FRIENDS OF THE MEDALLION GIVING SOCIETY Friends of the Medallion have a shared interest in preserving and telling the stories of extraordinary Oklahomans. Their support sustains the 95-year tradition of recognizing accomplished Oklahomans with the state’s highest honor–induction into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame. MISSION PARTNERS Mr. and Mrs. Bob Burke THE MEANING BEHIND THE OKLAHOMA The Chickasaw Nation HALL OF FAME MEDALLION E.L. and Thelma Gaylord Foundation Oklahoma Chiller The Puterbaugh Foundation CONSTANCY CIRCLE RIBBON Peggy Kates Reddish in color, the ribbon that the Oklahoma City Thunder Oklahoma Hall of Fame Medallion RAYS OF THE SUN R.A. Young Foundation hangs from depicts Oklahoma’s Surrounding five Ts are rays of the Standley Systems LLC rich red earth. sun, the Indian symbol for constancy, unchanging, or unwavering. GOLD CIRCLE WHITE STAR FIVE Ts Governor and Mrs. Bill Anoatubby Taken from the Oklahoma Situated above the white star, Timothy C. Headington State Seal, the white star the five Ts honor the five James C. & Teresa K. Day Foundation represents Oklahoma Indian Nations that Mary and Jeff McClean as the 46th state of Union inhabited Indian McCasland Foundation and the 46th star on the Territory prior Larry and Polly Nichols flag of the United States. to Statehood. Shannon L. Rich Walton Family Foundation GOLD CENTER MISTLETOE CIRCLE The blessing of the union MISTLETOE WREATH Mr. and Mrs. Steve Burrage of Oklahoma and Indian Taken from the Oklahoma Citizens Bank of Edmond territories by Uncle Sam, Hall of Fame’s impression Mr. and Mrs. Ken Fergeson the gold center is taken stamp and the Oklahoma Anne and Mike Greenwood from the impression stamp State Seal, the Mistletoe Mustang Fuel Corporation of the Oklahoma Hall of Fame wreath first was used as an Mr. and Mrs. David Rainbolt upon its founding in 1927. element of the Great Seal C. Renzi and Lee Anne Stone of the Territory of Oklahoma. FRIENDS OF THE MEDALLION Originally pinned to the Honoree have remained the same since American Fidelity Foundation the night of induction, today’s the first induction in 1928. Mr. and Mrs. Calvin J. Anthony Oklahoma Hall of Fame Medallion Headed by Anna B. Korn, the The Honorable Jari Askins is hung on a ribbon around the founder of the Oklahoma Hall of Dewey F. Bartlett, Jr. Honoree’s neck. Although design Fame, a committee worked with Chief Gary Batton and implementation have changed a local Oklahoma City jeweler to Bruce and Sheryl Benbrook slightly, the elements and meanings design the medallion. Mr. and Mrs. Clayton I. Bennett Mrs. Barbara Braught Mr. Steve M. Brown Robert and Karen Browne Family Fund Andre’ Caldwell Chris and Gini Moore Campbell Mr. and Mrs. Chad Dillingham Jennifer and Steven Grigsby Mr. Brad Carson Ms. Rebecca Dixon Mr. Joe D. Hall Mr. and Mrs. Mike D. Case Mr. Everett Dobson Michelle Hardesty Mrs. Jill Castilla Mr. and Mrs. William E. Durrett Ann and V. Burns Hargis Jerry Chenoweth Carl and Susan Edwards Fred and Kellie Harlan Mr. Stan Clark Tom and Cheryl Evans Mrs. Jane B. Harlow Ms. Jodi R. Cline Amy Anne Ford H.T. and Edna Mae Holden Ms. Amanda Clinton Chad and Jessica Ford Carlos and Pam Johnson Samuel and Rita Combs Chip and Shannon Fudge Hannibal B. Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Rick Cooper Hardesty Family Foundation The Honorable Bernard and Dr. Mautra Jones Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth H. Cooper Mrs. Jane Jayroe and Mr. Gerald Gamble The Honorable and Mrs. Frank Keating Mrs. Terri and The Honorable Mick Cornett Dr. and Mrs. Gib Gibson Mr. Bill Lance Sandy and Art Cotton Earnie and Marilyn Gilder Dr. Kathy and Charlie Laster Bill and Carol Crawford Senator A.J. and Kenneth Griffin Larry and Marilyn Lee, RAM Energy, Inc. Page Davidson Mr. David Griffin Roxana and Robert Lorton THANK YOU TO ALL DONORS OF A portion of every donation, regardless of the amount, goes toward funding Oklahoma: Magazine of the THE OKLAHOMA HALL OF FAME Oklahoma Hall of Fame and its distribution to every senior high school library statewide. 46