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Preston Caruthers came to
Tulsa at age three, after his father’s death. Summers
were spent working on his uncle’s farm to help support
his family. In addition, he held part-time jobs as a
newspaper carrier, grocery delivery boy, and in a
butcher shop. Trips to the library fostered a lifelong
desire for education. After Preston finished his junior
year at Will Rogers, where he was class vice-president,
he, like scores of his classmates, answered the call to
arms for World War II. Preston’s hard work as a boy
prepared him well for the rigors of military life. He
continued his studies in English, math and history
through military correspondence. Navy Medical Corps
School taught him anatomy, physiology and nursing.
Preston settled in Arlington, Virginia, where he
attended college at George Washington University on the
GI Bill.
At the age of only 23,
Preston started his own construction business, and in
the boom of post WWII, was hugely successful because of
his talent, energy and business acumen. His crowning
achievement was the creation of Belmont Bay in the
1990s—a thriving, beautiful waterfront community only 30
minutes south of Washington, D.C.
Preston is affectionately
called “Mr. Arlington” because of his outstanding
community involvement, including serving on the
Arlington County School Board, Virginia State Board of
Education, Virginia Foundation of Independent Colleges
and the Advisors of George Mason University. Preston and
his wife have provided generous financial support to
Marymount College, the Virginia Hospital Center
Foundation and the National Museum of the United States
Army.
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Lynette Bennett (Danskin)
was a star at Will Rogers and went on to become a star
internationally.
During her Tulsa days,
besides singing, dancing and playing the piano in the
Round-Up and other events at Rogers, she appeared in the
Annual Sunrise Easter Pageant. Lynette went on to become
an award-winning Broadway, film and television
actor/singer/dancer.
She has lived and performed
in New York City, London and Los Angeles, and starred in
productions at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center’s Avery
Fisher Hall, Radio City Music Hall, and London’s West
End.
Her films have been shown at
the New York and Sundance Film Festivals.
Lynette’s Broadway
performances include Funny Girl, starring Barbra
Streisand, and The Yearling, starring David Hartman. In
London, she played reporter Mary Sunshine in the West
End production of Chicago. Other London performances
included leads in The Merry Widow, The Merry Wives of
Windsor, and The Magic Flute.
Off-Broadway, she starred in
The Lion in Winter and Gigi. Television appearances
include The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson, One
Life to Live, As the World Turns, America’s Most Wanted
and Married With Children. Lynette’s cabaret act was
orchestrated by her former pianist Barry Manilow.
Lynette is probably best
known to television audiences for her marvelous
one-woman show on PBS: Will Rogers’ Romance with Betty
and America, performed and written by Lynette.
Commissioned by Gilcrease Museum, Lynette also wrote and
performed in Home Lands: The Surprising Women of the
West. She is listed in Who’s Who in Entertainment and
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Stephen Chesebro’ went from
winning the title of “Ugly Man” and barely making the
football team to proving himself an outstanding student,
both at Will Rogers and the Colorado School of Mines in
petroleum engineering, then on to the position of top
executive of one of the largest oil companies in
America. At CSM, he was quarterback of the football
team, all-conference baseball, and a member of the golf
team. In 1991 Steve was awarded the school’s
Distinguished Achievement Medal; an Honorary Ph.D.
followed in 1998. In 2009 he was appointed to the
Colorado School of Mines Foundation Board of Governors,
and in 2011 was inducted into the school’s Athletic Hall
of Fame.
During Steve’s leadership
with Tenneco Oil Company, their technical team developed
a revolutionary gas well completion technology that is
now the industry standard. In 1994, he helped to lead
the formation of the Gas Industry Standards Board that
vastly improved the efficiency and accuracy of the
natural gas delivery system throughout North America.
These same standards are now being applied to the
electrical industry. Steve retired in 1997 as chairman
of the board and CEO of Tenneco Energy only to take a
two-year position as president and chief operating
officer of Pennzoil. Currently, he serves as chairman of
the board of Harvest Natural Resources, Inc., an
international exploration and production company.
