Person Record
Metadata
Name |
Stanley Draper |
Born |
1890 |
Deceased |
1976 |
Induction |
1957 |
Hometown |
Oklahoma City |
Occupation |
Civic Leader |
Biography |
"Mr. Oklahoma City" Stanley Draper, born in North Carolina, was a school teacher before attending Shenandoah Collegiate Institute (now Shenandoah University) in Virginia and then Chicago University (1917). He served as a lieutenant in World War I and came to Oklahoma City in 1919, where he worked as membership secretary for the Chamber of Commerce and became managing director in 1930. He was named executive vice president of the organization in 1966 and retired in 1968. Among his most famous city projects were the creation of Tinker Air Force Base, the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, the FAA Center and development of Lake Hefner and Lake Stanley Draper. |
