as a licensed symbol. In more recent years, the University of Wyoming and New Mexico State University began using variations of OSU's artwork as logos for their schools. To this day, his likeness is a visible reminder of the Old West to literally millions of people yearly as a symbol of colleges whose mascots pay homage to the cowboy. NMSU recently updated their logo design which is distinct from the OSU logo of Pistol Pete. Director's Award On March 15, 1997, the National Cowboy Hall of Fame posthumously honored Frank Eaton with the Director's Award. Eaton's youngest daughter Elizabeth Wise, together with Oklahoma State University President James Halligan, accepted the award for Eaton. On April 9, 2022, Frank Eaton was posthumously inducted by the National Cowboy Western Heritage Center and Museum in Oklahoma City into the Hall of Great Westerners. The award was accepted by three of Eaton's grandchildren, (Elizabeth Wise's children), William Wise, Dinah Wagner and Harvey Wise. Sharing the stage with them were 27 former Oklahoma State University Pistol Pete mascots. See also Pistol Pete (mascot) References Notes External links Frank Eaton Collection OSU Library Special Collections and University Archives Frank Eaton Historic Home Oklahoma Territorial Plaza Trust Pistol Pete Interview Series Oklahoma Oral History Research Program 1860 births 1958 deaths 19th-century American writers 20th-century American writers Writers from Hartford, Connecticut People from Douglas County, Kansas People from Perkins, Oklahoma American folklore Cowboys Oklahoma sheriffs American town marshals Writers from Oklahoma Lawmen of the American Old West American cattlemen American blacksmiths