Building the Foundation
Give TodayOEF’s Legacy Since 1976
Following its establishment in 1976, the Oklahoma Engineering Foundation took a major step forward in 1979 by helping establish a permanent home for Oklahoma’s engineering community.
At the time, leaders in the profession recognized the need for a central space where engineering organizations could come together, collaborate, and advance the field. Through generous contributions from individuals, companies, and professional societies across the state, the building fund campaign became a reality.
The donor plaque still displayed today tells that story. It reflects a broad base of support, from major corporate partners to individual engineers who believed in the future of the profession. Every name represents an investment not just in a building, but in engineering education, advocacy, and community.
The Oklahoma Engineering Design Center has since served as a hub for multiple engineering organizations, strengthening connections across disciplines and generations. It stands as a lasting symbol of what can be accomplished when a profession comes together with a shared purpose.
In the early 2000s, OEF sold the building to the State of Oklahoma. Proceeds from the sale were invested with the Oklahoma City Community Foundation and today largely support OEF’s college scholarship endowment. The building continues to serve as home to several organizations, including the Oklahoma State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Surveyors, the Oklahoma Board of Architects, ACEC Oklahoma, the Oklahoma Society of Professional Engineers, and the Oklahoma Engineering Foundation.
More than four decades later, that same belief in the profession of engineering continues to guide OEF’s work. The building is not just a place. It is a foundation for the future of engineering in Oklahoma.Â
On April 12, 2026, OEF will celebrate its 50th Anniversary. In the days ahead, we will share how you can be part of what comes next.
This milestone is an opportunity to build on the same foundation of generosity and vision that made the Oklahoma Engineering Design Center possible. Our $50,000 for our 50th Campaign will support scholarships, expand STEM outreach, and strengthen programs that prepare the next generation of engineers.
We look forward to sharing more with you on Sunday, April 12.
Original Contributors
We are featuring 50 stories for our 50th anniversary starting with original contributors still in business today. Scroll to the bottom to view or click the links in red.
Cities Service Company
Cities Service Gas Company
Continental Oil Company
Corken International Corporation
W. Leroy Culbertson
Dresser Engineering Company
L. L. Dresser
G. W. McCullough
Halliburton Services
Garth P. Kennedy
Kerr-McGee Foundation, Inc.
OG&E
Oklahoma Natural Gas Company
Phillips Petroleum Foundation
Public Service Company of Oklahoma
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Western Electric Company
$250-$1000 Contributors, 1979
$1,000 CONTRIBUTORS
Walter W. Beam
Benham-Blair & Affiliates
The Charles Machine Works
Collins-Soter Engineering, Inc.
William J. Collins, Jr.
Consulting Engineers Council of Oklahoma
Craig & Keithline Consulting Engineers
Cunningham-Judd & Associates
James L. Dancer
Davis & Rountree Consulting Engineers
James B. Davis
Dolese Brothers Company
Clark A. Dunn
Fenix & Scisson, Inc.
George T. Gibson
C. H. Guernsey & Company
Bill F. Halpain
Vincent S. Haneman, Jr.
Gary F. Hasman
Delbert R. Hayes
HTB, Inc.
James J. Kelly
Charles L. Kimberling
Mary and Stanley Learned Foundation
M. R. Lohmann
Robert F. Long
Kenneth A. McCollom
McCune McCune & Associates
Gordon A. McCune
A. H. McElroy
Mansur-Daubert-Williams, Inc.
Justice R. Neale
Northwest Chapter, OSPE
James V. Parcher
Ratliff Drilling Company
REA Engineering Company
REDA Pump Company
Resource Sciences Corporation
Rockwell International
Louis Schindler
Chester C. Smith, Jr.
Herman E. Smith, Jr.
Society of Manufacturing Engineers
Carl E. Steele
Clarence A. Stoldt
Sun Oil Company
Roy J. Thompson
Trend Construction Corporation
A. Wayne Ward
Williams Brothers Engineering Company
Williams Brothers Process Services, Inc.
Williams Brothers Urban Ore, Inc.
G. Bing Wines
$500 CONTRIBUTORS
Thomas D. Almond
Mrs. Thomas D. Almond
Amoco Production Company
Clarence W. Barton
John D. Bartrug
Sylvia Bittle
Don Buckner
Walter C. Burnham
John H. Carnahan
Central Okla. Chapter, OSPE Auxiliary
Clark Engineering Company
Crest Engineering, Inc.