Steve’s impressive business
career is almost eclipsed by his outstanding community
service—a hands-on commitment to youth advocacy
programs. He was named Houston’s Child Advocate of the
Year in 1996. Steve married Miss Will Rogers XXIII,
Dollie Austin, in 1965. They live in Houston and have
two children and seven grandchildren.
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Donald Gene Chandler -
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Birth: Sep. 5, 1934, Council Bluffs, Iowa,
Death: Aug. 11, 2011 Tulsa Oklahoma, USA
Professional Football Player. For twelve seasons
(1956 to 1967), he played at the punter and kicker
positions in the National Football League with the
New York Giants and Green Bay Packers. Born Donald
Gene Chandler, he was raised in Oklahoma where he
attended Will Rogers High School (Tulsa) and played
collegiate football at the University of Florida.
Selected by New York during the 5th round of the
1956 NFL Draft, Chandler experienced a world
championship with the Giants while a rookie. As a
Packer, he contributed to two world championship
titles from the Lombardi dynasty
era (which happened to be the first two Super Bowl
contests in 1967 and 1968) and during Super Bowl II,
he kicked a record 4 field goals, as Green Bay
defeated the Oakland Raiders 33 to 14 played on
January 14th, 1968. Chandler set a Packers' team
record, when he kicked a 90-yard punt against the
49ers in 1965 and holds the team record of eight
extra points in a regular season game, when he
accomplished this against Atlanta in 1966. In 154
regular season games, he recorded 660 punts for
28,678 yards and totaled 530 points as a kicker. He
was a participant in nine world championship
contests. He achieved Pro-Bowl status in 1967.
Chandler was inducted into the Packers Hall of Fame
in 1975 and was named to the NFL 1960s All-Decade
team. (bio
by: C.S.)
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WARREN
G.GUTHEROTH, MD
Class of 1945 - Inducted 2012
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Ernest Moody is a name known to every Will Rogers
senior who proudly wears the Rogers
class ring. We all remember lining up early in the
morning under the hot August sun to
receive our rings. Since 1944, customers have come
to recognize the Moody name as synonymous with
quality and integrity. It all began with a broken
clock that teenaged Ernest and his mother could not
afford to repair; the cost was $1.00. A neighborhood
watchmaker sold young Ernest the 25 cent part he
needed and showed him how to repair it himself.
Ernest began to visit the watchmaker’s shop and help
with repairs. When the owner retired, Ernest took
his life savings of $200, purchased the shop, and
Moody’s Jewelry was born. Ernest’s ethic of quality
service enabled him and his beloved wife, Mildred,
to build Moody’s Jewelry. His love for his alma
mater, Will Rogers High School, made him Tulsa’s
first high school ring headquarters. Moody’s is
still a family-owned company, operated by his five
children, with the third generation now entering the
business. Moody’s is the largest family-owned
jeweler in Oklahoma and is honored to serve our
community by giving a portion of every sale to its
Route 66 Giving Campaign, which supports over 66
charities right in our own backyard. Ernest
spoke often of “gifts of love” and demonstrated it
as he gave generously to benefit others.
His family is honored to continue this loving legacy
in the Tulsa community.
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William Lewis -
Class of 1949
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William Lewis, a member of the
Class of 1949 who • performed
140 major roles in ten languages during a 35-year stint
with the New York Metropolitan Opera
A heralded leading tenor of the Metropolitan Opera in
New York City from 1957 to 1992. Renowned
internationally at Teatro alla Scala, Milano; Royal
Opera Covent Garden, London; Vienna Staatsoper; Hamburg
Staatsoper; Opera de Paris; San Francisco Opera; and the
festivals at: Salzburg, Edinburgh, Spoleto Italy,
Spoleto USA, Wexford, Ireland and Amsterdam. He is a
distinguished professor of the Butler School of Music of
the University of Texas and the president of FAVA. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lewis_(tenor)
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JAMES RUSSELL, PhD
Class of 1962 - Inducted 2013
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After graduating from
Rogers in 1962, James Russell became active in
the 1960s civil rights and antiwar movements. He
participated in the 1964 Tulsa sit-ins and
initiated a successful campaign that included
basketball star Marques Haynes to integrate the
Sand Springs public schools. In 1966 he became
the first editor of New Left Notes, the national
newspaper of Students for a Democratic Society.
