Alvin E.Reeves(1872- 1946) received the Pugsley Bronze Medal in 1938 for his work in developing the state parks system in Oklahoma. He was the director of the Division of State Parks in Oklahoma during its formative years. He was born in Pottsboro, Texas and in 1901 went to Oklahoma, where he was travelling salemans for 20 years fro Sanger Brothers. He has always been an ardent outdoor sportsman. He was appointed state game warden for the state of Oklahoma in 1924 and served fro two years. He assisted in preparing bills to set up a state park system that were introduced at several sessions of state legislature, but all failed to pass. In 1935, a bill was passed creating a Park Commission as a sub division of Fish and Game Commission which carried an approppriation of $25,000 to set up a state park system.
The small appropriation necessitated that these sites be less than 500 acres each. The small appropriation necessitated that these sites be secured by donation and Reeves was successful in acquiring approximately 13,000 acres through donation. Prior to the entactment of the State Parks Commission Law. Oklahoma had acquired with money appropriated from the general revenue fund 17,000 acres for a lake site known as Lake Murray. In 1933, the National Park Service began to develop this site into State Park under the sponsorship of the State Game and Fish Commission. This act provided broader provisions than were available under the original 1935 act in that it consolidated all the state's conservation agencies under one director. The Board named Reeves as its director.