Jim Langdon will be speaker for the Tonkawa Historical Society meeting at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 19, in the Santa fe Depot. The museum will be open from 5-6:30 p.m. before the meeting.
Jim Langdon and his wife Juley Roffers are the owners of Langdon Publishing Company in Tulsa, a magazine publishing business that will celebrate its 35th anniversary in November.
Jim’s interest in publishing was a natural one since his parents, the late Gloria and Francis Langdon, were the publishers of The Tonkawa News for 43 years. An uncle, Ben Langdon, was the longtime publisher of The Mangum News & Star.
After graduating from the University of Oklahoma in 1974 with a degree in Journalism, Jim’s career has included working as an advertising representative on The Norman Transcript, as associate publisher of The Tonkawa News, as a fulltime visiting professor in the OU journalism school, as a manager of the Oklahoma Press Association; and as president of American Newspaper Representatives, an affiliate of the National Newspaper Association.
Jim and Juley started Langdon Publishing in 1986 to create TulsaPeople Magazine. TulsaPeople captures the spirit of Tulsa with award-winning stories, photography, design and community service. The magazine and its professionals have received 192 journalism awards since 2001 including three national awards. Langdon Publishing also publishes the award-winning Intermission Magazine each month for the Tulsa Performing Arts Center, the Tulsa Guest Guide and City Guide, VisionTulsa, Ovations!, the performing arts magazine for The McKnight Center at Oklahoma State University, and custom publications.
Jim is active in the Tulsa community and currently serves on the boards of Saint Simeon’s Episcopal Home, CityYear, OU-Tulsa, Tulsa Community College Foundation, and Young People Of The Next Generation. He is a past board chair of the Oklahoma Center for Community and Justice, and the Tulsa Executives Association.
He is a graduate of Leadership Tulsa and received LT’s highest honor, the Paragon Award, in 2007 for his volunteer service and leadership. He is a recipient of the Distinguished Alumni Award from the OU College of Journalism and has been named a Distinquished Graduate of Northern Oklahoma College and Tonkawa High School. He was inducted into the Oklahoma Journalism Hall Of Fame in 2006, joining other distinguished state journalists including his father.
Langdon served 10 years in the U.S. Army Reserves following ROTC commissioning at OU.
Juley and Jim have served as chairs or honorary chairs for fundraising events that have supported non-profit organizations including Street School,