He received a Ph.D. in sociology from the
University of Wisconsin in 1975. In a career
that has combined critical scholarship with
social activism, he has taught at universities
in the United States and as a Fulbright
professor at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma
de México in Mexico and Masaryk University in
the Czech Republic. In 2005 he was named
University Professor at Eastern Connecticut
State University, the highest honor in the
Connecticut State University system. He is the
author of eight books, including Social
Insecurity: 401(k)s and the Retirement Crisis;
Double Standard: Social Policy in Europe and the
United States; Escape from Texas: A Novel of
Slavery and the Texas War of Independence; and
After the Fifth Sun: Class and Race in North
America. About Double Standard, Frances Fox
Piven, president of the American Sociological
Association wrote, This is a wonderful book—a
sweeping portrait that helps us to understand
the differences between the European and
American welfare states and why these
differences are so important.” About Escape from
Texas, Johns Hopkins historian Ben Vinson III
wrote, “No novel has so astutely captured the
mindset of black slaves and their complicated
relationships with Mexico during the years
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GORDON MORGAN
Class of 1953 - Inducted
2013
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Gordon Morgan was an All-State baseball player
for Will Rogers in 1953 and upon graduation he
was drafted into professional baseball. He
played minor league ball for the Chicago White
Sox and the St. Louis Cardinals, where he earned
the nickname Cannonball for his powerful arm. A
knee injury, however, ended his pro baseball
career. Then Gordon left baseball for the U.S.
Army. He later graduated from The University of
Tulsa, where he was the varsity baseball coach
from 1959 to 1962.
Gordon returned to Rogers where he taught and
coached from 1962 to 1988, changing the lives of
countless young people. He coached swimming,
cross-country and baseball (502 wins - 198
losses), winning four state championships. His
teams won ten Conference Championships and 13
regional titles. He coached 17 Oklahoma
All-State players, three of whom were High
School All-American, then went on to play
professional baseball, with two going to the
major leagues with the New York Mets. After
retirement from Will Rogers, Gordon coached nine
years at Bishop Kelley High School, where he won
three state championships, nine regional and
nine conference titles in girls’ softball. He
co-founded the Sunbelt Classic Series (now known
as the Heartland Baseball Classic), the elite
high school baseball series in America—a
baseball scout’s dream for the recruitment of
excellent players.
Gordon was named Coach of the Year ten times by
City, Regional and State Associations, and was
inducted into The Oklahoma Coaches Association
Hall of Fame, Oklahoma Hall of Fame Baseball
Coaches, Oklahoma Softball Coaches Hall of Fame
and Bishop Kelley Athletic Hall of Fame. Coach
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Illustrator, graphic designer, art director; Art
Directors Club Hall of Fame, 1995, and Society of
Illustrators Hall of Fame, 2009; author, "The Poster
Art of Paul Davis" and "Faces";
Paul created Tulsa's 2002 Mayfest poster.Davis was born
on February 10, 1938 in Centrahoma, Oklahoma. His father
who was a Methodist minister was given assignments that
took him to different towns, including Tulsa, Oklahoma,
where Davis attended Will Rogers High School. He was
always interested in drawing, so at fifteen he took a
job with a local illustrator, Dave Santee, doing odd
jobs around the studio. He left Tulsa for New York City
when he graduated at seventeen. New York in the early
fifties was the place where a young illustrator could
either flourish or be stuck in the salt mines of the art
service agencies. Davis was lucky, for at this time a
revolution with a profound impact on the method and
content of illustration was beginning at The Cartoonists
and Illustrators School (later renamed The School of
Visual Arts) where he attended both day and night
classes. Robert Weaver, Phil Hays, George Tscherny, Sal
Bue, Tom Allen and Eugene Karlin offered classes in
illustration and design that engaged the young Davis.
