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Mar 30, 2021 Biographies

Anthony L. (Tony) Watson Sr., rose from the segregated school system of Oklahoma City to compete in the Olympics and later become the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Emblem Health, Inc. Born F...

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Keba Lyons

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Jan 11, 2017 Biographies

Keba M. Lyons was born November 30, 1975 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Like many generations of her female ancestors, Keba's life is one of service to family and community. One might ask how a life so s...

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Ms. Shirley Ann Bruce Darrell

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Jan 15, 2012 Biographies

Shirley Darrell, was the First African-American elected to the position of Oklahoma County Commissioner, District One, April 20th, 1981, in the entire state of Oklahoma....

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Lucy Livingston

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Jun 19, 2011 Biographies

Ms. Livingston was born in Oklahoma City on October 1, 1939 to Mary and Clarence Thurmond. She graduated from Paige Elementary, Moon Junior High and Douglass High Schools. She matriculated at Hampton ...

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Debra Thurman Smith

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Jun 17, 2011 Biographies

Debra Thurman-Smith has devoted her life to enhancing and upgrading the lives of children. Her chosen vocation is teaching, but she has devoted many additional hours to the education of children in he...

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Tammie Scott Hill

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Jun 17, 2011 Biographies

Mayor Tammie Hill was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Her parents were the late Mr. and Mrs. Horace Scott, Jr. She is the youngest of five children. She attended Capital Hill High School and graduate...

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Gloria Williams Griffin

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Jun 16, 2011 Biographies

A native of southwestern Oklahoma, Dr. Gloria Williams Griffin has lived in the Oklahoma City metropolitan area for over thirty years. Her academic degrees are B.S., M.A., and Ed.D. from the Universit...

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Carol Flanagan Kimbrough Frank

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Jun 16, 2011 Biographies

Carol was born and reared in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, the daughter of Irene and Irvin Kimbrough. Her childhood was filled with many academic accomplishments, excelling in most endeavors. She graduated...

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Zora Brown Rowland

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Jun 15, 2011 Biographies

Zora Brown is Special Assistant for Health and Minority Initiatives at INTEGRIS Health, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. She is responsible for coordinating the Business Health Leadership Institute; the Oklah...

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JoAnn Greene Grove-Bowler

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Jun 15, 2011 Biographies

Jo Ann S. Grove Bowler was born in Oklahoma City, OK on April 3, 1939. She was the second of seven children, having three brothers and three sisters, born to Leroy and Lucille Greene. She became inter...

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Wandalene Brady Black

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Jun 15, 2011 Biographies

Wandalene Black was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to Mable Griffin and Walter Brady. She joined the Girl Scouts when she was eight years old, and started baking cakes to sell at age 12. Since many p...

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Ms. Angela Monson

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Jun 14, 2011 Biographies

Angela Monson has been engaged in activities related to health care policy for more than 25 years. She is currently employed by the Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center as Director of Health Pol...

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