Inducted: 1987 RUTH ROBINSON GREENUP (1912-1984) worked for Oklahoma newspapers before going, in 1940, to South America to help edit papers in Brazil and Argentina and to work for Reuters. After returning to the United States, she and her husband, Leonard Greenup, also a journalist, wrote Revolution Before Breakfast: Argentina 1941-1946. Mrs. Greenup, also a […]
Inducted: 1987 RICHARD R. HEFTON (1930- ) is president, editor and publisher of Oklahoma County Newspapers, Inc., the largest newspaper group in the Oklahoma City area. Earlier he was an executive on the McAlester News Capital and the Journal Record in Oklahoma City. Hefton has also been president of the Oklahoma Press Association and Suburban […]
Inducted: 1987 RICHARD FRANKLIN “DICK” DUDLEY (1905-1978) demonstrated the importance of good journalism to a small community during the 35 years, 1934-69, in which he published the Hollis Daily News. His column, “Across The Desk,” served as a vehicle to promote business, industry and agriculture in his community. Dudley was a leader in civic, church […]
Inducted: 1987 JOE HOWELL (1910-1998) began his newspaper career as a Tulsa Tribune carrier boy and went on to become the newsroom’s expert on politics, government and a myriad of other subjects. He joined the Tribune staff as a full-time reporter in 1927, stopping only for a period in the circulation department and one year […]
Inducted: 1987 JAMES R. BELLATTI (1927- ) has won acclaim in public service as well as in journalism. He was general manager of KSPI and KSPI-FM from 1951 until 1961 and has been publisher of the Stillwater News-Press for the past quarter-century. He is a past president of the Oklahoma Broadcasters Association and the Oklahoma […]
Inducted: 1987 IRVIN HURST (1904-1995) was one of Oklahoma’s best-known political and government writers, beginning on the Oklahoman and Times, first as a reporter and then as city editor. Hurst wrote 46th Star, a book which gives an account of early statehood days and the moving of the capital to Oklahoma City. He was active in […]
Inducted: 1987 ENNIS C. “TEX” HELM (1903-1982) set a world record by photographing Carlsbad Caverns National Park with 2400 flashbulbs. Earlier in life, he was a photographer on the Oklahoman and Times. His career expanded into newsreels, a step that took him around the world seven times and included him on the expeditions of Erie […]
Inducted: 1987 CARTER BRADLEY (1919-2008) was a journalist, administrator and publicist for many decades. After working on several Oklahoma newspapers, he spent 17 years with United Press International. He served on the staff of the U.S. Senate Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences and was administrative assistant to Sen. A.S. Monroney. For a number of […]
Inducted: 1987 BILL F. BENTLEY (1924-1997) was editor and publisher of the Lawton Constitution and Morning Press for 20 years. A journalism graduate of the University of Oklahoma, he has given aid to his alma mater in a number of capacities. Bentley is a Purple Heart recipient from World War II and was awarded citations […]