Josh Lee Service Award
Created in 1965 and changed in 1987 to “Outstanding Service Award”; again, changed in 1988 to the Josh Lee Service Award. Named for the Oklahoma teacher/statesman, college debate champion, professor of speech at the University of Oklahoma, U. S. Representative and U. S. Senator. Lee was head of the Speech Department at OU for several years. His book, Public Speaking Manual, served as the text for many speech and theatre classes. The award is given for career contributions to speech, theatre, and communication in Oklahoma.
1965 Jim Robinson
1967 Charles Green
1968 Frances Densmore Davis
1969 Perill Brown
1970 ZaZelle Gifford & Pearl Faulk
1971 A. Laurence Mortensen & Carl Cass
1973 D.J. Nabors
1974 Ruth Hankowsky
1977 Bob Varga & Grace McCormick
1978 Howard Hudson & Wayne Murrow
1979 Linda Cavanaugh, Craig Marrs, & Ken Henson
1980 Dugger / Cary / Hintze / Babich (at teaching levels)
1981 Jayne Thompson & Douglas Duke
1982 Jerry Davis & Robert Mitchell
1983 Dorothy Summers
1987 Don Bristow
1988 Fred Kolch
1989 Wayne Murrow
1990 Bob Varga
1991 Arlie Daniel
1992 Douglas Duke
1994 Barbara Smith
1995 Gus Friedrich
1996 Stephen Smallwood
1997 Paul Westbrook
1998 Tony Allison
1999 Pam Broyles
2000 Robert Greenstreet
2001 Dick Finton
2002 Jeanne DeVilliers
2003 Jack Deskin
2004 Judith McMasters
2005 Faye Mangrum
2006 Mike Plunkett
2007 James Heflin
2008 C.W. Mangrum
2009 Jeff Gentry
2012 Amy Aldridge Sanford
2013 Robin Jones
2014 Sheryl Lidzy
2015 Justin Walton
2016 Dana Eversole
2019 Bruce Hartley