Explore our gallery of Oklahoma Journalism Hall of Fame members. Learn about how to make a nomination.

Hall of Fame Member

David Dary

Inducted: 2007

DAVID DARY (1934-2018), a native of Manhattan, Kansas, received degrees from Kansas State University and the University of Kansas. He worked as a journalist in Kansas, Texas and Washington, D.C, with CBS News and NBC News. He taught journalism at KU for 20 years before becoming head of what is now the OU Gaylord College of Journalism. During eleven years at OU he rebuilt the program and obtained a gift of $22 million from the Gaylord family that elevated the OU J-school to a free-standing college and gave the program a new journalism building. He is the author of 20 books on the American West including a history of the Oklahoma Publishing Company and the Gaylord family. He retired in 2000 as an emeritus professor at OU.

David Dary

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Selection Process

Honorees are selected by a committee comprised of hall of fame members, including its director, and distinguished leaders in journalism. The Selection Committee considers all nominations, both new ones and those held over from previous years, before selecting the honorees.

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News from the Hall

Ten journalists and two Lifetime Achievement honorees highlight Oklahoma Journalism Hall of Fame’s 53rd anniversary

Jan 30, 2023

Ten longtime journalists, the president of the Oklahoma Association of Broadcasters and the first Black woman in the Oklahoma City broadcast market will be among those honored at the 53rd annual luncheon and induction ceremony of the Oklahoma Journalism Hall of Fame....

Joan Gilmore donates $30,000 for future hall of fame museum, scholarship

Nov 22, 2022

Joan Gilmore donates $30,000 for future hall of fame museum, scholarship Hall of fame member Joan Gilmore left $30,000 for the future hall of fame museum and a scholarship in her name. Joan, who died in May, was inducted in 1994. This was her second major donation to...

Hall of fame members gather for the second summer get-together

Nov 22, 2022

Eleven hall of fame members, shown in photo, gathered at the home of Executive Committee member Ralph Schaefer on Aug. 27 for the second summer get-together in Tulsa.

David Dary

How to Submit a Nomination

Oklahoma Journalism Hall of Fame

News from the Hall

Ten journalists and two Lifetime Achievement honorees highlight Oklahoma Journalism Hall of Fame’s 53rd anniversary

Joan Gilmore donates $30,000 for future hall of fame museum, scholarship

Hall of fame members gather for the second summer get-together

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