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<html> <head> <title>Tulsa, OK</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/silly-nndb-icon.png" /><style type="text/css">  </style><script type="text/javascript" src="/sortable.js"></script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/style.css" /> </head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap>This is a beta version of NNDB</td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </form></td> </tr> </table>        </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr> <tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 15px 15px 15px 15px;"><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> Tulsa, OK CITY Official Website: <a href="http://www.cityoftulsa.org/">http://www.cityoftulsa.org/</a> Population: 393049 (2000 census)Founding Date: 1879County: <a href="/geo/096/000143664/">Osage County</a>, <a href="/geo/105/000143673/">Rogers County</a>, <a href="/geo/111/000143679/">Tulsa County</a> NEWSPAPERS <table border=1 class="bordered"> <tr><th>Newspaper</th></tr> <tr><td><a href="/media/003/000079763/">The Tulsa World</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/media/004/000079764/">The Tulsa Tribune</a></td></tr></table> SCHOOLS <table border=1 class="bordered"> <tr><th>School</th><th>Founded</th></tr> <tr><td><a href="/edu/301/000110968/">Tulsa Community College</a></td><td><center>1968</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/edu/117/000104802/">Oral Roberts University</a></td><td><center>1963</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/edu/358/000365260/">Nathan Hale High School, Tulsa, OK</a></td><td><center>1959</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/edu/148/000107824/">Will Rogers High School, Tulsa, OK</a></td><td><center>1939</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/edu/545/000068341/">University of Tulsa</a></td><td><center>1894</center></td></tr></table> COMPANY HEADQUARTERS <table border=1 class="bordered"> <tr><th>Company</th><th>Founded</th></tr> <tr><td><a href="/company/741/000126363/">BOK Financial</a></td><td><center>1990</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/company/450/000171934/">Matrix Service Company</a></td><td><center>1984</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/company/960/000127579/">Helmerich & Payne</a></td><td><center>1920</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/company/369/000058195/">Williams</a></td><td><center>1908</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/company/405/000124033/">ONEOK</a></td><td><center>1906</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/company/985/000123616/">Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group</a></td><td><center> </center></td></tr></table> BIRTHS <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_births"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/296/000343264/">Cris Alexander</a></td> <td><center>Photographer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Jan-1920</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Mar-2012</tt></td> <td>Portrait photographer, Broadway actor</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/178/000159698/">Pamela Bach</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Oct-1963</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Ex-Wife of David Hasselhoff</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/629/000164137/">Douglas H. Brooks</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Aug-1952</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Brinker International</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/870/000025795/">Garth Brooks</a></td> <td><center>Country Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Feb-1962</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Ropin' the Wind</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/132/000130739/">Richard C. Brown</a></td> <td><center>Diplomat</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Nov-1939</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>2004</tt></td> <td>US Ambassador to Uruguay, 1990-93</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/745/000164253/">Lonny Chapman</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Oct-1920</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Oct-2007</tt></td> <td>American character actor</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/307/000160824/">Larry Clark</a></td> <td><center>Film Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Jan-1943</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Kids</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/942/000163453/">Bobby Cox</a></td> <td><center>Baseball</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-May-1941</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Atlanta Braves manager, 1990-2010</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/544/000171031/">Stephen L. Cropper</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1950</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Retired Williams executive</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/555/000132159/">Larry Drake</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Feb-1950</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Mar-2016</tt></td> <td>Benny Stulwicz on LA Law</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/210/000024138/">David Duke</a></td> <td><center>Activist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Jul-1950</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Former KKK Grand Wizard</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/905/000022839/">Blake Edwards</a></td> <td><center>Film Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Jul-1922</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Dec-2010</tt></td> <td>The Pink Panther</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/874/000049727/">Lowell Fulson</a></td> <td><center>Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Mar-1921</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Mar-1999</tt></td> <td>West Coast blues guitarist and bandleader</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/699/000022633/">Martin Gardner</a></td> <td><center>Mathematician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Oct-1914</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>22-May-2010</tt></td> <td>Mathematical games, Scientific American</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/671/000140251/">David Gates</a></td> <td><center>Singer/Songwriter</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Dec-1939</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Lead singer of Bread</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/311/000028227/">Bill Goldberg</a></td> <td><center>Wrestling</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Dec-1966</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Pro wrestler</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/702/000160222/">Bill Hader</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Jun-1978</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Saturday Night Live</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/334/000025259/">Isaac Hanson</a></td> <td><center>Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Nov-1980</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Member of boy band Hanson</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/332/000025257/">Taylor Hanson</a></td> <td><center>Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Mar-1983</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Member of boy band Hanson</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/137/000173615/">Joy Harjo</a></td> <td><center>Poet</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-May-1951</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>The Last Song</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/477/000022411/">Paul