Randi Wightman was inducted into the Tulsa Hall of Fame in 2014

Randi Stuart Wightman fell in love with horses before age 12. Her discipline for learning and training in the craft, natural talent, and the quality of mounts she rode led her to multiple honors, awards, and championships from the horse show industry.

Wightman has received numerous honors from prestigious equine organizations such as: the U.S. Equestrian Federation (formerly American Horse Shows Association/AHSA), American Saddlebred Horse Association, United Professional Horsemen’s Association/UPHA, and American Horse Council.

When she was newly graduated from high school, she was named Horsewoman of the Year by the ASHA. She has more than 30 World Championships (Saddlebred) and has multiple UPHA Horse of the Year awards.

She also has memberships in the American Morgan Horse Association, American Hackney Horse Society, and the American Quarter Horse Association.

She is a graduate of Holland Hall School and Baker University, with a bachelor’s degree in biology.

Prior to marriage and family, Randi worked in both the news and traffic departments at KVOO Radio and then at St. John Medical Center where she used her training from University of Louisville in medical technology and clinical pathology.

She has served on the boards of: the Tulsa Opera, Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa Area United Way, Indian Nations Council of Boy Scouts, YWCA, Green Country Council of Camp Fire, Arts and Humanities Council, and Tulsa Metropolitan Ministry. She also served as trustee of First Presbyterian Church.

Wightman and her husband, Fred, are the parents of Malcolm and Kate, and have three grandchildren.

Her brother, Jon R. Stuart, is also a member of the 2014 Hall of Fame inductee class.

Jon Stuart was inducted into the Tulsa Hall of Fame in 2014

Jon Stuart was adopted as an infant in Norway by his parents Harold and Joan Stuart.  He was educated in Tulsa, the Culver Military Academy, the University of Oklahoma and The University of Tulsa.

Continuing in the family business, Stuart is chairman of the board and chief executive officer of First Stuart Corporation, a Tulsa-based family investment company.  He is the managing partner of Jon R. Stuart Interests, L.L.C., principally focusing on the energy business, and trustee for the Stuart Family Foundation.

Appointed by His Royal Highness King Harald VI of Norway, Stuart serves as the Royal Norwegian Consul for Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri and Arkansas.  He was appointed to the City of Tulsa – Rogers County Port Authority Board by the Mayor of Tulsa in 1985 and served 28 years. He was chairman of the board from 1992 to 1997. The Port of Catoosa’s Maritime Park is named in his honor, recognizing his dedication and service.

Governor Frank Keating named Stuart to the University of Oklahoma board of regents in 2002. He was reappointed by Governor Brad Henry in March 2009 and currently serves as vice-chairman.

He is director emeritus of the Thomas Gilcrease Museum Association and the Committee of 100-Tulsa, Inc.

Stuart also served on the board of trustees for: the Falcon Foundation in Colorado Springs, Holland Hall School, Philbrook Museum of Art, the Tulsa Foundation, Boston Avenue United Methodist Church, and 8 local bank boards as well as both the New York and American stock exchanges.

He and his wife, DeeDee have two daughters, Susan and Melissa, and three grandchildren aged 8, 5, and 1.  Stuart joins his sister, Randi Wightman, as a 2014 Tulsa Hall of Fame inductee.

Rachel Perryman was inducted into the Tulsa Hall of Fame in 2014

Known as “Aunt Rachel” to the pioneer town and Indian settlement called “Tulsey Town,” Rachel Perryman was of Creek and French descent and was likely born in April of 1846.

Rachel married George Perryman a few years after the Civil War. The long-prominent Perryman family voluntarily settled in Indian Territory in the 1820s, and became an influential family in the growing town. In 1879, the couple’s home around 41^st and Trenton became the headquarters for Tulsa’s first post office.

Known for her generous hospitality, Rachel Perryman had a special place in her heart for children. At a time when the Creek Nation had no orphanage, she provided for as many as 30 orphans in her home. When chiefs would gather in Okmulgee for peace councils, they often were invited back to Aunt Rachel’s for food and drink. Washington Irving stopped at the ranch and mentions it in Tour of the Prairies.

Rachel kept a well-stocked cupboard for guests, even the unexpected ones, who often ended up staying for days to refresh themselves in the comfort of her hospitality.

She lived until February 6, 1933. She is buried in the Perryman Cemetery near Utica Avenue and 33rd Street, part of the original Perryman Ranch.

George Krumme was inducted into the Tulsa Hall of Fame in 2014

Krumme was born and reared in rural Oklahoma about five miles northeast of Okemah. His early education took place in a rural school. He finished high school at age 16 in Bristow and then attended Oklahoma A&M as a music major.

World War II changed the course of his life. He left A&M to study weather forecasting at Spartan School of Aeronautics and then taught aviation cadets in Texas. Krumme enlisted in the Army Air Corps and received training in mathematics and physics at Pomona College in Claremont, California. Reassignment to the infantry led him to Europe during the Battle of the Bulge and he was awarded a Purple Heart.

After the war, he returned to Pomona to earn a bachelor’s degree, and was named to Phi Beta Kappa. After graduation, he returned to Bristow, joining his family as a partner in Krumme Oil Company.

