MEMBER NEWS

Legacy Award Renamed Charles Gilmore Legacy Award

This award was created in recognition of the individuals who have been HBA members for at least 42 years. Since the Association was founded in 1942, we felt it appropriate to select 42 years as the milestone for this honor. The recognition award selected to commemorate the Legacy Member Award is a glass eagle.

Charles Gilmore joined the Association in 1957 when he was employed at Nuckolls Construction/ Royal Homes. He left that company in 1966 to join Jerry Wilson in founding Gilmore & Wilson Construction. Mr. Gilmore chaired the Parade of Homes in 1965, the Home and Garden Show in 1966 and 1967, and began service on the Board of Directors in 1962, a position he has held for 60 years. He served as the Association President in 1968 and the Oklahoma Home Builders Association President in 1984. Mr. Gilmore has served the National Home Builders Association in multiple capacities including the Budget Committee, Nominations Committee, and Executive Committee.

Charles Gilmore (center, left) pictured with award recipient Chuck Ramsey.

It will be difficult for any member to ever match the 65 years of membership, decades of engagement, or more than $100,000 in PAC and Charitable giving by Mr. Gilmore. With these incredible accomplishments, Charles Gilmore is THE statesman of the Tulsa Home Builders Association, and it gives me great pleasure to announce the naming of the HBA Legacy Award to the Charles Gilmore Legacy Award.