The Business Hall of Fame annually honors the widespread contributions of outstanding Tulsa business leaders who shape and strengthen the university, community and economy.
2022 Inductees
Jill Donovan – Outstanding Entrepreneur
John Lindsay – Outstanding Business Leader
Susie Collins Hentschel – Dean’s Award for Lifetime Achievement
2021 Inductees
Nevyle Cable – Outstanding Business Leader
Jana Shoulders – Outstanding Business Leader
2019 Inductees
Robyn Ewing – Outstanding Business Leader
James D. “Jim” Miller – Outstanding Business Leader
Frauke Quiroga – Outstanding Entrepreneur
2018 Inductees
Paula Kuykendall – Outstanding Business Leader
Marcia MacLeod – Outstanding Business Leader
James Goodwin – Outstanding Entrepreneur
F. William Weber – Dean’s Award for Lifetime Achievement, In memoriam
2017 Inductees
Andrew D. MacKay – Outstanding Entrepreneur
Cofounder and President, Maccor, Inc. and Cofounder and President, Unicorp Systems, Inc.
Frederic Dorwart – Outstanding Business Leader
Manager, Frederic Dorwart Lawyers, PLLC
A.H. “Chip” McElroy II, P.E. – Outstanding Business Leader
President and CEO, McElroy Manufacturing, Inc.
2016 Inductees
Robin F. Ballenger – Outstanding Business Leader
Chairman, Flint Resources Company, LLC and President, Flint Family Foundation
Jake Henry Jr. – Outstanding Business Leader
President and Chief Executive Officer, Saint Francis Health System
Doug McMillon – Outstanding Business Leader
President and Chief Executive Officer, Walmart
2015 Inductees
William F. “Bill” Fisher, Jr. – Outstanding Entrepreneur
President and CEO, Miss Jackson’s
Becky J. Frank – Outstanding Business Leader
Chairman, CEO and Managing Partner, Schnake Turnbo Frank
Steve W. Turnbo – Outstanding Business Leader
Chairman Emeritus, Schnake Turnbo Frank
2014 Inductees
John W. Gibson – Outstanding Business Leader
Non-executive Chairman of the Board, ONEOK, ONEOK Partners and ONE Gas
Chairman and CEO, ONEOK and ONEOK Partners
Hans C. Helmerich – Outstanding Business Leader
Chairman of the Board, Helmerich & Payne, Inc.
CEO, Helmerich & Payne, Inc.
David R. Lawson – Outstanding Entrepreneur
Managing Partner, JD Young Leasing, LLC
President and CEO, Capital One Auto Finance Corporation
2013 Inductees
Mike Krimbill – Outstanding Entrepreneur
CEO, NGL Energy Partners LP
James C. McGill– Outstanding Entrepreneur
Chairman and CEO, Macrosolve, Inc.
Chairman and CEO, Anansic: E-Discovery and Digital Forensics
Robert A. West– Outstanding Entrepreneur
CEO, Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc.
2012 Inductees
Jeff Davis – Outstanding Entrepreneur
CEO, United States Beef Corporation, Inc.
Judith A. Smith – Outstanding Entrepreneur
Owner, Chairwoman and CEO, Smithco
Michael E. Wiley – Outstanding Business Leader
Chairman, President and CEO, Baker Hughes
2011 Inductees
Steven J. Malcolm – Outstanding Business Leader
Chairman, President and CEO, Williams
Robert D. Thomas – Outstanding Entrepreneur
Co-founder, Senior Star Living
William F. Thomas – Outstanding Entrepreneur
Co-founder, Senior Star Living
2010 Inductees
Randy A. Foutch – Outstanding Entrepreneur
Chairman and CEO, Laredo Petroleum
Burt B. Holmes – Outstanding Entrepreneur
Co-founder, QuikTrip Corporation
Founder, The Holmes Organisation, Inc.
G. Fulton Collins III (1943-2008) – Outstanding Business Leader
Chairman and CEO, Liberty Glass
2009 Inductees
John R. “Cy” Elmburg – Outstanding Entrepreneur
Founder, Blitz USA
Joseph W. Moeller – Outstanding Business Leader
President, Koch Petroleum Group
President, Koch Ventures, Inc.
Robert C. Poe – Outstanding Business Leader
Founder, Poe & Associates
2008 Inductees
James M. Bird, Sr. – Outstanding Entrepreneur
Founder, Birdwell
Chairman of the Board, Hanley and Bird
Keith E. Bailey – Outstanding Business Leader
Chairman and CEO, the Williams Companies
Joseph W. Craft III – Outstanding Business Leader
President and CEO, Alliance Resource Partners, L.P.
CEO and Chairman of the Board, Alliance Holdings GP, L.P.
2007 Inductees
Dave Hentschel – Outstanding Business Leader
Chairman and CEO, Occidental Oil and Gas Corporation
Robert J. LaFortune – Outstanding Entrepreneur
Investor and civic leader
2006 Inductees
King P. Kirchner – Outstanding Entrepreneur
Co-founder Unit Corporation
Charles C. Stephenson, Jr. – Outstanding Entrepreneur
Co-founder, Vintage Petroleum
Founding partner, Regent Private Capital
Co-founder, Premier Natural Resources
John H. Williams – Outstanding Business Leader
Founder, Williams Companies
2005 Inductees
John A. Brock – Outstanding Entrepreneur
Chairman, Brighton Energy LLC,
Owner, Rockford Exploration Inc.
John M. Graves – Outstanding Business Leader
Founder, J.M. Graves Oil Properties
James E. Wilburn – Outstanding Entrepreneur
CEO & Founder, Winnercomm Inc.
2004 Inductees
Arnold Brown – Outstanding Entrepreneur
President and CEO, KWB Oil Property Management, Inc.
William E. Lobeck – Outstanding Business Leader
President and CEO, Vanguard Car Rental USA
2003 Inductees
Joseph Cappy – Outstanding Business Leader
Chairman and CEO, Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group
Roger Hardesty – Outstanding Entrepreneur
Founder and Chairman, United States Aviation Co.,
Owner, Mid-Continent/Midco Concrete Companies,
CEO, Alliance Transportation
Genave King Rogers – Outstanding Business Leader
Investor
2002 Inductees
Chester Cadieux – Outstanding Entrepreneur
Chairman, President & Co-Founder, QuikTrip Corp.
Michael D. Case – Outstanding Entrepreneur
Chairman & Founder, Case & Associates Properties, Inc.
Raymond H. Siegfried II – Outstanding Business Leader
Chairman, The Nordam Group
2001 Inductees
James W. Pielsticker (1938-2001) – Outstanding Entrepreneur
Chairman & CEO, Arrow Trucking Co.
William K. Warren, Jr. – Outstanding Business Leader
Chairman, Warren American Oil Co.
Chairman, The William K. Warren Foundation
John S. “Jack” Zink – Outstanding Business Leader
Chairman & President (Ret.),
John Zink Co., Founder, ZEECO, Inc.
Chairman, John Steele Zink Foundation
2000 Inductees
Paula Marshall-Chapman – Outstanding Business Leader
Chief Executive Officer, The Bama Companies
Robert E. Lorton, Jr. – Outstanding Business Leader
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, World Publishing Company
Publisher, Tulsa World
Peter C. Meinig – Outstanding Entrepreneur
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
HM International, Inc.
Henry H. Zarrow (1916-2014) – Outstanding Entrepreneur
Chairman, Zarrow Holding Company
Zarrow Family Office, L.L.C.