“It was a turning point in American illustration,” he
says. “It was a rejection of Norman Rockwell, who was at
his best a great Flemish painter and at his worst a bad
cartoonist, as well as of the entrenched Westport style
of romantic illustration.”
Davis' high school art teacher, Hortense Bateholts,
introduced him to the paintings of Georgia O'Keeffe and
the Regionalists, Thomas Hart Benton and John Stuart
Curry. He also had a grounding in Western art including
work by Alexander Hogue and Charles Banks Wilson.
Tulsa's Gilcrease Museum has an excellent collection of
Western Art including many paintings by Russell,
Remington, Bierstadt and Catlin. Davis therefore became
rather skilled at realistic rendering. Art school taught
him how to see, feel and expressionistically record his
observations. But when the time came to make a
commercial portfolio, Davis decided to set this
knowledge aside and draw like a five-year-old. “I became
interested in artists like Joan Miro and Paul Klee and
their child-like approach to painting,” he says. His
teachers responded with mixed reviews: Weaver was
against it. Hays, Bue and Tscherny approved, reasoning
that it was a fascinating and necessary return to
elemental form. At the end of the semester Hays arranged
for Davis to have a small exhibition at the school.
“Some students were upset that I was violating the rules
of academic drawing,” he recalls, “and Weaver, as he
said years later, was disappointed that I did not become
one of his imitators. He felt that I could have carried
the torch—I consider that a huge compliment.” Not only
did Davis get some needed reinforcement from his
teachers, but he also got an agent who landed him a
freelance assignment with Playboy. A job from Art Paul,
art director of Playboy, represented the epitome of
professional success. Centrahoma,
Caddo, Antlers, Harthorne, Jenks. Paul Davis lived in
numerous Oklahoma towns before arriving at Woodrow
Wilson Junior High and Will Rogers High School in Tulsa,
where his art teachers--Mr. Higgins in 8th grade, Ms.
Ownby in 9th, and Hortense Bateholts at Will
Rogers--encouraged his talent. He attended the School of
Visual Arts in New York on scholarship, and worked at
the famed Push Pin Studios before embarking on a long
and successful free- Lance career. His distinctive style
led to commissions for magazines, books and posters,
most notably for Joseph Papp’s New York Shakespeare
Festival, and his paintings have been the subject of
solo exhibitions in galleries and museums in the U.S.,
Europe and Asia. Davis also created posters for Tulsa
Mayfest 2002 and for Will Rogers High School 75th
Anniversary. Honors include Halls of Fame of the Art
Directors Club and the Society of Illustrators, and
doctorates from SVA and the Maryland Institute College
of Art. He is a Fellow of the American Academy in Rome.
In 1988 Governor Frank Keating declared the opening
date of his exhibition at the Philbrook Museum “Paul
Davis Day.” www.okdavis.com
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LT Neil R.
