OKLAHOMA CITY -- Six outstanding Oklahomansincluding Judy Love, wife of Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores Inc. founder Tom Lovehave been selected for induction into the 83rd class of the Oklahoma Hall of Fame. Along with Love, 2010 Oklahoma Hall of Fame inductees were actress Kristin Chenoweth; oil and gas executive Robert A. Hefner, III; banker Edward Keller, Tulsa; attorney Michael C. Turpen; and petroleum engineer Lew O. Ward III.
Judy Love helped husband, Tom, start Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores in 1964. She worked full time in the company until 1975 [image-nocss] when she returned to college. She currently serves as chairman of Love's Family Foundation and secretary of the corporation, as well as performing other special assignments at Love's.
Love is a board member of St. Anthony's Foundation, the Oklahoma City Museum of Art, the Civic Center Foundation, Allied Arts, the Oklahoma City University board of trustees, Oklahoma City Community Foundation, Foundation Board and SSM Health Care of Oklahoma.
Love's leadership roles in fundraising include chairing or co-chairing major events for St. Anthony Hospital, Symphony Show House, the Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure, Christ the King Church Building Fund, McGuinness High School Building Fund, Heart Ball, St. Anthony Foundation's Building Fund and Oklahoma City University Societies. Currently, with her husband, Love is honorary chair of the 2010 Allied Arts Campaign and co-chair of an upcoming event for the University of Central Oklahoma.
Love has received many honors, including Oklahoma City University Distinguished Woman, Woman of DistinctionGirl Scouts, McGuinness High School Graduate of the Year, Lifetime Achievement AwardOklahoma City University, Oklahoma Health Center Foundation's Treasures for Tomorrow, Notre Dame Club Woman of the Year for Oklahoma, Bishop's Outstanding Lay Catholic Leader and Outstanding Philanthropist Award from the Oklahoma City Chapter of the National Fundraising Professional.
These accomplished Oklahomans will join the cast of 635 individuals who have been inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame since 1928. The honorees were officially announced at a luncheon on May 13 hosted by the Oklahoma Heritage Association at the Gaylord-Pickens Oklahoma Heritage Museum. New inductees were presented to a roomful of past Oklahoma Hall of Fame honorees.
The honorees will be formally inducted to the Hall on November 4 at the Cox Convention Center in Oklahoma City. Also in November, their portraits will be added to the Oklahoma Hall of Fame Gallery at the Gaylord-Pickens Oklahoma Heritage Museum. Their biographies, photos and fun facts will be accessed through touch screen computers in the same gallery.
Oklahoma City-based Travel Stops & Country Stores Inc. is family-owned and -operated company with more than 230 locations in more than 30 states.
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