The Shawnee Educational Foundation is soliciting nominations for its annual Hall of Fame award.
Recipients will be recognized at the Hall of Fame banquet in February. Deadline for receipt of nominations is Oct. 16, according to Kellie Steele, president of the Shawnee Educational Foundation.
The Hall of Fame honors outstanding alumni and former students of the Shawnee Public Schools, Grove School, North Rock Creek School, Pleasant Grove School and South Rock Creek School. Individuals who have ever attended any one of these schools at any grade level may be nominated.
The nominee does not have to be a graduate of Shawnee High School.
Other than attending one of the schools, nominated individuals must meet the following criteria:
• The nominee must have achieved excellence in a field of endeavor, profession or vocation with community, state or national recognition.
• The nominee should be a person of outstanding moral character who would bring pride to the community and to the Foundation.
• All living inductees must attend the Hall of Fame ceremony, scheduled for Feb. 4, 2010.
• If the award is posthumous, a family member must attend the induction ceremony.
Forms for nominating someone to the Shawnee Educational Foundation Hall of Fame may be obtained by calling April Stobbe at 273-9388, Tonya Ricks at 273-9356, or John Howard at 275-1971.
Completed forms should be mailed to the Shawnee Educational Foundation, P.O. Box 3521, Shawnee, OK 74802-3521.
Proceeds from the annual “Hall of Fame” banquet provide grants to teachers for enhanced educational programs in their classrooms.
The Shawnee Educational Foundation began a process of honoring an individual for induction to an Educational Hall of Fame in 2001.
Previous Recipients include:
2001 — Honorable Robert H. Henry who is currently a judge on the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals
2002 — Bill Ford, the president of Shawnee Milling Company
2003 — Dr. Tony Thomas, a veterinarian and long-time Board of Education member and education advocate in Midwest City
2004 — Dr. Larry Dinkins, who has spent his life as a missionary and teacher to the less fortunate in the world
2005 — Mr. Glen McLaughlin, a California venture capitalist and philanthropist
2006 — Haylor H. Fisher Jr., a Shawnee Civic Leader and banker
2007 — William David Brown, longtime Louisville teacher and musician
2008 — Dr. Kimberly Vogt Fisher, speech-language pathologist, professor and research scientist
2009 — Dr. Deborah Hopkins Blue, life-long educator and vice president of Academic Affairs at Oklahoma Baptist University; and Robert A Washington, lifelong governmental activist in promoting Native American education.
The person selected by the judging committee to be inducted into the Hall of Fame is allowed to choose the person who will introduce him or her as the recipient of the Hall of Fame award.
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The Shawnee Educational Foundation is soliciting nominations for its annual Hall of Fame award.
Recipients will be recognized at the Hall of Fame banquet in February. Deadline for receipt of nominations is Oct. 16, according to Kellie Steele, president of the Shawnee Educational Foundation.
The Hall of Fame honors outstanding alumni and former students of the Shawnee Public Schools, Grove School, North Rock Creek School, Pleasant Grove School and South Rock Creek School. Individuals who have ever attended any one of these schools at any grade level may be nominated.
The nominee does not have to be a graduate of Shawnee High School.
Other than attending one of the schools, nominated individuals must meet the following criteria:
• The nominee must have achieved excellence in a field of endeavor, profession or vocation with community, state or national recognition.
• The nominee should be a person of outstanding moral character who would bring pride to the community and to the Foundation.
• All living inductees must attend the Hall of Fame ceremony, scheduled for Feb. 4, 2010.
• If the award is posthumous, a family member must attend the induction ceremony.
Forms for nominating someone to the Shawnee Educational Foundation Hall of Fame may be obtained by calling April Stobbe at 273-9388, Tonya Ricks at 273-9356, or John Howard at 275-1971.
Completed forms should be mailed to the Shawnee Educational Foundation, P.O. Box 3521, Shawnee, OK 74802-3521.
Proceeds from the annual “Hall of Fame” banquet provide grants to teachers for enhanced educational programs in their classrooms.
The Shawnee Educational Foundation began a process of honoring an individual for induction to an Educational Hall of Fame in 2001.
Previous Recipients include:
2001 — Honorable Robert H. Henry who is currently a judge on the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals
2002 — Bill Ford, the president of Shawnee Milling Company
2003 — Dr. Tony Thomas, a veterinarian and long-time Board of Education member and education advocate in Midwest City
2004 — Dr. Larry Dinkins, who has spent his life as a missionary and teacher to the less fortunate in the world
2005 — Mr. Glen McLaughlin, a California venture capitalist and philanthropist
2006 — Haylor H. Fisher Jr., a Shawnee Civic Leader and banker
2007 — William David Brown, longtime Louisville teacher and musician
2008 — Dr. Kimberly Vogt Fisher, speech-language pathologist, professor and research scientist
2009 — Dr. Deborah Hopkins Blue, life-long educator and vice president of Academic Affairs at Oklahoma Baptist University; and Robert A Washington, lifelong governmental activist in promoting Native American education.
The person selected by the judging committee to be inducted into the Hall of Fame is allowed to choose the person who will introduce him or her as the recipient of the Hall of Fame award.
