Dr. Jena Marr, President of Redlands Community College and OACC Chair, stated, “It is a privilege to recognize this year’s Hall of Fame inductees. His promotion of community college education gained him the honor of being inducted into the WOSC Alumni Association Hall of Fame, the Oklahoma Higher Education Hall of Fame, and the naming of “The Larry Duffy Hall” on the campus of Western. Raised in Webb City and Shidler, Oklahoma, Poole began his academic journey at Northern Oklahoma College before earning a Bachelor of Science in Business Finance from Phillips University in 1963. He later served as Chair of the Northern Oklahoma College Foundation Board of Trustees. She brought to life Oklahoma’s first bachelor’s degree in cybersecurity offered at a community college and the state’s only associate degree in Artificial Intelligence.