Shawnee teacher inducted into professional registry

Dr. Ron Sharp, U.S. government instructor at Shawnee High School, has been included in the 2008 Honors Edition of the Cambridge Who’s Who Executive, Professional and Entrepreneurial Registry.
The registry highlights the biographies of talented individuals from a range of industries who have demonstrated leadership and achievement in their respective fields. Forbes Magazine recently selected the registry as the most exclusive in the world.
Sharp also has been selected for the 2009 biographical directory of Marquis Who’s Who in America.
Sharp received the 2007 Man of the Year Award from the International Research Institute, which has acknowledged outstanding men for the accolade since 1990.
The board of directors of the American Biographical Institute selected Sharp for inclusion in the 2007-08 biographical reference “Great Minds of the 21st Century.” Sharp’s nomination was based on his accomplishments within his mastery of political science, and his biography will be listed under that category within the directory.
Sharp has been selected for the past 13 years to appear in “Who’s Who in America’s Teachers.” His biography appeared in the 2006 edition of “National Teachers’ Honor Roll,” and he appeared in the 2001 edition of “Lexington’s Who’s Who in the World.”
Sharp was selected in 2004 to the leadership board of the Heritage Foundation, and in December 2006, he received the “World Medal of Freedom Award.” His biography appeared in the 2004-05 “International Directory of Distinguished Leadership.”
Sharp was selected to appear in the 2005 publication, “500 Leaders of Influence.”
He has served since 1999 on the U.S. Selective Service Board and is a member of the Blue Key National Honor Fraternity. Sharp received the Outstanding Freshman Award at Southeastern Oklahoma State University.
In 2007, Sharp received the Native American award from the Tulsa Genealogical Society for his biography of Louis LeFlore. LeFlore, Sharp’s great-great-great-great-grandfather, was half Choctaw and French, and became the chief of the Choctaw Nation.
LeFlore’s sons also served as chiefs of the Choctaw Nation.