At OU he received the university’s highest academic rank, the David Ross Boyd Professor of Journalism chair. Hockman was inducted into the Oklahoma Higher Education Hall of Fame, the Oklahoma Journalism Hall of Fame, and the Oklahoma Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame. He also received the state’s Governor’s Arts In Education Award. At OU’s football stadium, a bronze plaque names the “photo deck” in Hockman’s honor. He retired from OU in 1987.
