Editing Alfalfa County, Oklahoma (section)

==Notable people born in Alfalfa County==
* [[R. Orin Cornett]] (1913 – 2002), physicist, was born in Driftwood. He earned a doctorate of physics and applied mathematics from the [[University of Texas]] in 1940, and invented the communication system for the hearing impaired known as [[Cued Speech]]. He taught at [[Oklahoma Baptist University]], [[Pennsylvania State University]], and [[Harvard University]]. He also served as a vice president at Oklahoma Baptist and as the Vice President of Long Range Planning for [[Gallaudet University]].<ref name="NCSA">{{cite web|title=Dr. R. Orin Cornett Biography|url=http://www.cuedspeech.org/dr-orin-cornett.php|website=NCSA|publisher=National Cued Speech Association|access-date=July 14, 2016|archive-date=August 21, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821035854/http://www.cuedspeech.org/dr-orin-cornett.php|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Physics">{{cite web|title=Department of Physics History|url=https://web2.ph.utexas.edu/utphysicshistory/UTexas_Physics_History/Painter_Bldg_Period_1934-72.html|website=University of Texas Physics History|publisher=University of Texas|access-date=July 14, 2016}}</ref>
* [[Beryl Clark]] (1917 – 2000), born in Cherokee. Clark was a [[American football|football]] player with the [[Oklahoma Sooners football|Oklahoma Sooners]] who was selected as a second-team [[Halfback (American football)|halfback]] on the [[1939 College Football All-America Team]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Kimbrough Named To INS All America Team|work=Port Arthur News|date=November 24, 1939}}</ref>  Clark was drafted by the [[Chicago Cardinals]] in the [[1940 NFL draft]] and played for the Cardinals during the 1940 NFL season.<ref>{{cite web|title=Beryl Clark|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=Pro-Football-Reference.com|access-date=July 17, 2016|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/C/ClarBe21.htm}}</ref>
* [[Harold Keith]] (1903 – 1998), born in Lambert.<ref name="nt15">{{cite web|url=http://www.normantranscript.com/news/local_news/norman-library-literary-landmark-ceremony-honors-harold-keith/article_2a27fffc-063e-5b63-b95e-3531aae928a7.html|title=Norman Library literary landmark ceremony honors Harold Keith|publisher=The Norman Transcript|date=May 1, 2015|access-date=July 15, 2016
}}</ref> He earned a master's degree in history and became the [[University of Oklahoma]]'s first sports publicist from 1930 to 1969.<ref name="sporthof">{{cite web|url=http://oksportshof.org/hall-of-fame-members/harold-keith/|title=Hall of Fame Members-Harold Keith|publisher=Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame|access-date=July 31, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150731043821/http://oksportshof.org/hall-of-fame-members/harold-keith/|archive-date=July 31, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>  He was awarded the 1958 [[Newbery Medal]] for his historical novel ''[[Rifles for Watie]]'', which is based on the interviews he did for his Master's thesis.<ref name="nt15"/>  Keith was a 1987 inductee into the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame (now a part of the [[Jim Thorpe Association]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://newsok.com/3-oklahomans-to-be-inducted-into-sports-hall/article/2201894|title=3 Oklahomans To Be Inducted Into Sports Hall|publisher=NewsOK.com|date=October 14, 1987}}</ref>
* [[Harold G. Kiner]] (1924 – 1944), was born in Aline. As a private in the US Army during [[World War II]], he received the U. S. military's highest decoration — the [[Medal of Honor]] — for his heroic actions.
* [[Wally Parks|Wallace "Wally" Parks]] (1913 – 2007) was born in Goltry. Parks was founder in 1951, chairman and president of the [[National Hot Rod Association]], better known as NHRA. It helped establish drag racing as a legitimate amateur and professional motorsport. In 1948, he was named editor of ''[[Hot Rod magazine]]''. Parks was inducted into the [[International Motorsports Hall of Fame]] in 1992 and the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 1993.<ref name="nytimes">{{cite news |last=Goldstein|first=Richard|title=Wally Parks, Drag Racing Pioneer, Dies at 94 |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE6DF163BF937A35753C1A9619C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=October 4, 2007}}</ref>