D.J. Nabors College Forensics Coach Award

Dr. Nabors - an honorary Permanent Member of OSTCA - for decades conducted a college level speech tournament at East Central State. He started teaching speech at Sasawaka High School in 1927. As a participant in Oklahoma State Teachers Conventions in 1928-30 he was a founder of what became our OSA. He served Pi Kappa Delta as its national secretary treasurer for a ten year period. After returning to Oklahoma in 1937, Dr. Nabors was East Central’s first communication department chair and attended every speech association meeting until his retirement in 1972.