Anna Lee Brosius was born in Missouri and, at age 22, married Frank N. Korn and moved to El Reno, Oklahoma. She established a remarkable record in club and association activities, organizing several devoted wholly to heritage pursuits. Mrs. Korn was a writer and much of her press and poetry was published. In 1921, the Oklahoma Legislature passed an act authored by Mrs. Korn to establish November 16th as “Oklahoma Day.” Her greatest accomplishment was the creation of the Oklahoma Memorial Association and the Oklahoma Hall of Fame in 1927 (the Oklahoma Memorial Association changed its name to the Oklahoma Heritage Association in 1971, and since 2015 is simply known as the Oklahoma Hall of Fame). The purpose of creating the Oklahoma Hall of Fame was to show appreciation and honor people who had given outstanding service to Oklahoma during their lifetime and to provide educational programming to Oklahoma students. She served on the board for over forty years. The Oklahoma Heritage House was opened in the former Hefner Mansion in 1972, it was the first home for the organization and included the offices, its related collections, artifacts, and research, until the Edward L. Gaylord - T. Boone Pickens Museum, home of the Oklahoma Hall of Fame opened in 2007.