Cherokee National Historical Society adds to board of trustees

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Roy Hamilton of Stilwell has been elected president of the Cherokee National Historical Society's board of trustees. Other officers include Mary Ellen Meredith, Oklahoma City, vice president; Gean Atkinson, Atkinson Advertising Associates, Oklahoma City, as secretary; and Jack Baker, president, National Trail of Tears Association, Oklahoma City, treasurer.

Newly elected board members are Larry Adair, president, Arvest Bank, Stilwell; Stacey Leeds, justice, Cherokee Nation Judicial Appeals Tribunal, Tahlequah; Neil Morton, president, Morton Co. Educational Consulting, Stilwell; Robert Shearer, vice president, Tribal First, Rancho Santa Fe, N.M.; and Paul Westbrook, dean, Northeastern State University College of Liberal Arts.

Other board members are John W. Adair, CEO, Adair Investment, Broken Arrow; K.S. "Bud" Adams Jr., Houston Charities, Houston; Beverly Adkisson, president, Bank of America, Tahlequah; Betty Starr Barker, retired teacher, Stilwell; Charles "Chief" Boyd, Thalden-Boyd Architects, Oklahoma City; Bob Cunningham, retired business owner, Tahlequah; Patricia Edgar, retired from the Internal Revenue Service,, Atlanta; Meredith A. Frailey, Cherokee Nation Tribal Council, Locust Grove; Joe Grayson Jr., deputy chief, Cherokee Nation, Tahlequah; John Ketcher, retired, Former Cherokee Nation Tribal Council, Tahlequah; Barbara Starr Scott, Former Cherokee Nation Tribal Council, Jay; David Scott, community volunteer, Cherokee Nation, Stilwell; Chad Smith, principal chief, Cherokee Nation, Tahlequah; Gelvin Stevenson, writer and business consultant, Bronx, N.Y.; and Larry Wilson, deputy director, Oklahoma Tax Commission, Oklahoma City.

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