Inducted: 1979 HARRY S. CULVER (1922-2005) was international vice president-at-Iarge for the Newspaper Guild. He served four terms as secretary-treasurer and two terms as president of the Wire Service Guild. A native of Chickasha, he worked on the Anadarko Daily News...

Inducted: 1979 PHIL DESSAUER (1918-1997) is only the second Oklahoman to serve as national president of the Society of Professional Journalists, Sigma Delta Chi, doing so after nearly four decades of service to the organization. A BA and MA (1939) graduate of the...

Inducted: 1979 RAY J. DYER (1899-1992), manager (1932-34) and president (1955-56) of the Oklahoma Press Association, ranked among the top newspaper editors and publishers of the state. He worked on newspapers in Kansas and Missouri before coming to the Oklahoma City...

Inducted: 1979 JOHN FISCHER (1910-1978) ranked among the top magazine editors in the nation during his 34 years with Harper's magazine as editor (1944-52), editor-in-chief (1953-67), and contributing editor (1967-78). A native of Texhoma, he worked on the Daily...

Inducted: 1979 S. EDWARD LEE (1886-1982) founded the Harper County Journal at Buffalo and published the paper for many decades. The paper holds countless state fair awards for excellence. He is the epitome of the country editor and publisher who works as long and hard...

Inducted: 1979 CHARLES LONG (1938-2008) achieved national prominence as news editor (1967-71) and editor (1971- ) of The Quill, award-winning national magazine of the Society of Professional Journalists, Sigma Delta Chi. He is the first Oklahoman to edit this...

Inducted: 1979 EARL H. RICHERT (1914-2005) went from the lowest to the highest job with Scripps-Howard Newspapers during his 43 years with the company. These range from copy boy for the Oklahoma News (1936-37) to editor (1959-69) and editor-in-chief (since 1969) for...