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Tulsa Hall of Famers lead city into the future
Tulsa Hall of Fame inductees include (back row, from left) Clayton Vaughn, Michael P. Johnson, Richard B. Williamson, (front row, from left) George Fulton Collins IV representing George Fulton Collins III, Linda Sellen Frazier, and Phyllis and George Dotson. STEPHEN HOLMAN/Tulsa World
By DANNA SUE WALKER World Staff Writer
Published: 10/25/2009 2:28 AM
Last Modified: 10/25/2009 5:35 AM
Tulsa is lucky to have men and women who dream dreams and then work to make them reality. It was true when our vista was an open prairie that reached to the horizon and today when the road leads to our tomorrows. Each year, the Tulsa Historical Society honors some of our best with induction into the Tulsa Hall of Fame.
Honorees for the 23rd Tulsa Hall of Fame black tie dinner and induction ceremony at Southern Hills Country Club were the late George Fulton Collins III, Phyllis and George Dotson, Linda Sellen Frazier, Michael P. Johnson, Clayton Vaughn, and Richard B. Williamson.
A Tulsa native, Collins earned three degrees from Stanford University, led the family glass business and started Collins Investments until his death last year. For 15 years, he was a University of Tulsa trustee and was the board's chairman for more than a decade during which he oversaw two new TU presidents, a doubling of the school's endowment, and a large expansion of its campus.
TU President Steadman Upham presented the award, which was accepted by Fulton Collins IV.
George Dotson, a native Oklahoman, holds degrees from MIT and Harvard and was an Army company commander in Vietnam. He was president of Helmerich & Payne International Drilling Co. and vice president of Helmerich & Payne Inc. Phyllis Dotson was born in Salem, Mass., and graduated from Simmons College in Boston with a B.S., RN degree in nursing. The Dotsons were co-chairmen of the recent $23,000,000 St. Simeon's Capital Campaign. They were introduced by Sarah Dotson Mathews.
Frazier is a native Tulsan and guiding force for art appreciation and education. She received a B.A. in French and music from DePauw University and an M.A. in the humanities from TU. She has served on an array of arts organizations and as chairwoman of the Oklahoma Arts Council and the Tulsa Arts Commission. She was introduced by daughters Marcy Huigens and Lynn Goldberg.
Johnson retired from the Williams Cos. in 2008 after having served as Williams' senior vice president and chief administrative officer, and chairman of the board for the Williams Foundation. He has a degree in business administration from North Carolina Central University and is a graduate of the advanced executive program of the Kellogg School of Business at Northwestern University. He is a trustee at Oklahoma State University-Tulsa and Bethune-Cookman University and a board member of the Tiger Woods Foundation. He was introduced by friend and colleague Steve Malcolm.
"The Dean of Tulsa Television," Vaughn had a broadcast journalism career that spanned nearly half a century, with most of the time at KOTV in Tulsa. He is a member of the Oklahoma Broadcasters Hall of Fame and a recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Heartland Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. He retired from KOTV in 1999 and became executive director of the Tulsa Historical Society, helping guide the society in developing its new Tulsa midtown home. He retired from the Society in 2006. He was introduced by friend and colleague Bob Brown.
Williamson is a native Tulsan and chairman of the board of T. D. Williamson Inc., which provides a range of engineered products and services oriented toward the pipeline, gas distribution, and refining/hydrocarbon process industries. He is also involved in a variety of charitable and civic organizations. Williamson received an engineering degree from the University of Oklahoma and an MBA from Northwestern University. He was introduced by friend John Woodard.
Event sponsors included Oxley Foundation, Ann Graves, the Lorton family, The Lobeck Taylor Foundation and the University of Tulsa. Also, the Grace and Franklin Bernsen Foundation, Margery F. Bird, Helmerich & Payne, Jay and Ed Lawson and Zarrow Families Foundation, Samson, Mary K. Chapman Foundation, Mollie Williford, McElroy Manufacturing Inc., Williams, Williams Foundation, Julie and John Nickel and Charles and Peggy Stephenson.
Also, Nancy and Peter Meinig, ONEOK, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma, Frances O'Hornett, and Oneok Inc.
Spouses of the honorees attending included Susie Collins, Dr. Marc Frazier, Libby Johnson, Nancy Vaughn and Janetta Williamson.
By DANNA SUE WALKER World Staff Writer
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