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 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.
Steadman Upham was an American archaeologist and university administrator who served as president of Claremont Graduate University from 1998 to 2004 and the University of Tulsa (TU) from 2004 to 2016. Prior to this time,he was vice provost for research and dean of the Graduate School and professor of archaeology at the University of Oregon. Many of the students at TU fondly called him,"Uncle Stead." Upham was a widely published archaeologist,having written or edited 10 books and more than 75 book chapters and journal articles. He lectured extensively in the United States and Canada. While at TU,he held a concurrent appointment as professor in the Department of Anthropology.
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.
Jim Giles was a longtime television meteorologist with CBS affiliate KOTV,Channel 6 in Tulsa,Oklahoma. A "longtime fixture" on Oklahoma television,after his death the Tulsa World described him as "perhaps the best-known weatherman in this area".
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.
Natalie Shirley is an American lawyer and businesswoman and university president from Oklahoma. Shirley previously served as the Oklahoma Secretary of Commerce and Tourism under Governor of Oklahoma Brad Henry,having been in that position from 2007 to 2011. She was Governor Henry's second Secretary of Commerce and Tourism,having succeeded Kathy Taylor. Concurrent with her service as Commerce Secretary,Shirley was appointed by Governor Henry to serve as the Director of the Oklahoma Department of Commerce from 2007 to 2011. In March 2012,she became the fourth president at Oklahoma State University-Oklahoma City.
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 who has served as the Mayor of Tulsa,Oklahoma,since 2024. He previously served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives representing the 72nd district from 2016 to 2024.
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 2024 Tulsa mayoral election was held on August 27,2024,and November 5,2024,to elect the mayor of Tulsa,Oklahoma. Monroe Nichols won the runoff election,becoming the first Black Mayor of Tulsa.
