OkMEA Hall of Fame Award
This honor is for experienced music educators who have distinguished themselves as teachers, officers in OkMEA and/or NAfME, researchers in music education, and those members who have shown active political support of music education in the state and nation through membership and action in OkMEA. Nominees may be living or deceased, active or retired.
Minimum qualifications:
- Must have completed twenty-five (25) years of active service (a minimum of 15 years in Oklahoma) as a music teacher and/or music administrator.
- Must have made a significant contribution to music education in Oklahoma.
- Must have served OkMEA in a significant region or state capacity.
- Must have demonstrated excellence in the teaching of music.
1987
George Oscan Bowen
Louis M. Calavan
Colbert F. Hackler
Leonard H. Haug
Gustaf Fredrik Holmberg
Bohumil Makovsky
James Neilson
Oakley Pittman
1988
Milburn Carey
Chester L. Francis
Hiram H. Henry
Max A. Mitchell
Leonard “Cy” Perkins
Ruby Woolf
1989
E. Paul Enix
A.H. “Pete” Long
Margaret Nichols
Charles Oscar Stover
James D. “Doc” Walker
1990
Zella Page Breaux
George C. Brite
Francis Smith Catron
Hoover Page Fisher
Arthur C. Johnson
1991
Paul L. Boone
Everett Eugene Wilcox
1992
Albert Fitzgerrel
Billy F. Heilman
Milbern Nixon
Esther Evins
Mary Elizabeth Griffin
1993
Marilyn King
Clarence Lawless
Theo M. Nix
Coleman Smith
1994
Frank Hladky
Ruth Nichols
Robert Moore
Ralph Whitworth
Kathlyn Reynolds
1995
Charles Chapman
Paul Fry
Floyd Moyer
1996
Betty Woods
1997
Janis Dawson
Barbara Jackson
James Jurrens
Donna K. Talley
Ben Wojciechowsky
1998
Glen Epperley
Charles “Skip” Klingman
Marjorie Malone
Judith Roberts
1999
Paula Cordell Isch
Robert Lee Kidd III
Kenneth Vernon Peters
Terry D. Segress
Jack Sisson
2000
Jonna Johnson
Pauline Vernon
2001
Albert Buswell
Dean Coale
2002
Charles E. Regier
C.W. Simmons, Jr.
Carolyn Wilkins
Edmund Williams
2003
John Phillip Gerber
Betty Shaw Woodward
2004
John Parnell
2005
Jerry Huffer
James Middleton
Randy Hurst
Jimmy Zinn
2006
John E. Clinton
2007
Kenneth Cox
Mary Snider
Alan Spurgeon
2008
Susan Mueller
2009
TIm Brandt
Dan Larson
2010
Dorothy Hays
Janet Smith
Steve Workman
2011
Julia Haley
James McPherson
Eddie Lou Strimple
2012
Mark Cain
Ralph Duncan
James South
2013
Charla Dedmon
Euell Hanna
Sandra Knudson
2014
Jackie Gilley
Cristi Miller
Tom Stout
2015
Peggy Meyers
Wesley Singleton
Steven Walker
2016
Ernest J. Schultz
2017
Jim Hansford
Joe Wilhelm
Ve Don Law
2018
Anne Guevara
Mike Lowery
Bronson Warren
2019
Alane King
2020
Allen Correll
Nick Noble
Mary Beth Singleton
2021
Not Awarded
2022
Terry Attebery
Christy Fine
Donny Longest
2023
Herchel Avra
Roy Jackson
George McDow
2024
Susan Clothier
David Gorham
Lester “Buddy” Watson
Honors Nomination Information
To submit a nominee, please complete the form by September 15. The Awards and Recognition committee will meet to choose the recipients from the qualifying nominations. The committee will recommend their choices to the OkMEA executive board at their October meeting for final approval. After selection, the laureate must provide, before October 15, a picture and short professional biography to the Editor of Oklahoma Music.