J.W. Mashburn
Capitol Hill High School - 2002 Wall of Fame Inductee

A graduate of Capitol Hill High School, J.W. Mashburn spent his childhood in southwest Oklahoma City. A high school athlete with such titles as NCAA Champion and All-American behind his name, Mashburn is also a decorated Olympic medallist. First attending the University of Oklahoma in 1952-53, Mashburn graduated from Oklahoma State University in 1957.

An active businessman and real estate broker, he organizes, owns and operates real estate, restaurants, J.W. Mashburn Homes, RIF Apartments as well as J.W. Mashburn Development of which he is president.

Inducted into the Oklahoma State Hall of Honors in 2000, Mashburn was also named an Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame inductee in 2001.

An active member of the South Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce, Mashburn served as chairman of the South Oklahoma City Campaign 2000, raising $300,000 to promote south Oklahoma City. He was the first member to be chosen as Native Son of Oklahoma by the Chamber of Commerce in 1998. In addition, Mashburn serves on the board of directors for the Central Oklahoma Home Builders Association and the National Home Builders Association. He is a member of the Greenbriar YMCA board of directors, is vice-chairman of the State Fair of Oklahoma and a member of the MAPS for Kids Trust.

Excerpt from the 2002 Wall of Fame Program

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U.S. District Judge Vicki Miles-LaGrange
Bishop McGuinness High School - 2006 Wall of Fame Inductee

U.S. District Judge Vicki Miles-LaGrange, product of Garden Oak Elementary School, F.D. Moon Junior High School and Bishop McGuinness, is a cum laude graduate of Vassar College and a graduate of Howard University where she was an editor of the Howard Law Journal.

In 1994, she was appointed by President Bill Clinton, becoming the first African-American federal judge in the Tenth Circuit. She was the first African-American female U.S. Attorney and Oklahoma State Senator.

Her many civic/professional honors include: induction into Oklahoma’s Hall of Fame for Women, Hall of Fame for African-Americans, and Hall of Fame for Child Advocates. She was named the Journal Record 2004 Woman of the Year and received an Honorary Doctor of Laws from Oklahoma City University. She still finds time to volunteer and mentor students. 

Excerpt from the 2006 Wall of Fame Program

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Bobby R. Murcer
Southeast High School - 1994 Wall of Fame Inductee

Bobby Ray Murcer was born on May 20, 1946 in Oklahoma City. He became a three-sport standout at Oklahoma City's Southeast High School, graduating in 1964. Despite signing a letter of intent to play football for the University of Oklahoma, he chose to play baseball and signed with the New York Yankees in 1964. During Murcer's 19-year career in the major leagues, he played for the New York Yankees, the San Francisco Giants and the Chicago Cubs. When he retired in 1983, he was tied for 69th place in career major league home runs, with 252. He finished his playing career with a .277 batting average and 1,043 RBIs in 19 seasons.

In 1989, Mr. Murcer was named President of the Oklahoma City 89ers Baseball Club. In 1991, he returned to the Yankee broadcast booth, where his wit and knowledge of the game have made him the favorite of another generation of baseball fans. He is currently CEO of Zenex Long Distance Company in Edmond.

Mr. Murcer, an inductee into the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame, serves on the Board of Directors of the American Cancer Society and is a lifetime member of the Baseball Players Association and the Baseball Alumni Association.

Excerpt from the 1994 Wall of Fame Program

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Donna Nigh
Capitol Hill High School - 1997 Wall of Fame Inductee

Donna Nigh is a 1951 graduate of Capitol Hill High School and attended the University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond, Oklahoma. She is best known for her efforts over the past 25 years that established innovative programs for Oklahomans with mental retardation. In 1981, she was the guiding force behind legislative approval and funding to establish group homes in Oklahoma. These homes are now officially identified by the Department of Human Services with her name. In 1982, there was one group home for adults with mental retardation. Today, over 100 homes are established in communities throughout the state.

In 1984, the Donna Nigh Foundation was established to award grants to those with developmental disabilities who cannot obtain help elsewhere. It also assists those who serve these special Oklahomans. The former first lady serves as Chairman of the Foundation.

Donna has always been involved with programs for children. She initiated the Easter Egg Hunt for the visually impaired on the Governor’s Mansion grounds. She was active in establishing the immunization program for preschool children and successfully pushed for passage of infant car-seat legislation.

Donna served as a founding member of the Board of Directors for Children’s Medical Research. She was on the Board of Directors of the American Cancer Society, the Foundation for Excellence, the Children’s Museum in Seminole and the American Diabetes Association and is a member of the Oklahoma Women’s Hall of Fame.

The Nighs are active members of Westminster Presbyterian Church. Donna is Vice President of Journey House Travel. She and Governor Nigh have two children and five grandchildren.

Excerpt from the 1998 Wall of Fame Program

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Madalynne & James H. Norick
1992 Wall of Fame Inductees

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Mayor Ronald J. Norick
Northwest Classen High School - 1995 Wall of Fame Inductee

Presently serving his third term in office as Mayor of Oklahoma City; Mayor Norick was first elected in 1987. His commitment to the citizens of Oklahoma City is evident in his lifelong civic activities and community service.

