DECEMBER 2023 VOLUME 28 • NUMBER 2 PRESIDENT & CEO Shannon L. Rich VICE PRESIDENT CONTENTS Gini Moore Campbell CHAIRMAN, PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE Bob Burke DESIGN MAGAZINE OF THE OKLAHOMA HALL OF FAME Skip McKinstry skipmckinstry.com 2 From the Chairman From the President Rebecca Dixon Shannon L. Rich Subscription .....................................$35 Individualism ...................................$50 Perseverance .................................$100 3 this universe is you: Pioneer Spirit .................................$250 Oklahoma’s Artists Optimism ...................................... $500 Carol Mowdy Bond Friends of the Medallion ................... $1,000 Mistletoe Circle ............................. $2,500 Gold Circle ................................$5,000 D O N O R L E V E L SConstancy Circle ...........................$10,000 14 Bestowing Oklahoma’s Mission Partner .......................$25,000 Highest Honor: The 96th Annual Oklahoma Hall of Fame For additional information contact the Induction Ceremony Oklahoma Hall of Fame Gini Moore Campbell 1400 Classen Drive Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73106 Telephone 405.235.4458 or Toll Free 888.501.2059 E-mail [email protected] 34 Oklahoma Hall of Fame Visit the organization's website at Member Spotlight: OklahomaHOF.com Inez Scott Lunsford Silberg Unsolicited manuscripts must be Mattie Barlow accompanied by return postage. Unless otherwise noted, all images are courtesy of the Oklahoma Hall of Fame. LIBRARY DISTRIBUTION MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE GENEROSITY OF DONORS STATEWIDE. 40 Oklahoma’s Story BENEFACTOR Through Its People THE CHICKASAW NATION HERMAN AND LADONNA MEINDERS LEGACY PARTNER E.L. AND THELMA GAYLORD FOUNDATION MISSION PARTNERS MR. & MRS. BOB BURKE COVER IMAGE: M.R. & EVELYN HUDSON FOUNDATION THE OKLAHOMA HALL OF FAME CLASS OF 2023, FROM LEFT, DWIGHT ADAMS, INASMUCH FOUNDATION CHAIRMAN JOHN A. “ROCKY” BARRETT, BILL LANCE, MADELINE MANNING MIMS, HAL & SANDY SMITH POSTHUMOUS HONOREE MARY GOLDA ROSS, JUDITH JAMES, BARRY POLLARD, THE PUTERBAUGH FOUNDATION AND J MAYS. PHOTO BY CREEL MCFARLAND | LIMERICK STUDIO.