The University of Tulsa (TU) is a private research university in Tulsa,Oklahoma. It has a historic affiliation with the Presbyterian Church,although it is now nondenominational,and the campus architectural style is predominantly Collegiate Gothic. The school traces its origin to the Presbyterian School for Indian Girls,which was established in 1882 in Muskogee,Oklahoma,then a town in Indian Territory,and which evolved into an institution of higher education named Henry Kendall College by 1894. The college moved to Tulsa,another town in the Creek Nation in 1904,before the state of Oklahoma was created. In 1920,Kendall College was renamed the University of Tulsa.
Tulsa is the second-most-populous city in the state of Oklahoma,after Oklahoma City,and is the 48th-most-populous city in the United States. The population was 413,066 as of the 2020 census. It is the principal municipality of the Tulsa metropolitan area,a region with 1,034,123 residents. The city serves as the county seat of Tulsa County,the most densely populated county in Oklahoma,with urban development extending into Osage,Rogers and Wagoner counties.
George Bruce Kaiser is an American billionaire businessman. He is the chairman of BOK Financial Corporation in Tulsa,Oklahoma. As of September 2021,he is the 476th richest person in the world and was,in 2012,one of the top 50 American philanthropists.
KOTV-DT is a television station in Tulsa,Oklahoma,United States,affiliated with CBS. It is owned by Griffin Media alongside Muskogee-licensed CW affiliate KQCW-DT and radio stations KOTV,KRQV,KVOO-FM (98.5),KXBL and KHTT. All of the outlets share studios at the Griffin Media Center on North Boston Avenue and East Cameron Street in the downtown neighborhood's Tulsa Arts District;KOTV's transmitter is located on South 273rd East Avenue in Broken Arrow,Oklahoma.
The University of Tulsa College of Law is the law school of the private University of Tulsa in Tulsa,Oklahoma. For 2023,U.S. News &World Report ranked the University of Tulsa College of Law at No. 111 among all law schools in the United States. It is the only law school in the Tulsa Metropolitan Area and northeastern Oklahoma.
The City of Tulsa has a mayor-council form of government. This form of government has been in place since 1989,at which time Tulsa converted from a city commission form of government. The mayor is elected by the entire population and each of the 9 Councilors are elected from districts based on population.
The University of Oklahoma College of Law is the law school of the University of Oklahoma. It is located on the University's campus in Norman,Oklahoma. The College of Law was founded in 1909 by a resolution of the OU Board of Regents.
M. Susan Savage is an American Democratic politician from Oklahoma. She was the 36th Mayor of Tulsa from 1992 to 2002,the first woman to hold that office. From 2003 to 2011,she was the 29th Secretary of State of Oklahoma.
Tom Adelson is an American politician from Oklahoma. He was an Oklahoma State Senator representing the 33rd Senate District,located in Tulsa County,from 2004 to 2012. Adelson is a Democrat who was first elected in 2004. Prior to his election,Adelson served Governor of Oklahoma Brad Henry's first Oklahoma Secretary of Health from 2003 to 2004.
Downtown Tulsa is an area of approximately 1.4 square miles (3.6 km2) surrounded by an inner-dispersal loop created by Interstate 244,US 64 and US 75. The area serves as Tulsa's financial and business district;it is the focus of a large initiative to draw tourism,which includes plans to capitalize on the area's historic architecture. Much of Tulsa's convention space is located in downtown,such as the Tulsa Performing Arts Center and the Tulsa Convention Center,as well as the BOK Center. Prominent downtown sub-districts include the Blue Dome District,the Tulsa Arts District,and the Greenwood Historical District,which includes the site of ONEOK Field,a baseball stadium for the Tulsa Drillers opened in 2010.
Oneok Field is a baseball park in Tulsa,Oklahoma. Located in the historic Greenwood district adjacent to downtown Tulsa,it is the home of the Tulsa Drillers of the Texas League. The stadium is named for Oneok.
The 2009 Tulsa mayoral election was held on November 10,2009 to elect the mayor of Tulsa,Oklahoma. It resulted in the election of Dewey F. Bartlett Jr.,the Republican candidate.
Dewey Follett Bartlett Jr. is an American politician and businessman who served as the 39th Mayor of Tulsa,Oklahoma. An oil industry executive and political figure in Tulsa,Bartlett was the Republican nominee for mayor of Tulsa in the 2009 election,and was elected as Tulsa's 39th mayor on November 10,2009. He was re-elected in 2013,but was defeated in his second reelection bid in 2016.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Tulsa,Oklahoma,United States.
Carolyn Thompson Taylor is an American academic and politician who served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1984 to 1992. Before running for office,Taylor taught AP government at Norman High School from 1979 to 1984. While in the House,she was chair of the Education Committee and Appropriations Sub-Committee on Education. She was a principal author of numerous landmark education bills involving both higher education and public schools. She also authored legislation concerning health care for children and family leave. While in office she was an adjunct professor at Oklahoma Baptist University and the University of Oklahoma. After leaving office,Taylor was vice president of academic affairs at the University Center of Tulsa and later a distinguished professor of political science at Rogers State.
Monroe Nichols IV is an American politician and former college football player who has served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from the 72nd district since 2016. He is the first African American to represent the district. In July 2023,he announced he would not seek re-election to the Oklahoma House in order to run in the 2024 Tulsa mayoral election.
The 2013 Tulsa mayoral election was held on June 11,2013 to elect the mayor of Tulsa,Oklahoma. No candidate received a majority vote in the primary elections,and the top two finishers advanced to a runoff election on November 12,2013. Incumbent mayor Dewey F. Bartlett Jr. was re-elected to a second term after facing former mayor Kathy Taylor.
The 2016 Tulsa mayoral election was held on June 28,2016 to elect the mayor of Tulsa,Oklahoma. Incumbent Republican mayor Dewey F. Bartlett Jr. lost re-election outright to Republican city councilor G. T. Bynum,eliminating the possibility of a runoff.
The first round of the 2024 Tulsa mayoral election was held on August 27,2024,to elect the mayor of Tulsa,Oklahoma. Since no candidate received over 50% of the vote,Tulsa County commissioner Karen Keith and state representative Monroe Nichols advanced to a runoff scheduled for November 5,2024. Two-term incumbent mayor G. T. Bynum declined to run for a third term in office.