F. D. Delano
B. D. Dickerson
John W. Elder
Fell-Brusso-Bruton & Knowles
Ernest C. Fitch
R. L. Frailey, Inc.
Randolph R. Frost
Robert J. Gilmore
E. Griffy, III
M. H. Halderson
Alvin E. Hall
Robert B. Hendrick
Max Holloway Engineering Company
Howle Engineering, Inc.
IEEE (Oklahoma City Section)
Richard C. Jackson
Guy N. Keith
Neal R. Kennedy
William A. Kennedy, Jr.
Russell A. Myers
Oklahoma Electrical Supply Company
OSPE Auxiliary
Prescor, Inc.
William O. Ree
W. A. Roberts
J. Fred Sauls
Richard S. Sidwell
Albert C. Solnok
Fred Spitz & Associates
Mack Stogner
Robert D. Strattan
George E. Trammell, Jr.
University Engineers, Inc.
Vinson Supply Company
Al C. Young
$250 CONTRIBUTORS
Robert J. Adams
Aerial Photo Service, Inc.
AIME (Oklahoma Section)
Leland E. Allen Company
ASI (Central Oklahoma Section)
Charles M. Bacon
Thomas L. Bene
Hadley H. Bower, Jr.
Russell B. Brawley
Veldo H. Brewer
James D. Carver
John M. Collin, Jr.
Robert W. Dyarcy
H. C. Dennison
Dunlap Codding & McCarthy
Lial Eddy
Ralph J. Evans
Jack J. Fox
John D. Freed
Geocon, Inc.
James W. Gillespie
Hugh Gilliland, Jr.
Clarence O. Glasgow
Dwayne E. Godsey
Jane H. Goodall
Greenawalt-Armstrong Engineers
Joe H. Hargis
Charles R. Harvey
Lee Hendrix
E. D. Hill Surveying & Engineering
Jack D. Hinton
Kenneth J. Hughes
In En Corporation
Investment Services, Inc.
Dale F. Janes
Glen W. Jones
Leonard W. Joyce
Judd-Cunningham-Grayson
Leslie Judd, Jr.
Raymond F. Kravis
Duane D. Lunger
L. A. Maciula
William H. Mapes
Fred C. Martin
August C. Mason
J. Ray Matlock
James O. Melton
Donald K. Mitchell
John O. Mostrom
Lloyd W. Myers
Ted K. Nakamura
Garold D. Oberlender
Ira T. Oliver
Norman Oliver
Charles M. Pearre III
W. A. Pitts
Process Equipment Company
George H. Ramsey
Karl N. Reid, Jr.
Fred I. Richardson
H. Kenneth Rigsbee, Jr.
C. Russell Ringham
C. H. Roskamp
Rotary Drilling Services, Inc.
Robert W. Roush
Tom Rowan
Ralph G. Ruth
Joseph H. Sarsycki
Michael F. Scrouders
E. W. Schroeder
Paul R. Sheline
Frank H. Simmons
Lawrence O. Slief
Randall T. Smith
Elmo E. Strickler
Steinkamp & Associates
Frank M. Thomas
Bert J. Thompson
Tulsa Pro-Quip, Inc.
William R. Upchurch
Warren Petroleum Company
Tommy A. Wells
P. G. Wilson, Jr.
William P. Wolfe
Ronald G. Wynne
$100 Contributors, 1979
Kris & Nina Agrawal
Paul F. Akin
Samuel B. Alexander
Stanley A. Allen
S. Gordon Allen
Ivan D. Allred, Jr.
Daniel K. Almond
L. Lyle Amos
W. H. Anderson II
Clarence W. Anthony
D. S. Arnold
ASCE (Oklahoma Section)
ASME (Central Oklahoma Section)
Auto Crane Co.
Automatic Engineering
Edwin L. Averill
Robert T. Axworthy
Maurice Baldwin
Joe D. Barnard
Charlie M. Barnes, Jr.
Bartlesville Chapter, OSPE
Harris Bateman
Marcia H. Bates
David L. Beaury
John M. Beard
Duane H. Bechtold
Glenn A. Beecham
Kenneth J. Bell
Clarence L. Bennett
J. Carroll Bergcaw
Allan R. Berger
John S. Berry
Charles W. Bert
Gene H. Binning
W. E. Bolander
Harold K. Bone
Larry Boren
William R. Boyce
Braden Winch Co.