He moved to Tulsa in 1960 and studied on nights and weekends at The University of Tulsa to earn his master’s degree in petroleum engineering and Ph.D. in earth science.

He was active in Democratic politics for a half century and served as a National Committeman from 1976–1996.

Krumme ultimately turned over the reins of the family oil business, to the next generations.  His older son David died in 2013.  Younger son, Robert, and grandson Jay continue to manage the Illinois Refining Company and Sooner Southwest Bankshare.

His wife Eddy died after a long illness. He married Aldean, widow of a fellow geologist, in 2013.

Burt Holmes was inducted into the Tulsa Hall of Fame in 2014

Equipped with a degree from The University of Tulsa and the experience of working with his father, Dan P. Holmes, in his insurance business, Holmes and Chester Cadieux, co-founded QuikTrip Corporation in 1958. QuikTrip has grown to one of the country’s most successful convenience store networks.

Later, he established Burt B. Holmes and Associates, the predecessor of The Holmes Organisation Inc., which he sold in 1998, but remains as a consultant.

In 2010, The University of Tulsa’s Collins College of Business named Holmes the Outstanding Entrepreneur for his dedication to life-long learning, entrepreneurship, and support for the arts, education, and community.

He is president and director of Leaders Life Insurance Company, the American Institute of Medical Technology and National Occupational Health Services.

Previously Holmes served as founder, owner or director of: Hurricane Trading Company, Gas Energy Development Co., Day Schools Inc., Healthfood Associates/Akin’s, Utica National Bank, and National Bank of Commerce. He promoted Tulsa’s first high-rise suburban office building, the Southland Financial Center.

Holmes is past chairman and director emeritus of The University of Tulsa’s board of trustees, past chairman and director of the Gilcrease Museum Association, The University of Tulsa Alumni Association and Family and Children’s Services, former director of the Tulsa Philharmonic, Palmer Drug Abuse Program, Thornton Family YMCA, Greenwood Cultural Center, and Phillips Theological Seminary.

Currently, he serves as a director of the Tulsa Botanic Garden and First Oklahoma Bank.

Holmes describes his partner, Dr. Mary Lee Townsend, as “the love of his life for the last 17 years.”  He is the father of five: Jeff, Julia, Janice, Joan, and the late Jennifer and has “numerous” grandchildren.

Rosalind Cook was inducted into the Tulsa Hall of Fame in 2014

In her 2014 book Capturing the Spirit in Bronze, Rosalind Cook writes, “Sculpting has been a joyful and deeply meaningful discovery of God’s calling for my life. I have been stretched to go far beyond what I could accomplish on my own. I have been guided through the agonies of hard work, doubts, and fears.”

Cook is a nationally recognized sculptor whose life-size and monument works can be seen at parks, hospitals, corporate headquarters, libraries and churches.  Her work has been included in national art and museum shows from New York to California.

There are 30 of her life-size or larger sculptures in public places in the Tulsa area and 92 life-size or larger pieces across the United States and Canada.

She has donated the sale of her sculptures for many years to various non-profit organizations in Tulsa, including: The Little Lighthouse, The Salvation Army, Alzheimer’s Association, Muscular Dystrophy Association, Happy Hands School for Hearing Impaired Children, and the Ronald McDonald House.

She is the recipient of the 2002 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Oklahoma Sculpture Society, the 2002 Women in Communications’ “Newsmaker” Award, and has won numerous gallery and juried shows.

Cook was born in Peru, grew up in south Texas, and received a bachelor’s degree in Special Education (for visually impaired and blind) from the University of Texas. She taught in Dallas where she began to study sculpture.  She met her husband, Hal, on a blind date. In 1974, they moved to Tulsa with their three children, Mark, Amy, and Clint.

Anne B. Cleveland was inducted into the Tulsa Hall of Fame in 2014

Cleveland’s parents relocated to Oklahoma at the turn of the 20th century. Her mother’s family came from West Virginia and her father moved from Maryland.

Although Cleveland’s father had been lured west by his dream of finding a gusher, he bought land and began raising trout as a hobby.

The hobby turned into a family business when he began farming ornamental fish commercially more than 80 years ago. Cleveland was chairman of her family’s business for 40 years, which is currently being operated by the third and fourth generations.

Her work as a volunteer began with the Junior League of Tulsa in 1954. The years of training she received through the League, and her exposure to needs in the community, led her to many meaningful volunteer experiences.

Her leadership of the Tulsa Historical Society in the 1990s saw the realization of the dream of a permanent facility to collect, preserve, and present Tulsa’s history.

She also volunteered with: the Tulsa Red Cross, Up With Trees, Ruskin Art Club, Tulsa Town Hall, the National Society of Colonial Dames of America, the Tulsa City-County Library, Trinity Church, and Philbrook Museum of Art.

She currently is involved in the “Why America is Free” project, a curriculum for fifth graders in 11 public schools and Monte Cassino.

A native Tulsan, Cleveland is a graduate of The University of Colorado.  She was married in 1954 and is the proud mother of four children: Larry Cleveland, Susan O’Bryant, Elizabeth Webster, and Mat Cleveland; grandmother of nine; and great-grandmother of three (and counting).