Born and raised in Oklahoma City, Mayor Norick graduated from Northwest Classen High School and Oklahoma City University with a bachelor's degree in management.

For 30 years, he was employed by Norick Brothers, Inc. serving as president for 11 years.

Mayor Norick is a member of the Oklahoma Municipal League, National League of Cities, and the United States Conference of Mayors. Some of the city boards he serves on are the Central Oklahoma Utilities Trust, Myriad Gardens Authority, and the State Fair Board of Directors.

With enthusiastic volunteer efforts, Mayor Norick today serves as a board member of the Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce, the South Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce, the Oklahoma City Philharmonic, the Allied Arts Foundation, Community Church of the Redeemer, and Oklahoma City University. He is an honorary member of Rotary Club of Oklahoma City.

Excerpt from the 1995 Wall of Fame Program

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Paul B. Odom, Jr.
Capitol Hill High School - 2004 Wall of Fame Inductee

Paul B. Odom, Jr. has been in the Oklahoma City area all of his life. A graduate of Capitol Hill High School, he attended Oklahoma State University. After serving in the United States Army during the Korean War, Odom returned to Oklahoma City, and with the help and guidance of his father began a life-long career in the construction business. 

Odom is currently involved in commercial and residential land development and property management as well as aviation.

Odom served on the Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission for 18 years. He has also served on the Moore Public School Board, INTEGRIS Baptist Foundation Board as well as the INTEGRIS Baptist Medical Center Board. He served on the boards of Stockyards Bank, Central National Bank, Friendly National Bank and Bank One. Currently serving on the board of directors for BancFirst, Odom is also a trustee on the Mount Saint Mary School Board and a trustee and vice president of the Oklahoma City Community Foundation. 

Excerpt from the 2004 Wall of Fame Program

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Russell M. Perry
Douglass High School - 2000 Wall of Fame Inductee

Russell M. Perry, Douglass High School graduate, attended Maryland State College. Perry currently is Publisher/Editor of the Black Chronicle and President of Perry Publishing and Broadcasting. He is widely noted for involvements with the Oklahoma Crime Commission, the Commission on State Government Reform, and the Oklahoma County Commission Reform Committee. In 1999, he was nominated for Oklahoma Secretary of Commerce by Governor Frank Keating.

Perry is also a strong and driving force for many charitable and professional organizations such as the Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce, Oklahoma Industrial Finance Authority and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. He is a board member for more than 10 statewide organizations including: Local Oklahoma Bank, United Way of Central Oklahoma, Leadership Oklahoma City, and the Oklahoma Art Institute.

Excerpt from the 2000 Wall of Fame Program

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Allie P. Reynolds
Capitol Hill High School - 1994 Wall of Fame Inductee

Allie Pierce Reynolds was born on February 10, 1917. Mr. Reynolds graduated from Oklahoma City's Capitol Hill High School in 1934. From 1939 to 1942, he played minor league baseball and in 1942, he moved up to the major leagues by joining the Cleveland Indians. Five years later, he teamed up with the New York Yankees. Known as the "Super Chief," Mr. Reynolds played for the Yankees until 1954. He compiled a 182-107 pitching record in 13 seasons in professional baseball. Moving form baseball stadium to oil field, Mr. Reynolds served as president of Atlas Mud Company until he retired in 1993. He also served as president of the American Association of Professional Baseball from 1969 to 1971.

Proud of his Creek heritage, Mr. Reynolds is President of the National Indian Hall of Fame in Anadarko, the Center of the American Indian in Oklahoma City and Read Earth, Inc. He is on the board of directors of Oklahoma Centennial Sports and the Oklahoma Chapter of The National Football Foundation Hall of Fame.

Mr. Reynolds has been named Outstanding Indian at the American Indian Exposition in Anadarko, was inducted into the American Indian Athletic Hall of Fame, was an honoree at the Center of the American Indian Benefit and was awarded the Creek Nation Medallion in 1986.

Excerpt from the 1994 Wall of Fame Program

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William J. Ross
Classen High School - 2005 Wall of Fame Inductee

Born and raised in Oklahoma City, William J. Ross attended Rosary Grade School and graduated from Classen High School in 1948. He obtained his business and law degrees from the University of Oklahoma, and joined the Oklahoma City law firm of Rainey, Ross, Rice and Binns in 1960. Ross was senior partner from 1975 until becoming Of Council in 2000. He serves as chairman of the board of directors of the Inasmuch Foundation and the Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation, two private philanthropic foundations founded in 1982 by Edith Kinney Gaylord. He combined a successful law practice with service to our city, state and nation while serving on many committees and boards including the Federal Judicial Nominating Committee, OKC Historical Preservation, OU College of Law Board of Visitors, Harn Homestead and St. Anthony Foundation.

