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Description

Born in Oklahoma City in 1933. She has served as First Lady of the State of Oklahoma as well as First Lady of her alma mater, the University of Central Oklahoma. At UCO the Student Union is named after her and her husband and the campus houses the Donna Nigh Art Gallery. In 1984 the Donna Nigh Foundation was formed to award grants to those with developmental disabilities. The Donna Nigh Group Home Program is now part of the annual state budget. She was appointed by President Clinton in 1997 as a member of the President's Committee on Retardation and in 2008 she was inducted in the Oklahoma Hall of Fame. She was inducted in the Oklahoma Women's Hall of Fame in 1995.

Date(s)

06/10/2008 | 07/29/2008

Call Number

HOF_015

Subjects
Interviewee(s) Donna Nigh
Interviewer(s) Juliana Nykolaiszyn