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Lew O. Ward III Honored with 2009 MCEE Trailblazer Award
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Pictured with Ward from left to right, MCEE Dean Larry Grillot and Kim Hatfield, MCEE Board of Visitors Chair |
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On Nov. 13, Lew O. Ward III was honored with the Oklahoma Trailblazer Award at a dinner held in Oklahoma Memorial Union at the University of Oklahoma. Established in 2003, it is presented annually to honor the exceptional individuals in the energy industry who blaze a trail for others to follow. Ward, founder and chairman of Ward Petroleum, was joined by his wife, Myra, and family members. Myra, who was among the first cohort to attend the geology field camp, also was recognized for being a trailblazer when she was presented with an engraved rock hammer by CPGG director, R. Douglas Elmore. The event was sponsored by Crawley Petroleum, Panhandle Oil and Gas, Inc.; Vanco Energy Company; Legends Exploration--J. Denny and Dixie Bartell; Doug and Peggy Cummings; Harold Hamm; Donald G. and Jo Spindler and OU's Office of University Development. Hosts for the evening were the Mewbourne College of Earth and Energy; the Mewbourne School of Petroleum and Geological Engineering; the ConocoPhillips School of Geology and Geophysics and the Oklahoma Geological Survey. |
Alumni Reunion 2009
On Oct. 30, the college hosted a reunion reception, in conjunction with OU's homecoming weekend activities, for the graduating classes of '54, '55, '59, '60, '64 and '65. Guests were given tours of the college's renovated labs and classrooms in Sarkeys Energy Center, where the event was held.
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Alumni ClassNotes
George Allman (MPGE, BS '42), is an independent petroleum and consulting engineer in Houston, Texas. Allman, who turns 90 in 2010, is still active in his company, George Allman Jr., PE. He reported for active army duty on the day of graduation and spent three years in the Aleutian Islands, returning in 1945. He remained active in the reserves and retired as a full colonel in 1976. During the 30-year span, Allman taught during the summers at Ordnance Mechanical Maintenance School in Aberdeen, MD, for 15 years, worked for Begar Petroleum, Texaco and Texas Commerce Branch (now Chase), where he instituted the asset management program. Allman has four children, seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Robert Ernest Klabzuba (CPGG, BS '40), died Nov. 20 in Ft. Worth, Texas. An alumnus of the ConocoPhillips School of Geology and Geophysics, he graduated with a bachelor's degree in petroleum geology in 1940. Through the generous support of Klabzuba and his wife, Doris, two endowed chairs have been named in their honor. The Joe and Robert Klabzuba Chair in Geology and Geophysics, named for Robert and his brother, Joe, who also graduated with a geology degree in 1936, is currently held by R. Paul Philp. The Robert E. and Doris Klabzuba Chair of Geology and Geophysics was previously held by CPGG Director, R. Douglas Elmore, from 1992 to 2006. Klabzuba founded Klabzuba Oil & Gas, Inc., in 1968. At the time of his death, he was chairman of the company. He is survived by his wife, four children, eight grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren.
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