Sparks, Jr. USN Class of 1954
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Presented the Navy Cross, for extraordinary heroism in
aerial flight on 17 July 1967 as aircraft commander of
an armored helicopter in Helicopter Anti-Submarine
Squadron TWO, during a search and rescue mission over
North Vietnam. Lieutenant Sparks courageously penetrated
the coastal defenses of North Vietnam to rescue a downed
naval aviator in a heavily defended area thirty miles
south of Hanoi. Although the helicopter was hit by
intense and accurate enemy fire, disabling the radios,
automatic stabilization equipment, and airspeed
indicator, he skillfully hovered for twenty minutes
until the survivor was safely hoisted aboard. Under
intense antiaircraft fire, Lieutenant Sparks, through
adept maneuvering, prevented further damage to the
helicopter during the flight back to the coastline. Two
and one-half hours after penetrating the coastal defense
over North Vietnam, and having traveled two hundred
miles over heavily-fortified hostile territory, he
brought his crew and the downed aviator to safety. By
his courageous actions, exceptional skill and fearless
devotion to duty, Lieutenant Sparks prevented the
capture by hostil forces of a fellow aviator, thereby
upholding the highest traditions of the United States
Naval Service.After graduation from Will Rogers, Neil
Sparks attended Oklahoma State University and was
commissioned as an officer in the United States Navy in
1959. Following naval flight training, he became a
helicopter pilot. In his more than 28-year career, he
was deployed ten times on various aircraft carriers,
four times to Vietnam waters, flying combat
search-and-rescue and support missions. During a fifth
deployment in Vietnam, he flew in-country Navy Attack
Helicopters, in support of Navy SEALs and River Forces.
In July 1967 Neil and his crew flew more than 200 miles
into North Vietnam, over heavily fortified hostile
territory, to rescue a downed Navy fighter pilot. Under
intense enemy ground fire, his helicopter was severely
damaged. Nonetheless, after 20 minutes in a hover, he
miraculously completed a successful rescue.
For displaying unprecedented valor and extraordinary
heroism in combat, he was awarded the Navy Cross, the
highest award in the naval service, and second only to
the Medal of Honor. Neil completed his education at the
Naval Post Graduate School, commanded a helicopter
squadron in Florida, and was the operations officer of
an amphibious assault ship. Neil’s final duty was as the
Navy member of the Marine Amphibious Warfare
Presentation Team that lectured in 33 countries. Neil
was honored as the most decorated member in the 50-year
history of Helicopter Squadron Two with 31 medals and
ribbons. Neil and Kay Stover, also from Tulsa, were
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NANCY JO DAULTON BEIER
Class of 1956 - Inducted 2012
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Outstanding career of opera and light opera;
performed
with symphonies in Detroit, San Francisco, Missouri
and Washington; sang dramatic soprano five years
with symphonies in Germany; recitals in Holland,
Denmark, Italy and England; teaches voice; judges
vocal competitions. Sang role of Bloody Mary in
first amateur production of Rodgers and
Hammerstein's South Pacific, at WRHS, 1956. Nancy
Jo Daulton Beier, known as “Jo” while at Rogers,
appeared as Bloody Mary in Rogers’ production of
South Pacific, as well as soloing in the Round Up
and Messiah choir concerts. She began her voice
study in Tulsa with Lorna Moore, then studied with
Richard Conrad, Boston Academy of Music, and coached
with the late Wolfgang Vacano of Indiana University
and Teatro Colón, Argentina. Jo made her European
debut as Tosca at the Schleswig-Holsteinisches
Landestheater, in Flensburg, (then West) Germany,
where she was engaged as dramatic soprano,
specializing in the operas of Verdi, Wagner, Richard
Strauss, Puccini and Mozart. During her years in
Europe, she sang dramatic soprano roles in many
German and Danish opera houses, as well as concerts
with German orchestras. She performed recitals and
concerts in Italy, England, the Netherlands and
Canada. In the USA, she has performed with symphony
orchestras and regional opera companies around the
country, including San Francisco Opera, Michigan
Opera Theater, The Opera Organization, and Opera in
the Ozarks. Jo also had a varied career in the
Broadway genre, performing around the USA in Hello,
