Office of the City Manager

Before 1927, the Oklahoma City government was managed by Commissions, each with its own focused tasks. Changes to the City Charter by a vote of the people on Nov. 2, 1926(PDF, 1MB), created the position of City Manager.

OKLAHOMA CITY'S CITY MANAGERS
Name	Took Office On	Left Office On
Edmond M. Fry	April 14, 1927	April 14, 1931
L.D. Abney	April 14, 1931	April 21, 1931
John L. McClelland	April 22, 1931	August 1, 1931
A.R. Losh	August 6, 1931	December 1, 1931
Albert McRill	December 1, 1931	June 13, 1933
W.A. Quinn	June 13, 1933	August 1, 1933
Orval M. Mosier	August 2, 1933	January 1, 1937
F.G. Baker (acting)	January 1, 1937	April 14, 1937
W.A. Quinn	April 14, 1937	February 11, 1941
H.E. Bailey	February 11, 1941	February 1, 1944
F.G. Baker (acting)	February 1, 1944	February 21, 1944
C. F. Aurand	February 21, 1944	August 15, 1946
William Gill, Jr.	August 15, 1946	January 3, 1950
A.L. Jeffrey (acting)	January 3, 1950	February 1, 1950
Ross Taylor	February 1, 1950	January 11, 1955
Earle M. Simon (acting)	January 11, 1955	February 1, 1955
William Gill, Jr.	February 1, 1955	June 1, 1957
Sheldon Stirling	June 1, 1957	June 20, 1961
R.T. Luttrell (acting)	June 21, 1961	September 19, 1961
R.T. Luttrell	September 19, 1961	July 1, 1963
Robert M. Tinstman	July 1, 1963	September 1, 1967
Roy Semtner (mgr. pro tem)	September 1, 1967	September 25, 1967
Robert H. Oldland	September 25, 1967	March 1, 1971
Nate Ross	March 1, 1971	July 24, 1973
Pat Painter	July 24, 1973	January 2, 1974
Howard McMahan	January 3, 1974	February 26, 1976
Jim Cook	March 2, 1976	November 30, 1981
Scott Johnson	November 30, 1981	February 21, 1986
Donald D. Bown (interim)	February 21, 1986	September 15, 1986
Terry L. Childers	September 15, 1986	July 18, 1989
Paula Hearn	July 18, 1989	January 18, 1991
Thomas P. Hurley (interim)	January 18, 1991	February 19, 1991
Donald D. Bown	February 19, 1991	January 8, 1998
Glenn E. Deck	January 8, 1998	November 9, 2000
James D. Couch	November 9, 2000	January 2, 2019
Craig Freeman	January 2, 2019