Excerpt from the 2005 Wall of Fame Program

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Mona Salyer Lambird
Northwest Classen High School - 1996 Wall of Fame Inductee

Mona Salyer Lambird was born in Oklahoma City and attended Linwood Elementary School, Taft Junior High School, and Northwest Classen High School. She obtained a B.A. in 1960 from Wellesley College in Massachusetts and an LL.B. in 1963 from the University of Maryland Law School, where she was one of three women in a class of 100.

Mrs. Lambird’s legal career began in the Civil Division of the Department of Justice in Washington D.C. during the time Robert Kennedy was the Attorney General. "I was one of 2,000 attorneys in the division, and it was an exciting time in Washington," Mona recalls. "Doors were opened to me as a woman that were not open in the private sector."

In 1969, she and her husband, Perry Lambird, M.D. moved to Oklahoma City and she began an association with a bond attorney -- someone she’d known since high school. Since 1971, she has practiced law with the Oklahoma City firm of Andrews Davis Legg Bixler Milsten & Price.

Mona Lambird has been a member of the state election board for twelve years, becoming involved when she was appointed as the Republican member in 1983. She has served six years as a member of the Oklahoma Supreme Court to the Professional Responsibility Tribunal and has served as President and Master of the Bench of the Luther Bohanon American Inn of Court XXIII.

She is active in the Oklahoma Bar Association and was the first woman elected to the OBA Board of Governors, on which she served from 1992 to 1994. On January 19, 1996, Mona Salyer Lambird took the Oath of Office to become the first woman to lead the Oklahoma Bar Association as President. She was recognized in 1989 by the Journal Record as the Corporate Woman of the Year and inducted into Oklahoma’s Women’s Hall of Fame in 1995.

An active community leader, Ms. Lambird volunteers as legal advisor to the Junior League, the Oklahoma City Orchestra League, Autumn House I & II, and is former director and past president of R.S.V.P. of Oklahoma County. She has served as director of The Support Center, Friends of the Library and is a former board member of St. Luke’s United Methodist Church.

Family is another area where Ms. Lambird has experienced a great feeling of accomplishment. Married for 35 years to Dr. Perry Lambird, they have four daughters: Allison, Jennifer, Elizabeth, and Susannah.

Mona Lambird has said the best advice she ever received was, "You can have it all. You just can't have it all at once." It seems as though she has had it all: a successful career, raising a family and supporting her community. Her enthusiasm and dedication has been a benefit to many people and organizations in our community.

Excerpt from the 1996 Wall of Fame Program

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The Honorable Ralph G. Thompson
Classen High School - 2003 Wall of Fame Inductee

A graduate of Classen High School, Ralph G. Thompson attended the University of Oklahoma where he received degrees in business administration and law. Thompson, who also attended Edgemere and Harding schools, was made an OU alumnus member of Phi Beta Kappa and of the Order of the Coif, the honorary society for legal scholarship.

Thompson was appointed United States District Judge for the Western District of Oklahoma by President Gerald R. Ford in 1975. From 1986 to 1993, he was Chief Judge of the Court. He has served as president of the Oklahoma City Association of Phi Beta Kappa and as president of the U.S. District Judges Association of the Tenth Circuit and has been elected the U.S. District Judge representative of the Tenth Circuit to the Judicial Conference of the United States.

Thompson co-authored with Bob Burke the biography, "Bryce Harlow, Mr. Integrity," for which they received a Pulitzer Prize nomination. He was inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame and has received The Journal Record award for distinguished service in the field of law.

Excerpt from the 2003 Wall of Fame Program

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Christopher C. Turner
Northeast High School - 2003 Wall of Fame Inductee

Christopher C. Turner, a graduate of Northeast High School, is executive vice president of retail banking for Local Oklahoma Bank, where he leads the bank's Consumer Banking Division, Marketing, Consumer Lending, Mortgage Lending, Investment Services, Deposit Pricing and Retail Product Development. A 24-year veteran banker in the Oklahoma City area, he has been with Local Oklahoma Bank for 22 of those years, early experience being in the fields as Internal Audit Director, Marketing Director and Director of Branch Administration.

Turner has been the architect of Local's highly successful Retail Sales Culture. He is a founding member and past president of the Urban Financial Services Coalition (UFSC) Chapter in Oklahoma City and is outgoing regional vice president of the Southwest Region of USFC and a member of its board of directors. He serves on the boards of Oklahoma State Fair, Positive Tomorrows, Marcella Guthrie Scholarship Fund of Avery Chapel A.M.E. Church, Integris Hospital, MetaFund Corp. and Local Securities Corp.

Turner serves on the steering committee for the YMCA Achievers Program. A lifetime member of the Urban League of Greater Oklahoma City and former board member, Turner has received the League’s Board Person of the Year Award, the Marian Beard Dobberteen Award for Service and the Vilona P. Cutler Award for Community Service. He has worked with students at Dunbar and Western Village Elementary, as well as Millwood and Hoover Middle schools.

Excerpt from the 2003 Wall of Fame Program

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Stanton L. Young
1991 Wall of Fame Inductee

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