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OKLAHOMA WILDLIFE CONSERVATION FOUNDATION SPOTLIGHT

OWCF Inducts Larry Nichols

at Second Gala

The second Oklahoma Wildlife
Conservation Foundation Call of the Wild
Gala and Oklahoma Conservation Hall of RHONDA HURST/OWCF
Fame Induction was held Oct. 6, 2022,
at the Omni Convention Center Hotel in
Oklahoma City.
The event honored J. Larry Nichols of
Oklahoma City as the Hall of Fame’s sec-
ond inductee.
Nichols, 79, is a co-founder and chair-
man emeritus of Devon Energy Corp. He
served as a director from 1971 to 2016.
In 1980, he became Devon’s CEO, then
chairman in 2000, then executive chair-
Foundation Executive Director Rick Grundman addresses the crowd at the Call of the Wild Gala.
man in 2010.
Nichols served as law clerk to Chief The Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation
RHONDA HURST/OWCF Justice Earl Warren and Justice Tom Clark Hall of Fame recognizes conservation
leaders in Oklahoma, one of the most
of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1967 to
ecologically diverse states in nation.
1968. He then served as special assistant
to Assistant Attorney General William Oklahoma is home to a wide variety of
Rehnquist in the U.S. Department of habitats for than 760 different species
Justice in Washington, D.C. of wildlife.
Nichols is vice chairman of the OWCF supports the Oklahoma
National Petroleum Council and serves Department of Wildlife Conservation
on the board of the National Association to bring more wildlife and wild spaces
of Manufacturers. He is a former projects to Oklahoma in a more rapid
chairman of the American Petroleum manner. Since ODWC doesn’t receive
Institute. Nichols earned a bachelor’s appropriated state tax dollars, donating
degree in geology from Princeton to OWCF is one of the best ways to help
OWCF Board of Directors member Tess University and a law degree from the positively impact Oklahoma’s wildlife
Maune served as emcee for the Gala. University of Michigan. and wild spaces.

THE OKLAHOMA WILDLIFE CONSERVATION FOUNDATION (OWCF) is the nonprofit organization formed to work
exclusively alongside and provide added financial support to the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation
and its activities in managing the state’s fish and wildlife resources and habitats. The Wildlife Department receives
no general state tax appropriations; ODWC operates primarily with license sales and federal matching
grants. OWCF provides supporters an outlet to show their passion for the outdoors by investing their
time and money in projects that will make a difference for generations to come.
All donations are tax-deductible. For more information, go to
www.OKwildlifefoundation.org or www.facebook.com/OKWildlifeFoundation.

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