Oklahoma Heritage Association to recognize OSU professor
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
The Oklahoma Heritage Association will present William Bryans, an associate professor
in history at Oklahoma State University, with the Bass/McCaslin Award for Excellence
in Teaching Oklahoma History.
The Oklahoma Heritage Association will present William Bryans, an associate professor in history, with the Bass/McCaslin Award for Excellence in Teaching Oklahoma History.
The honor will be presented March 31 at the Oklahoma Heritage Association’s Annual Membership Meeting and Awards Luncheon in Tulsa.
“I consider what I do as public scholarship,” said Bryans who has taught U.S. and Oklahoma history courses at OSU since 1987. “The award recognizes the extension of my teaching beyond the traditional classroom and includes the public, which makes me very happy.”
Bryans played a key role in placing the Pawnee Agency and Boarding School Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places.
He also worked with the Lincoln County Historical Society in restoring the Oklahoma National Guard Armory in Chandler, Okla., which was built by the WPA in the 1930s.
He is a member of several prestigious organizations including the National Trust for Historic Preservation, National Council on Public History, Oklahoma Historical Society and Oklahoma Museums Association.
The Oklahoma Heritage Association operates the Gaylord-Pickens Museum in Oklahoma City. To learn more visit www.oklahomaheritage.com . To learn more about the history department or any of the 24 departments in the College of Arts and Sciences at OSU, visit cas.okstate.edu .