Paul to be inducted into Hall of Fame

Thursday, April 20, 2006

Ramona Ware Paul, assistant state superintendent for professional services for the Oklahoma State Department of Education, will be inducted into the College of Human Environmental Sciences Hall of Fame on Friday at the college’s annual Celebration of Excellence.

The ceremony will start at 6 p.m. in the Wes Watkins Center in Stillwater.

As the daughter of educators, Paul attended the child development laboratory at OSU, where her parents were on the faculty. She graduated with bachelor’s and master’s degrees in child development from OSU and earned her doctorate from Purdue University.

Paul, who has served as assistant state superintendent since 1991, designed a pre-kindergarten program that is still recognized as the nation's No. 1 model. Because of her efforts, Oklahoma is a nationwide leader in early childhood education.