# Oklahoma CareerTech Hall of Fame

The Oklahoma CareerTech Hall of Fame is an award given to individuals who, through their outstanding professional and personal achievements, have brought honor and distinction to career and technology education in Oklahoma.
The Oklahoma CareerTech Hall of Fame is sponsored by the Oklahoma Foundation for Career and Technology Education. The first members were inducted in 1990; beginning in 1991 the awards were presented biennially in odd-numbered years.

## Members

2024
    Tom Friedemann, retired superintendent, Francis Tuttle Technology Center
    Randy Gilbert, long time state board member, former agriculture education instructor and trucking company owner
    Velta Reed-Johnson, retired Pioneer Technology Center superintendent, first female technology center superintendent
    Denise Morris, retired Oklahoma Family, Career and Community Leaders of America state adviser
    Joe Robinson, former teacher, administrator and retired associate state director
    Jack Staats, former teacher and retired state program administrator for agricultural education and state FFA adviser
2022
    Kent Boggs, retired Oklahoma State FFA Secretary
    Carolyn Cotton, retired family and consumer sciences education program specialist
    Nancy Randolph Davis, former family and consumer sciences instructor
    Bob Funk, co-founder, president and vice chairman of the board of Express Employment Professionals
    Phil Waul, retired superintendent, Central Technology Center
    Dr. Greg Winters, retired superintendent, Canadian Valley Technology Center
2017
    Dr. Belinda Cole, former associate state director for career and support services
    Dr. Fern Green-Bowling, retired equity coordinator
    Dr. James Strate, retired superintendent, Autry Technology Center
    Tom Thomas, retired superintendent, Great Plains Technology Center
    Joan Welborn, former owner, CEO and president of ADPC
2015
    Phil Berkenbile, former state director, ODCTE
    Dean Denton, former business and information technology instructor, Broken Arrow High School
    Dale DeWitt, former member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives (District 38) and Agricultural Education Instructor, Braman High School
    Bea Paul, former Job Developer, Autry Technology Center and Family and Consumer Science Instructor, Chisholm High School, Enid
    Greg Pierce, former superintendent, Pontotoc Technology Center
2013
    Harold Anglin, former superintendent and state board member
    Frank Coulter, former superintendent of Moore Norman Technology Center
    Norman Filtz, retired, ODCTE
    Dr. Kay Martin, former superintendent of Francis Tuttle Technology Center
    Dwight Stoddard, retired, ODCTE
2011
    Henry Bellmon, former Governor of Oklahoma and U.S. senator
    Earl Cowan, former superintendent of Canadian Valley Technology Center
    Jim E. Hamilton, former state senator and representative
    Vince Orza, Ph.D., president and CEO of KSBI, Oklahoma City
2009
    Dick Anderson, Retired Executive Vice President AGC of Oklahoma
    Brenda Brixey, Retired Family and Consumer Sciences Teacher
    Dr. Gene Callahan, Retired Tulsa Technology Center Superintendent
    Raymond Cockrum, Retired agricultural education District Supervisor, ODCTE
    Clovis Weatherford, Retired Tri County Technology Center Superintendent
2007
    Charlotte Edwards, Retired Executive Director of Oklahoma ACTE
    Senator Ted V. Fisher, former Oklahoma Senate
    Mike Stephens, agricultural education teacher and FFA adviser
    Ron Wilkerson, Retired chief communications officer at ODCTE
    Elmer L. “Tex” Williamson, Retired student services specialist
2005
    RL Beaty, Retired Chief of Staff, ODCTE
    Ann Benson, Retired Director, ODCTE
    Sam Combs, co-founder the Retired Educators for Agriculture Programs (REAP)
    Chuck Hopkins, Retired assistant director, ODCTE
    Frosty Troy, Editor of The Oklahoma Observer
2003
    Arthur Foster, former community banker
    Dr. Clyde Knight, former trade and industrial education professor at Oklahoma State
    DeAnn Pence, Retired vocational Family and Consumer Sciences instructor
    Dr. J.W. Weatherford, former professor of vocational teacher education at UCO
2001
    Gus Friedemann, Retired Distributive Education instructor, Stillwater High School
    Ruth Killough, Retired LPN instructor, Mid-Del Technology Center
    Roy Peters, Jr, former State Director, ODCTE
    Bill Powers, Retired Superintendent, Kiamichi Technology Center
    Jean Robertson, Retired Family and Consumer Sciences Instructor, Pryor Junior High
    Wes Watkins, retired member of the United States House of Representatives, namesake of Wes Watkins Technology Center
1999
    Vic Van Hook, Retired Deputy Director, ODCTE
    John Hopper, Retired Superintendent, Central Technology Center
    Dale Hughey, Retired, ODCTE
    Dr. Joe Lemley, Retired Superintendent, Tulsa Technology Center
    Wayne Miller , Retired Director, Oklahoma State University-Okmulgee
    Marvin Stokes, Retired Superintendent, Byng Public Schools
1997
    Dr. Roy Ayres, former State Supervisor, Trade and Industrial Education
    Ted Best , former state adviser, DECA
    Dr Bob Brown, Retired professor, Central State University
    Dr Willa Combs, Retired professor and chair, Langston University
    Dr Coaken Jones, former National New Farmers of America Adviser
    Ernest Muncrief, Retired agricultural education instructor, Marlow, Oklahoma
1995
    Edna Crow, retired district supervisor, Family and Consumer Sciences
    Jess Banks, retired state coordinator of the Employment and Training Division, ODCTE
    Bruce Gray, Superintendent, Francis Tuttle Technology Center
    Ralph Dressen, Retired agricultural education District Supervisor, ODCTE
    Hugh Lacy, former coordinator of Manpower Division, ODCTE
    Mary Randall, retired coordinator, Health Occupations, ODCTE
1993
    Larry Hansen, retired assistant director, ODCTE
    Bill Harrison, retired director, Oklahoma ACTE
    Don Ramsey, owner, Blue and Gold Sausage Company
    May Rollow, retired state supervisor, Family and Consumer Sciences
1991
    Dr. Arch Alexander, deputy director of the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education
    MJ DE Benning, former distributive education state supervisor, assistant professor at Oklahoma State University
    Dick Fisher, chartered Cushing FFA Chapter
    Dr. Lucille Patton, dean of the Special College of Arts and Sciences, Central State University
1990
    Dewey Bartlett, former Governor of Oklahoma, instrumental in creation of CareerTech system
    Otha Grimes, Polled Hereford industry
    Caroline Hughes, appointed to National Advisory Council on Vocational Education
    Byrle Killian, Regent, OSU and A&M Colleges, former state supervisor Agriculture Education
    George Nigh, former Governor of Oklahoma
    J.B. Perky, former director, ODCTE
    Robert Price, dean, Department of Agriculture Education, Oklahoma State University
    Roy P. Stewart, author of the Country Boy Column in The Daily Oklahoman, colonel in Oklahoma National Guard
    Lela O’Toole, former dean College of Home Economics, Oklahoma State University
    Francis Tuttle, former ODCTE State Director, namesake of Francis Tuttle Technology Center