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I
was born September 17, 1935 in Weiser, Idaho and raised
in Huntington, Oregon. I graduated from Oregon State University
in 1958 with a B. S. in Geology and with a M. S. degree
in Geology in 1960. I received my Ph. D. degree in Geology
form Indiana University in 1963 and joined Humble Oil’s
Exploration research lab in Houston that same year. Humble’s
lab was merged with the Standard Oil of Jersey Research
lab in 1966 to become Exxon Production Research company.
From 1963 to 1968, I worked in the areas of carbonate
petrography and sedimentology, including having responsibility
for conducting Exxon’s Modern Carbonate School in
the Bahamas and Florida Keys. From 1968 to 1972, I was
transferred into the Geophysical Division as a seismic
stratigrapher and, later project leader, in Pete Vail’s
highly successful seismic stratigraphy group. In 1972,
I transferred to P. T. Stanvac Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
first as a geophysical interpreter and, then, as the geologic
manager. In 1974, I moved to Singapore and, then, Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia as geophysical manager and, then, exploration
manager for Esso Production Malaysia Inc. and participated
in Esso’s very successful exploration programs in
the Malaysian concessions. In 1983, I was geophysical
manager for Esso Exploration’s Europe-Africa Group
in Walton-on-Thames, England and, then, geological manager
fro that Group in Houston, Texas following the closing
of the Walton –on-Thames office. From 1984 till
1990, I worked as a petroleum scientist for the Exploration
Technical Assessment Group, a small group which reported
directly to Exxon Corporation’s Board of Directors
providing independent recommendations on all of Exxon’s
significant exploration programs and acquisitions world-wide.
From 1990 till my retirement in 1996, I was manager of
the Frontier Exploration Group in Exxon Exploration Company’s
Far-East Division. Since my retirement, I have done some
consulting, but mostly have used my time for family, golf,
travel and fishing.
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