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Members
2011
- Henry Bellmon, former Governor of Oklahoma and U.S. senator
- Earl Cowan, former superintendent of Canadian Valley Technology Center
- Jim E. Hamilton, former state senator and representative
- Vince Orza, Ph.D., president and CEO of KSBI, Oklahoma City
2009 [1]
- Dick Anderson, Retired Executive Vice President AGC of Oklahoma
- Brenda Brixey, Retired Family and Consumer Sciences Teacher
- Dr. Gene Callahan, Retired Tulsa Technology Center Superintendent
- Raymond Cockrum, Retired agricultural education District Supervisor, ODCTE
- Clovis Weatherford, Retired Tri County Technology Center Superintendent [2]
2007
- Charlotte Edwards, Retired Executive Director of Oklahoma ACTE
- Senator Ted V. Fisher, former Oklahoma Senate
- Mike Stephens, agricultural education teacher and FFA adviser
- Ron Wilkerson, Retired chief communications officer at ODCTE
- Elmer L. “Tex” Williamson, Retired student services specialist
2005 [3]
- 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 UCO
2001
- Gus Friedmann, Retired Distributive Education instructor, Stillwater High School
- Ruth Killough, Retired LPN instructor, Mid-Del Technology Center
- Roy Peters, Jr, former Director, ODCTE
- Bill Powers, Retired Superintendent, Kiamichi Technology Center
- Jean Robertson, Retired Family and Consumer Sciences Instructor, Pryor Junior High
- Wes Watkins, retired member of the United States House of Representatives, namesake of Wes Watkins Technology Center
1999
- Vic Van Hook, Retired Deputy Director, ODCTE
- John Hopper, Retired Superintendent, Central Technology Center
- Dale Hughey, Retired, ODCTE
- Dr. Joe Lemley, Retired Superintendent, Tulsa Technology Center
- Wayne Miller , Retired Director, Oklahoma State University-Okmulgee
- Marvin Stokes, Retired Superintendent, Byng Public Schools
1997
- Dr. Roy Ayres, former State Supervisor, Trade and Industrial Education
- Ted Best , former state adviser, DECA
- Dr Bob Brown, Retired professor, Central State University
- Dr Willa Combs, Retired professor and chair, Langston University
- Dr Coaken Jones, former National New Farmers of America Adviser
- Ernest Muncrief, Retired agricultural education instructor, Marlow, Oklahoma
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 education 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 ACTE
- 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 Cushing FFA Chapter
- Dr. Lucille Patton, dean of the Special College of Arts and Sciences, Central State University
1990
- Dewey Bartlett, former Governor 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 Nigh, former Governor 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 Guard
- Lela O’Toole, former dean College of Home Economics, Oklahoma State University
- Francis Tuttle, 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
References
- ^ CareerTech Hall of Fame inductees announced, Stillwater NewsPress, 10.20.2009
- ^ Clovis Weatherford inducted into CareerTech Hall of Fame, Norman Transcript, 11.18.2009
- ^ Oklahomans Selected for CareerTech Hall of Fame, Expressions, Winter 2006
External links
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Categories:- Government of Oklahoma
- Career and Technology Education in Oklahoma
- Education in Oklahoma
- Halls of fame in Oklahoma
- State halls of fame in the United States
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