MICHEAL "MICKEY" PERRY

Michael "Mickey" Ray Perry was born in 1947, and graduated Foyil High School in 1965. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree from Northeastern State University in 1975. He joined the Claremore Police Department in 1969 and left in 1979 as a patrol captain. He joined the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics in 1979 and retired in 1989 as a field supervisor. In 1990, he became chief of police for the Claremore Police Department. He retired from that position in 2012. Perry was elected mayor of Claremore in April, 2012. According to the Claremore Progress, in 2013 Mayor Perry was named Claremore's "Progressive Citizen of the Year". In addition to 41 years of dedicated law enforcement service, he has been deeply involved in community service organizations. He has worked with and become president of the Share the Spirit Foundation for 25 years, which each year collects, organizes and delivers as many as 1,000 food baskets to the needy of Rogers County. He also oversees the fundraising for "Send a Kid to Camp," which has sent over 1,000 Rogers County children in need to camp to date as "a direct result of Mickey's efforts." Perry has served on numerous boards and committees at both the State and local level including, but not limited to, the Blue Ribbon Committee, State Drug and Alcohol Policy Board, Region 2 Oklahoma Homeland Security Council, OSBI Commission, Regional 911 Board, William W. Barnes Children's Advocacy Center, Tri-County CASA, Rogers County Youth Shelter, and the Emergency Medical Services Board. He and his wife Kathy have been married for 44 years.

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