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Jane Anne Jayroe-Gamble is a well known broadcaster,author and public official and former American beauty queen from Laverne,Oklahoma,who was Miss Oklahoma in 1966 and Miss America in 1967. Jayroe worked as an anchor in TV news in Oklahoma City and Dallas-Fort Worth broadcast media markets for 16 years. Later,Governor of Oklahoma Frank Keating appointed her to serve as his Secretary of Tourism and Recreation in his Cabinet. She served in that position from 1999 until 2003. Jayroe has authored numerous articles and books and was spokesman for The Presbyterian Health Foundation.
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This page relates the history of the position of Oklahoma Secretary of Commerce and Tourism.
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Joe Anna Hibler is an American educator. Much of her career was spent teaching business at the university level. Retired from active teaching,she is the former president of Southwestern Oklahoma State University (SWOSU),an inductee into the Oklahoma Women's Hall of Fame,and currently a regent of the Regional University System of Oklahoma.
Dorothy Conaghan Chiles was a U.S. politician from the state of Oklahoma. Her first husband,Brian Conaghan,died due to complications from leukemia while serving in the Oklahoma House of Representatives. In 1973,Chiles was elected to fill his vacant seat,and she served for thirteen years until 1986. She represented the 38th district,which includes Grant and Kay counties.
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