Dolly!, The Sound of Music, Carousel, Camelot, Man
of La Mancha, Once Upon a Mattress, Damn Yankees,
Cabaret, and many others. Jo lives in the beautiful
Pacific Northwest, where she still is actively
teaching, performing and directing—in her 70s—and is
a sought-after adjudicator for the Washington State
Music Teachers Association. She also teaches master
classes in Seattle
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Russell Myers
Class of 1956 - Inducted 2011
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Russell Myers, was known by his
friends as “Roo” while at Will Rogers. He was born in
Pittsburg, Kansas and moved to Tulsa, the Oil Capital of
The World, in 1946, where his father taught at The
University of Tulsa. In Russell’s own words: “I was
interested in cartooning as far back as I can remember
and always wanted to draw a comic strip. Most of my
early training came from drawing in my notebook when I
should have been paying attention in class. “After
graduating from Tulsa University in 1960, I absconded to
Kansas City, Missouri, to work for Hallmark, writing and
drawing (hopefully) funny greeting cards. “I submitted
my first strip to the syndicates at age 16, while still
at Will Rogers. Thus began a steady succession of
failures that finally culminated in the sale of
Broom-Hilda in 1970, a welcome break from my
15-year-long pattern of rejections. “In 1964, I married
Marina and we’re still going strong. We have two kids,
Stewart and Rosie, neither of whom have ever been
arrested for anything and seem to like us so we consider
ourselves successful parents. “We currently live
in southern Oregon where I stare out at the Rogue River
when not dozing or drawing Broom-Hilda.”
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PHILLIP
BUTLER, PhD
Class of 1956 - Inducted 2009
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PHILLIP N. BUTLER Class of 1956 was a Lieutenant
Commander - United States Navy. He was Shot Down:
April 20, 1965 in North Vietnam. He was Released:
February 12, 1973
After completing high school, Phil
Butler graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1961. He
became a naval aviator in 1962, flying jets off aircraft
carriers in combat during the Vietnam War. On April 20,
1965, his bombs malfunctioned, causing his A4C Skyhawk
to explode. He survived the ejection and evaded the
enemy for four days, but was captured and became a POW
for 2,855 days—the eighth longest-held POW, enduring
deplorable conditions and torturous treatment . Only 685
U.S. prisoners survived their ordeals, largely due to
the support and encouragement from their fellow American
prisoners, and a commitment to the Vietnam POW motto:
“Return With Honor.” His military decorations include
two Silver Stars, two Bronze Stars, two Legions of
Merit, two Purple Hearts and the Medal of Valor from
Oklahoma. After his release in 1973, he spent eight
months recovering and readjusting to normal life, then
earned a masters and doctorate of philosophy from The
University of California, San Diego. Phil completed his
Navy career as an organizational development consultant
and professor of management at the Naval Postgraduate
School in Monterey, California. He retired from the Navy
in 1981, and founded Camelot Enterprises, a consulting
company working with corporations on team building,
interpersonal skills, leadership development and
strategic planning. Phil was able to use personal
examples from his Navy education, his career, and his
POW experiences as a motivational speaker and seminar
leader. He continues to contribute—volunteering for
community service organizations, serving on the board of
directors for more than 20. He exemplifies Live with
Honor, defined as respect, commitment and service
dedicated to peace and social justice, the environment,
and improving quality of life for those less
fortunate.Phil Butler’s life defines what it means to be
a hero. His autobiography is “Three Lives of a Warrior.”
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Anita Bryant was born on 1940
in Barnsdall, Oklahoma. She starred in the school
production of “South Pacific”, the first amateur
showing of the Broadway musical. After
leaving Rogers she became "Miss Oklahoma" in 1958.
She was 2nd runner-up in the 1959 Miss America
Pageant. In 1961 she was the Cashbox Award Winner
for "Most Promising Female Vocalist. In 1961 she
recorded Kisses
Sweeter Than Wine with
Columbia records. In 1962 Anita recorded Across
the Alley from the Alamo.
