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2022 OKLAHOMA HALL OF FAME PATRON DONORS PRODUCTION PARTNERS MIKE AND PAT CASE IBC BANK THE CHICKASAW NATION THE CHICKASAW NATION E. L. AND THELMA GAYLORD FOUNDATION CHOCTAW NATION OF OKLAHOMA CHAIRMAN JOHN “ROCKY” BARRETT— GEORGE KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION CITIZEN POTAWATOMI NATION CITIZEN POTAWATOMI NATION MARILYN AND ED KELLER CRESAP FAMILY FOUNDATION A.R. CLINTON: COMMUNICATIONS. JOE MORAN III BOB FUNK STRATEGIES. CONTENT. THE MUSCOGEE NATION HERMAN AND LADONNA MEINDERS JAMES C. AND TERESA K. DAY OG&E FOUNDATION OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER PREMIER PATRONS FOUNDATION MANAGEMENT OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY, OFFICE THE CHURCH STUDIO—TERESA KNOX VIRGINIA G. AND JOHN D. GROENDYKE OF THE PRESIDENT & IVAN ACOSTA, JACK & STEPHANIE HARDESTY FAMILY FOUNDATION OSU CENTER FOR HEALTH SCIENCES ALLEN, JOHN & LEIGH REAVES TIMOTHY HEADINGTON OSU COLLEGE OF EDUCATION & HUMAN SCIENCES LOVE FAMILY AFFILIATED FUND INASMUCH FOUNDATION OSU FOUNDATION RCB BANK PATRICK T. ROONEY—FIRST NATIONAL HERITAGE PATRONS THE UNIVERSITY OF TULSA BANK OF OKLAHOMA RICHARD AND MO ANDERSON WHITTEN BURRAGE, LLC SEMINOLE STATE COLLEGE MR. CHET CADIEUX MILANN SIEGFRIED FAMILY AND NORDAM KYLE FAMILY FOUNDATION TRACKMAKER PATRONS SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA STATE THE MUSCOGEE NATION BANK OF OKLAHOMA UNIVERSITY CHARLES AND PEGGY STEPHENSON CHEROKEE NATION BUSINESSES TRUST COMPANY OF OKLAHOMA FAMILY FOUNDATION THE CHICKASAW NATION TULSA REGIONAL CHAMBER CLAIMS MANAGEMENT RESOURCES THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA LEGACY PATRONS COX COMMUNICATIONS FOUNDATION AMERICAN FIDELITY FOUNDATION EXPRESS EMPLOYMENT PROFESSIONALS THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA SUE ANN ARNALL HARDESTY FAMILY FOUNDATION FOUNDATION, TULSA THE MEANING BEHIND THE OKLAHOMA HALL OF FAME MEDALLION RIBBON Originally pinned to the Honoree the Reddish in color, the ribbon that the RAYS OF THE SUN night of induction, today’s Oklahoma Oklahoma Hall of Fame Medallion Surrounding five Ts are rays of the hangs from depicts Oklahoma’s sun, the Indian symbol for constancy, Hall of Fame Medallion is hung on a ribbon around the Honoree’s neck. rich red earth. unchanging, or unwavering. Although design and implementation WHITE STAR FIVE Ts Taken from the Oklahoma Situated above the white star, have changed slightly, the elements State Seal, the white star the five Ts honor the five and meanings have remained the represents Oklahoma Indian Nations that inhabited as the 46th state of Union Indian Territory prior same since the first induction in and the 46th star on the flag of the United States. to Statehood. 1928. Headed by Anna B. Korn, GOLD CENTER MISTLETOE WREATH the founder of the Oklahoma Hall The blessing of the union Taken from the Oklahoma of Fame, a committee worked with of Oklahoma and Indian Hall of Fame’s impression a local Oklahoma City jeweler to territories by Uncle Sam, stamp and the Oklahoma the gold center is taken State Seal, the Mistletoe design the medallion. from the impression stamp wreath first was used as an of the Oklahoma Hall of Fame element of the Great Seal upon its founding in 1927. of the Territory of Oklahoma. 31 35

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