Oklahoma Hall of Fame/Oklahoma Heritage Association
Back home in Oklahoma, Nance served as Master of Ceremonies for the Oklahoma Heritage Association 1963 Oklahoma Hall of Fame awards ceremony which inducted U.S. astronaut Gordon Cooper, OU football coach Bud Wilkinson, Oklahoma publisher and investor W.P. Bill Atkinson, Ada Jurist Orel Busby, Tulsa Educator Ben G. Henneke, and Ardmore civic leader Mrs. Paul Sutton. Nance served on the Oklahoma Heritage Association's board of directors from 1979 to 1984. Previously, Nance was named to the Oklahoma Hall of Fame in 1955.
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