Glenn R. Briggs
Graydon L. Brown
Thomas L. Brown
Geoffrey E. Brueggemann
Marshall E. Bullard
Charles A. Burgett
Harvey N. Busby
Butler Associates, Inc.
C. D. Callahan
Lynn B. Calton
Billy J. Campbell
Canadian Valley Chapter, OSPE
Kenyon R. Cantwell
C-E Invalco
Central Oklahoma Chapter, OSPE
Ansel P. Challener
Raymond E. Chapel
James T. Cheek
Stephen L. Chilton
R. A. Church
W. Stewart Clark
W. R. Clarke
H. Aubrey Clay
John R. Clifton
James S. Cloud
Charles E. Collins
Colpitt, Middleton & Nickel
L. A. Comp
E. E. Comstock
W. R. Cook
L. L. Coon
J. Melville Copeland
Frederick L. Cornell II
George F. Cotten
Frank A. Cowell
David L. Coyne
Crane Packing Co.
CTM, Inc.
Orin R. Currie
Clayburn C. Curtis
Davila Engineering Co.
Richard A. Davis
Charles A. Dean
M. W. Decker
John P. Delazier
Richard M. DeVries
W. P. Dillender
W. J. Dixon
James O. Dodson
Clarence H. Dollemeyer
J. J. Donaldson
William E. Donue
C. Harlan Dunn
R. C. Earloucher
Lloyd E. Elkins
Engineering Assistance Co.
Engineering Design Group, Inc.
Engineers Club of Bartlesville
Engineering Club of Oklahoma City
Cynthia L. England
Steve A. Ernst
Harry W. Evans
Thomas N. Ewing
Royal A. Faw
David E. Fields
Jack Finch
Buddy P. Fitzpatrick
Flow Controls, Inc.
FMC Corporation
Cray L. Foley
I. B. Franklin
Maynard G. Fuller
Furlow & Associates Engineering
E. A. Gale
A. L. Gamel
Delbert C. Gann
William R. Gaylor
A. J. Geiger
John L. Gere
Richard R. Gibbs
William A. Givens
Roger W. Gose
Robert B. Gow
Jack H. Graham Graybar Electric Co. Green Country Chapter, OSPE J. C. Green E. T. Guerrero Merle L. Hall J. B. Hambleton, Jr. Jerry L. Hamlin Edward J. Hammond Richard E. Hanna Richard E. Hanna, Jr. Robert E. Hanna Thomas E. Hansen E. Sidney Hanson Lyle Harms Don W. Harriman M. Leon Harris R. H. Harris Walter C. Hart Don H. Hathorn Helen Hayes R. Russell Hayes Heat/Fluid Engineering Robert W. Hembree Hemphill Corporation Finsie E. Hendrick Eugene Herring Earl J. Hicks John Hoff Co. Tom R. Hoke George W. Holt Hal M. Horton Ralph H. Hoss Ray A. Howell L. W. Hubbell Vernon T. Huckelberry Walter E. Huffman William L. Hughes Walter E. Hyde Hydrotech Engineering, Inc. Albert N. Janco Jerry L. Janzen R. L. Jarrell Bob Jetton Jack L. Johnson William J. Judge Fred W. Kamp J. T. Karbosky J. W. Kaster A. B. Kerby, Jr. Gary A. Kilpatrick Rolla D. King Frank V. Kirchstein W. A. Kitchen Ronney R. Koch C. M. Kittrell Earl E. Kleinmann Ernest L. Koerner, Jr. Tom E. Krieg Monroe W. Kriegel KWB Oil Property Management Fred P. Laboon Ralph G. Lacquement Leo L. Laine C. A. Lashbrook John R. Latham Jess K. Lawley F. E. Lawrence Richard J. Lawson Stephen C. Leaver W. H. Lee, Jr. Robert J. Leise Thomas Lenahan John S. Lennon Leonard Leon Robert D. Leonard Daniel D. Lingelbach James M. Lloyd Loyal Knights of Old Trustee F. D. Lyons R. E. MacDowell Alma L. McAfee Aubry L. McAfee Wendell McFatridge James T. McKinney H. C. McLaughlin T. J. McNeely Perry R. McNeill Sam S. Mabry Maloney-Crawford Corp. John C. Mansur Martin Marietta Cement Material Handling & Equipment Co. Richard W. Mattes Charles G. Maule Thomas G. Mayes M. Shannon Melton Reed T. Melton Donald E. Menzie Joseph D. Metcalfe Kenneth R. Meyer Roger H. Miller C. V. Millikan William B. Mills William J. Monahan John E. Montine John J. Moon O. L. Morrisett J. R. Mosteller C. Howell Mullis, Jr. C. Ray Murray Marvin L. Myers Walter Nashert & Sons Natkin & Co. O’Connor-Oklahoma Co. Oklahoma Testing Laboratories R. G. Oltmanns David R. Orme Mid-North Chapter, OSPE Auxiliary William K. Ott Robert F. Outland Robert L. Overton
