What is there to say about Bill Moyer that most of you don't already know? But more importantly, what is there about nearly every city or town in Oklahoma that Bill doesn't know? If he hasn't been to every city or town hall in this State, then I suspect your city or town doesn't have a permanent office! But, if you have a restaurant in your city or town, he's probably eaten there.

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Tommy Leon Melton is only the fourth posthumous inductee into the Hall of Fame. This mentor to most every Oklahoma municipal clerk or treasurer who took office between 1963 and 1999 succumbed on March 19 to cancer. He learned prior to his death that his colleagues were intending to nominate him for the Hall of Fame.

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In addition to other professional positions, Kevin McCullough assisted the Town of Earlsboro to establish a Police Department, serving as Chief of Police for over 2 years. He is a member of the Oklahoma Association of Chiefs of Police, Association of Public Safety Communication Officials, American Jailer Association, Oklahoma Code Enforcement Association, Association of Law Enforcement Response Trainers International, Oklahoma Association of Public Safety Communications Officers and the International Conference of Police Chaplains.

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Gary Dale Martin retired on February 28, 2009, after a 36-year career with the City of Ponca City, serving as city manager for the past 15 years. Born in Okemah, his family moved to Ponca when he was four. He received an Associate degree in Business Administration from Northern Oklahoma College and in 1973 his BS degree from Oklahoma State University. Martin worked as an accountant before joining the city as Park Superintendent in 1973. He subsequently served as Public Works Director from 1977 until 1993 when he became City Manager. He served in 1991 as President of the Oklahoma Chapter of the American Public Works Association and in 2002 as President of the City Management Association of Oklahoma.

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Tragedy, it is said, brings out the best or worst in people. And our final inductee showed the world that in Oklahoma, tragedy brings out the finest and best in the dedicated municipal employees who labor in our 580 plus communities every day. "The Oklahoma Standard" was emblazoned in the world's psyche in the moments, hours, days, and weeks following 9:02 AM on April 19, 1995. And the epitome of this Standard is a very humble and quiet man who sought only to serve his community as best he could.

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"Those who can, do; those who can't, teach", probably applies to some people, but not to David Morgan. Through his contributions as an educator, researcher, and author, he has done much to impact the way cities and towns are managed and how they operate. Dr. Morgan went out to "do" municipal government first as an Administrative Assistant to the City Manager of Norman, then as a Personnel Technician for the City of Oklahoma City, and in 1959 as the first City Manager of Yukon. After a three-year stint in the mid-'60s as a Project Director with the Peace Corps Training Programs, he began then to "do" even more for cities and towns through his work at the University of Oklahoma.

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