Rural upbringing shapes former governor Henry Bellmon's life
BILLINGS — They’ve never taken the country out of Henry Louis Bellmon.
PHOTO BY David McDaniel, THE OKLAHOMAN
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BIOGRAPHY
• Born: Sept. 3, 1921
• Education: Graduated from Billings High School and from Oklahoma A&M (now Oklahoma State University) with a bachelor of science in agriculture.
• Military service: U.S. Marine Corps, 1942 to 1946; awarded the Silver Star for bravery during the battle of Iwo Jima in 1945. Political service:
• Elected to the state House of Representatives from Noble County in 1946; served one term and was defeated in a re-election bid.
• Elected as Oklahoma’s first Republican governor in 1962, serving from 1963 to 1967; elected a second time in 1986; serving from 1987 to 1991.
• Elected to the U.S. Senate in 1968 and again in 1974; did not run for re-election in 1980.
AT A GLANCE
What is Cherokee Strip Transit?
Cherokee Strip Transit, a division of the Northern Oklahoma Development Authority, has 40 vehicles and 42 employees. The main office is in Garber with seven satellite offices. Director Rita Kroll has been with the program since March 1993 with two directors preceding her.
Service areas
Cherokee, Blackwell, Garber, Kingfisher, Medford, Perry, Tonkawa and Watonga and nearby surrounding communities with trips into Oklahoma City and Tulsa.
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