She was nominated for three Grammy awards for
outstanding gospel singing. She supported the armed
service men in Vietnam with seven USO Tours. In
1977, 1978 and 1979 she was voted "Most Admired
Woman in America" by Good
Housekeeping. She
co- chaired the Statue of Liberty fund raising
effort with Lee Iacocca and was a 1986 Ellis Island
Medal of Honor winner. She has had three
million-selling records, published 13 books and has
made many live performances across the country. She
was spokeswoman for Coca Cola and the Florida Citrus
Growers. Anita presently resides in Atlanta,
Georgia, where she continues her career and
participates in a variety of civic and business
interests.
Anita Bryant (Dry), singer, TV
personality, author, and founder of Anita Bryant
Ministries, International, made her debut at two years
old, singing Jesus Loves Me. At ten, she had her own TV
show. At Will Rogers, she was active in the Round-Up,
the choral music program and, as a sophomore, played
Nellie Forbush in South Pacific. Anita was a finalist
for Miss America, and appeared regularly on such radio
and television shows as The Don McNeil Breakfast Club,
George Gobel and Dick Clark’s American Bandstand. She
appeared with Dr. Billy Graham in his crusades, and she
and Dr. Graham have the distinction of being the only
two people who have appeared at both the Democratic and
Republican political conventions. Several White House
appearances made her President Johnson’s favorite
singer, and he requested that she sing The Battle Hymn
of the Republic at his funeral. She toured with Bob
Hope, entertaining the troops overseas for seven years
and appeared on his televised Christmas Special. Anita
was voted the most admired woman in America three years
in a row by Good Housekeeping Magazine and was named one
of the most influential women in America by the Gallup
Poll. Anita was the commercial face for Coca-Cola and
the Florida Citrus Commission, and was the first woman
inducted into the Florida Citrus Hall of Fame. Her
smiling face singing “Come to the Florida Sunshine
Tree…” was seen hundreds of times each month on TV. At
the age of 26, she was the youngest person ever inducted
into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame..
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Charles Bell Class of 1953
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Charles Bell Class of 1953 was an American
Photorealist known primarily for his large scale
still lifes
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JAMES W. JONES,
Class of 1959
M.D., Ph.D., M.H.A
Inducted in 2009
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Recipient of numerous awards for
his ground-breaking medical research
Married to Joan Wachna Jones,
M.S., J.D. Current Title: Professor of Medicine and
Medical Ethics (Visiting) The Center for Medical Ethics
and Health Policy
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas
James W. Jones, M.D., Ph.D., attended the University of
Tulsa and was accepted into Tulane University School of
Medicine early, on scholarship, where he earned his
doctor of medicine degree. He earned his Ph.D. in cell
biology, also from Tulane. In 2002 Jim earned a master
of health administration from the University of
Missouri.
Jim’s intern, residency and fellowships took him to
Philadelphia General Hospital, Mayo Graduate School of
Medicine, Charity Hospital of Louisiana, and Ochsner
Clinic. As a result, he became board certified in
general surgery, thoracic surgery, and critical care. He
served in the U.S. Navy Medical Corps as a lieutenant
commander, 2nd Marine Division, and has variously been
professor at the Baylor College of Medicine, chief of
surgery at the Houston Veterans James W. Jones, M.D.,
Ph.D., attended the University of Tulsa and was accepted
into Tulane University School of Medicine early, on
scholarship, where he earned his doctor of medicine
degree. He
earned his Ph.D. in cell biology, also from Tulane. In
2002 Jim earned a master of health administration from
the University of Missouri. Jim’s intern, residency and
fellowships took him to Philadelphia General Hospital,
Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, Charity Hospital of
Louisiana, and Ochsner Clinic. As a result, he became
board certified in general surgery, thoracic surgery,
and critical care.
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Retired Army Sgt. Maj. Anna Lea Brixet Seago
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was among
20 people inducted into the Arizona Veterans Hall of
Fame last month.
According to a news release, Seago, a 1959 graduate of
Will Rogers High School in Tulsa, was the first woman
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