2012 Oklahoma Hall of Fame Presenters announced

The 2012 Oklahoma Hall of Fame presenters are: Bill W. Burgess Jr., Lawton; Timothy P. Shriver, Washington, D.C.; Hance Dilbeck, Edmond; Judy Kishner, Tulsa; David L. Russell, Oklahoma City; and Glen D. Johnson, Oklahoma City.

Bill W. Burgess, Jr. will present Stan Clark for induction into the hall. Burgess is chairman of the board of Vortex, the owner/publisher of the Lawton Constitution and the senior partner of Burgess & Hightower Law Firm. Burgess is chairman and principal owner of the software engineering company Techrizon. The company develops software for technologically advanced warfare, specializing in smart weapon systems for the U.S. Department of Defense.

Burgess, inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame in 2008, is the civilian aide to the secretary of the Army and previously served as chairman of the Oklahoma State Chamber of Commerce.

Timothy P. Shriver will present Bart Conner for induction. Shriver is a social leader, educator, activist, film producer and business entrepreneur. As chairman and CEO of Special Olympics, he serves nearly 4 million Special Olympics athletes in 180 countries.

Before joining Special Olympics in 1995, Shriver was, and remains, a leading educator focusing on the social and emotional factors in learning. Shriver co-founded and is chairman of the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL). He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and is a nonexecutive director of Neogenix Oncology and the WPP Group.

Hance Dilbeck will present Tom L. Ward for induction. Dilbeck has served as senior pastor of Quail Springs Baptist Church since 2003. Before coming to Quail Springs, he served as senior pastor of First Baptist Church in Ponca City for more than seven years and has been in the pastorate for more than 20 years.

He has been the featured preacher for Falls Creek Youth Camp, chairman of the Board of Trustees at Oklahoma Baptist University, and currently serves as a trustee at his alma mater, Southwestern Seminary, and on the Board of Directors for Integris Baptist Medical Center in Oklahoma City.

Judy Kishner will present Suzanne Warren for induction. Kishner is manager of the Zarrow Family Office, LLC, president of the Anne & Henry Zarrow Foundation, and trustee of the Zarrow Families Foundation. Kishner is on the board of directors of the Oklahoma Conference for Community & Justice, Saint Francis Health System, and is on the Mental Health Association Advisory Council in Tulsa. She established and was president of Spay Oklahoma, where more than 30,000 animals have been spayed or neutered.