active role in issues affecting young people, serving as honorary chair for the Conference on Teen Pregnancy, Youth Arts Month and the Oklahoma Parents and Teachers Association. She is a former trustee for the Sarkey's Foundation. Government service Governor of Oklahoma George Nigh appointed Jayroe to the Oklahoma Commission on the Status of Women. Governor David Walters appointed her to the Oklahoma Board on Legislative Compensation. Other honors Jayroe Gamble was inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame in the state centennial year. A street in her childhood hometown of Laverne, Oklahoma was renamed in her honor. Keating Administration Following his reelection as governor, Frank Keating appointed Jayroe as his Secretary of Tourism and Recreation. In addition to her service as tourism secretary, Keating appointed Jayroe to serve as the Director of the Oklahoma Department of Tourism and Recreation. Literary work Jayroe is the author of several articles appearing in McCall's and other publications, such as Out of the Blue, Delight Comes Into Your Life and Chicken Soup for the Mother's Soul. She was producer for "Daily Devotionals," a set of audiocassettes by area ministers and laypeople, and recently created a seminar for women titled "Living Grace-fully." Her most current publications include More Grace Than Glamour: My Life as Miss America and Beyond, and Oklahoma 3, a book published for the Centennial year of Oklahoma’s statehood and portraying the diversity of the state. Personal life She currently resides with her husband, Gerald Gamble, in Oklahoma City. She has one son, Tyler Jayroe (born 1976). References External links Jane Jayroe Official Website 1947 births Living people Heads of Oklahoma state agencies Miss America 1960s delegates Miss America Preliminary Talent winners Miss America winners Television anchors from Oklahoma City Oklahoma City University alumni People from Clinton, Oklahoma People from Harper County, Oklahoma Writers from Oklahoma City People from Washita County, Oklahoma State cabinet secretaries of Oklahoma Women in Oklahoma politics Politicians from Oklahoma City American women television journalists 20th-century American people Beauty queen-politicians 21st-century American women