Harvey</a></td> <td><center>Radio Personality</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Sep-1918</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Feb-2009</tt></td> <td>The Paul Harvey Show</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/170/000169660/">Hans Helmerich</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Sep-1958</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Helmerich & Payne</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/678/000172162/">W. H. Helmerich III</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Jan-1923</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Jan-2012</tt></td> <td>Chairman of Helmerich & Payne</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/376/000026298/">S. E. Hinton</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Jul-1948</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>The Outsiders</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/440/000173918/">Donald D. Humphreys</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1949</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Senior VP at Exxon Mobil</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/809/000063620/">Jennifer Jones</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Mar-1919</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Dec-2009</tt></td> <td>The Song of Bernadette</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/927/000137516/">John A. Knebel</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Oct-1936</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>US Secretary of Agriculture, 1976-77</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/846/000118492/">Tony Knowles</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Jan-1943</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Governor of Alaska, 1994-2002</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/467/000135062/">Henry Kravis</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Jan-1944</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Kohlberg Kravis Roberts</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/916/000116568/">Sheila Kuehl</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Feb-1941</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Dobie Gillis and ex-California State Senator</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/856/000351800/">Heather Langenkamp</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Jul-1964</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>A Nightmare on Elm Street</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/060/000028973/">Steve Largent</a></td> <td><center>Football</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Sep-1954</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Hall of Famer, elected to Congress</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/671/000172155/">Paula Marshall</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1953</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of The Bama Companies</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/132/000025057/">Daniel Patrick Moynihan</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Mar-1927</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Mar-2003</tt></td> <td>US Senator from New York, 1977-2001</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/601/000369491/">Markwayne Mullin</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Jul-1977</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Congressman, Oklahoma 2nd</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/689/000355621/">Jerry Nelson</a></td> <td><center>Performance Artist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Jul-1934</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Aug-2012</tt></td> <td>Count von Count</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/275/000130882/">Tim Blake Nelson</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-May-1964</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>O Brother, Where Art Thou?</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/795/000277961/">Martha O'Driscoll</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Mar-1922</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Nov-1998</tt></td> <td>Li'l Abner</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/234/000349184/">E. J. Peaker</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Feb-1944</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Hello, Dolly!</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/141/000109811/">Mary Kay Place</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Sep-1947</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/746/000022680/">Tony Randall</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Feb-1920</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>18-May-2004</tt></td> <td>Felix Unger in The Odd Couple</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/509/000168005/">John F. Reif</a></td> <td><center>Judge</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1951</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Justice, Oklahoma Supreme Court</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/833/000163344/">Richard Roberts</a></td> <td><center>Religion</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Nov-1948</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>President of Oral Roberts University</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/055/000130662/">Gailard Sartain</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Sep-1946</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>The Buddy Holly Story</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/175/000049028/">James Sharp</a></td> <td><center>Attorney</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1940</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>High-powered Washington attorney</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/663/000040543/">John Sullivan</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Jan-1965</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Congressman, Oklahoma 1st</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/223/000047082/">Jeanne Tripplehorn</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Jun-1963</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Office Killer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/249/000094964/">Rob Walton</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Oct-1944</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Wal-Mart Chairman, world's 12th richest man</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/394/000048250/">Cornel West</a></td> <td><center>Activist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Jun-1953</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Race Matters</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/578/000355510/">Charlie Wilson</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Jan-1953</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>R&B singer, The Gap Band</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/302/000025227/">Alfre Woodard</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Nov-1953</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>K-PAX</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/805/000050655/">Judy Woodruff</a></td> <td><center>Journalist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Nov-1946</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>PBS newscaster</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/982/000031889/">James Woolsey</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Sep-1941</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CIA Director, 1993-95</td> </tr> </table> DEATHS <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_deaths"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/282/000119922/">Dewey F. 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