4-29-2025
Bob Blackburn: Parks of Oklahoma City: A History
Bob Blackburn, PhD, is the author or co-author of twenty-eight books—including A History of the State Fair of Oklahoma, Sonic: The History of America’s Drive-In, and Love’s: Fifty Years of a Family Enterprise—which tell the stories of some of Oklahoma’s most iconic institutions. After completing his doctorate in history at Oklahoma State University, Blackburn joined the Oklahoma Historical Society, where he served for forty-two years as editor, deputy director, and executive director. Among his greatest achievements was planning, building, and managing the Oklahoma History Center, which opened new opportunities to collect, preserve, and share the story of his native state.
Chair of the Day
Liz Eickman
Liz Eickman is the director of the Kirkpatrick Family Fund which makes significant philanthropic investments in programs and organizations that provide leadership to advance the cultural, intellectual and societal interest in central Oklahoma and in the Colorado Pikes Peak region. Liz directs a multi-state grants program and special initiatives which emphasize organization endowments, arts education, the role of arts in community development, animal wellbeing, and an important health concern for Oklahoma – the reduction of teen pregnancy. She serves as an advisor to the Kirkpatrick Foundation, Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center and Honestly: Youth Sexual Health. Liz also serves on the boards of Green Box, Mollie Spencer Farm, Historic Green Mountain Falls Foundation LLC, Kirkpatrick Family Fund Real Estate LLC, Campbell Art Park LLC, Kirkpatrick Publishing LLC, and Kirkpatrick Policy Group as well as a commissioner for the Oklahoma City Arts Commission.
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