Tom D. Owens
W. D. Owsley
Ted R. Palmer
Martha Parcher
Jerald D. Parker
C. T. Patterson, III
Herbert E. Pearson
L. B. Perkins, Jr.
Ausman G. Perry
Walter D. Perry
John R. Piatt
Charles G. Pinkerton
Knoland J. Plucknett
Carl F. Pomeroy
Ray Pool
Allen G. Poppino
M. L. Powers
Max R. Prewitt
Radco, Inc.
C. O. Rains
A. H. Ratliff
William A. Rauh
Ralph W. Rea
Research Instrument Co.
Edwin C. Reynolds, Jr.
Bob L. Rhea
Ben J. Rhodes
Frank H. Rhodes
Jack W. Rhodes
Roy D. Rice
J. B. Richardson
A. B. Richert
James Roach
Terrence V. Robertson, Jr.
Frank Rodesney
Robert L. Rosch
Lawrence O. Roth
Roulett Oil Co.
T. H. Russell Co.
David Ruyle
Bob L. Santine
Chiranjee K. Sarkar
Jack L. Scott
Settle & Spear Engineers
F. C. Settle
W. C. Settle
Warren C. Shaw
James K. Shelton, Jr.
Kenneth M. Shouse
Clyde E. Shroyer
Dwaine A. Shroyer
H. E. Simonson
W. H. Sindt
Charles S. Skinner
Cedomir M. Slepcevic
Marvin D. Smith
Raymond V. Smith
Virgil W. Smith, Jr.
Jack T. Snoddy
Society of American Military Engineers
South Central Chapter, OSPE
Linda L. Spooner
Prentice G. Spradley
W. W. Spurlock
Jerry D. Stachiw
Kenneth R. Stamper
Standard Industries
C. P. Stanley
Keith L. Stanley
R. W. Steele & Associates
James W. Stengle
Carla A. Stevens
Jimmie J. Stevenson
Norman C. Stevenson
S. W. St. George
Larry W. Stinnett
William L. Stith
Gaines H. Stout
John S. Struble
Charles W. Surbey
Robert L. Swaim
W. M. Swezey
Calvin M. Swindell
E. E. Taylor
Gordon E. Taylor
The Telex Corporation
Bob G. Thacker
Ralph E. Thornton
Kenneth K. Tidwell
Susan M. Tidwell
Alan P. Tiefenbrun
Tinker Soc. of Prof. Engrs. & Scientists
G. A. Tomlinson
Vernon J. Trebel
Charles G. Tuttle
Harold H. Walker
William E. Ward, Jr.
L. O. Ward
Billy W. Welch
Gertrude S. West
Wheatley Co.
Wheeler & Wheeler
White Surveying Co.
J. W. Whitney, Jr.
A. H. Wilkinson
J. H. Will
Stephen R. Williams
T. D. Williamson, Inc.
Willis Engineering Consultants
Donald R. Wilson
Francis J. Wilson
Jon R. Withrow
M. A. Witte
Jewell T. Wood
James E. Wylie
William L. Wylie
Robert C. Zahl
Ziegler Enterprises, Inc.
John C. Zink
Floyd Zook
In Memory & Honor, 1979
IN MEMORY OF
Carl Almquist
Don K. Andrews
Gomer H. Bittle
Billie Boyer
Frank S. Brusso
Mabel S. Collins
Edwin H. Croak
William J. Fell
V. V. Long
M. Murray McCune
Norman Oliver
John K. Rife
Clayton S. Wortham
IN HONOR OF
William W. Vaughan
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