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Bob Parker
Year Inducted: 2001
Bob Parker was inducted into the Tulsa Hall of Fame in 2001 Bob Parker, a Tulsa native, started his success early. He was only 16 when he won the World’s Open Skeet Championship. He graduated from Culver Military Academy and earned a B.S. in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Texas. In 1954, he purchased […]
Nelle Jackson
Year Inducted: 2001
Nelle Jackson was inducted into the Tulsa Hall of Fame in 2001 Miss Jackson’s, one of Tulsa’s longtime traditions, of fashion excellence, came about because of the woman from whom it is named. Nelle Shields Jackson gave up a job as a personal shopper in the McCreery and Co. Department Store in Pittsburgh, Pa. to […]
Patrick J. Hurley
Year Inducted: 2001
Patrick J. Hurley was inducted into the Tulsa Hall of Fame in 2001 The late Patrick Hurley was born in Indian Territory, practiced law in Tulsa and had a distinguished diplomatic career. In the 1920s he invested in real estate and built Oklahoma’s first apartment-hotel, the Ambassador. As secretary of war under President Hoover, he […]
Peter & Nancy Meinig
Year Inducted: 2001
Peter & Nancy Meinig were inducted into the Tulsa Hall of Fame in 2001 The Meinigs were born in Reading, Pa. and graduated from Cornell University. Pete also earned an MBA from Harvard Business School and is chairman of HM International. For 14 years, the couple lived in Mexico City where Peter worked for several […]
Sid W. Patterson
Year Inducted: 2001
Sid W. Patterson was inducted into the Tulsa Hall of Fame in 2001 Sid Patterson just might have had something to do with Oklahoma being Green Country. He planted his first tree, a cedar, in his back yard when he was 12, and it now stands 30 feet tall. As a founder and first president […]
Wilson Hurley
Year Inducted: 2001
Wilson Hurley was inducted into the Tulsa Hall of Fame in 2001 Wilson Hurley, the only son of Patrick J. Hurley (above) grew up knowing how to meet presidents and other world leaders. His path, however, would take him far from the corridors of power and into the grandeur of nature. Wilson graduated from West […]