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In 1973, O'Neal received the first annual "Excellent Teacher" award at Panola College. In 1987, he was named "Alumnus of the Year" by both Navarro College and Texas A&M University-Commerce. He was "Panola County Citizen of the Year" in 1988. In 2000, he was awarded Minnie Stevens Piper Professorship, and he remains the only Panola College faculty member ever to receive a Piper Professorship.<ref name=autogenerated2 />
In 1973, O'Neal received the first annual "Excellent Teacher" award at Panola College. In 1987, he was named "Alumnus of the Year" by both Navarro College and Texas A&M University-Commerce. He was "Panola County Citizen of the Year" in 1988. In 2000, he was awarded Minnie Stevens Piper Professorship, and he remains the only Panola College faculty member ever to receive a Piper Professorship.<ref name=autogenerated2 />
O'Neal has been cited for his "meticulous research" by ''The Western Historical Quarterly,'' published by [[Utah State University]] at Logan, [[Utah]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.historycooperative.org/cgi-bin/justtop.cgi?act=justtop&url=http://www.historycooperative.org/journals/whq/36.4/br_34.html |title=Book Review |work=''The Western Historical Quarterly,'' 36.4 |publisher=The History Cooperative}}</ref>
O'Neal has been cited for his "meticulous research" by ''The Western Historical Quarterly,'' published by [[Utah State University]] at Logan, [[Utah]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.historycooperative.org/cgi-bin/justtop.cgi?act=justtop&url=http://www.historycooperative.org/journals/whq/36.4/br_34.html |title=Book Review |work=''The Western Historical Quarterly,'' 36.4 |publisher=The History Cooperative}}</ref>
In 2005, O'Neal received the National Association of Outlaw and Lawmen Association (NOLA) award for his ''The Johnson County War'', a study of the 1892 struggle between small farmers and wealthy ranchers in Johnson County in northern [[Wyoming]].
In 2005, O'Neal received the National Association of Outlaw and Lawmen Association (NOLA) award for his ''The Johnson County War'', a study of the 1892 struggle between small farmers and wealthy ranchers in Johnson County in northern [[Wyoming]].
In 2007, he was named the "Best Living Non-Fiction Writer" by ''True West Magazine.''
In 2007, he was named the "Best Living Non-Fiction Writer" by ''True West Magazine.''
O'Neal is a former Texas state historian, a position to which he was appointed in 2012 by [[Governor]] [[Rick Perry]]. He spoke at a public forum on March 24, 2013, at the Bob Bullock Texas History Museum in [[Austin]] on the topic, "The Leadership Roles of Sam Houston."<ref>West Texas Historical Association newsletter, March 20, 2013.</ref>
O'Neal is a former Texas state historian, a position to which he was appointed in 2012 by [[Governor]] [[Rick Perry]]. He spoke at a public forum on March 24, 2013, at the Bob Bullock Texas History Museum in [[Austin]] on the topic, "The Leadership Roles of Sam Houston."<ref>West Texas Historical Association newsletter, March 20, 2013.</ref>
On August 10, 2013, O'Neal addressed the summer advanced degree commencement at his ''alma mater'', Texas A&M at Commerce; university president Dr. Dan Jones presented him with an honorary doctor of letters degree. The Bill O'Neal Hall, a new dormitory at Panola College, is named in his honor.<ref>Tai Kreidler, "Texas State Historian Awarded Honorary Doctor of Letters and Dormitory Named in His Honor," West Texas Historial Association newsletter, August 19, 2013.</ref>
On August 10, 2013, O'Neal addressed the summer advanced degree commencement at his ''alma mater'', Texas A&M at Commerce; university president Dr. Dan Jones presented him with an honorary doctor of letters degree. The Bill O'Neal Hall, a new dormitory at Panola College, is named in his honor.<ref>Tai Kreidler, "Texas State Historian Awarded Honorary Doctor of Letters and Dormitory Named in His Honor," West Texas Historial Association newsletter, August 19, 2013.</ref>