Inductees 1998

Governor Robert Maxwell Harris, the 21st governor of the Chickasaw Nation, labored unceasingly to promote the educational and overall progress of the Chickasaw people.

Kenneth Lance, born March 4, 1928, in Earlsboro, Oklahoma, traveled the world as a trick roper, rodeo promoter, and all-around cowboy.

Thomas Embert Phillips began his art training at the Helen Lorenze Art School in Oklahoma City at the young age on nine. From there, he went on to study at Phillips University, the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, and the Kansas City Art Institute.