Search results for Laid   
Refine your search
Creator
uh - Houston History P... (13)

Date
December 18, 2006 (3)
September 30, 2000 (3)
August 13, 2002 (2)
August 5, 2002 (2)
August 6, 2002 (2)
Show more...

results 1-20 of 84 item(s)  page 1 of 5 : ( <<  1  2  3  4  5  >> ) :: previous : next
select all : clear all : add to favorites
 Image: Title: Description:
1. Dressel, Ronald Dressel, Ronald Dressel was raised on a sugar cane farm in Loreauville, LA. Started in the oil field in 1964 working for J&L Engineering, Big Mac Welding, and Avondale Ship yard. He opened his own welding business and...
2. Lucas, Ed and Lucas, Juliet Lucas, Ed and Lucas, Juliet Ed Lucas was born and raised in Texas. His father worked as a pump station operator for the Texas Pipeline. In 1943, at the age of 18, he was working as a welder in Houston when he went to work for Texas...
3. Marin, Rufus Marin, Rufus Rufus Marin was born in New Iberia, Louisiana, in 1921. His father worked as a ticket agent for the railroad before owning a grocery store and working as a salesman. His first job in the oil industry was...
4. Couvillon, John Couvillon, John Mr. John Couvillon was born in 1920 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. His father worked for Standard Oil of New Jersey (now Exxon) as a blacksmith. After graduating from LSU in 1942 with a degree in petroleum...
5. Robb, William Robb, William Captain Bill Robb grew up near a seaport in Scotland. He went to sea as an apprentice at age 16. When World War II broke out, he was thrust into the Merchant Marine, transporting cargo from Europe to the...
6. Robin, Russell Robin, Russell Russell Robin was born in 1931 in Breaux Bridge. At 17 he got a job on a dredging crew with McWilliams Company and five years later served in the Korean War for 2 years. He was discharged in 1954, came...
7. Gremillion, Ed Gremillion, Ed Born in 1930 in Port Arthur, Texas, Ed Gremillion was raised in Sunset, Louisiana. His father worked for Humble Pipeline and his mother was a cook. He went to Southwestern Louisiana Institute to study...
8. Williams, Dale Williams, Dale I stopped in at Willams Fabricators to find out more about the company and was able to arrange an interview with Dale Williams. We met in his office. Mr. Williams was born and raised in Fowl River, Alabama....
9. Evans, Orde Evans, Orde Orde Evans was born in 1922 in Basil, Louisiana. After WWII, he moved to Lafayette in 1947, to work in rig construction. In 1979, he started his own consulting and production company called Oracle, and...
10. Kumar, Anil Kumar, Anil
11. Kaigler, Kenneth Kaigler, Kenneth Born in 1929 in Weslaco, Texas, Mr. Kenneth Kaigler went into the military service after he graduated high school in 1946. He then went to Texas A&M University, where he graduated with a degree in petroleum...
12. Wilson, R. O. "Dick" Wilson, R. O. "Dick"
13. Alvarez, Gloria Alvarez, Gloria
14. Miller, Jim Miller, Jim Jim Miller was born in 1937 in Iowa and grew up in Missouri. The two degrees he earned in geology at the University of Missouri were broken up by a summer working for the California Company in Colorado...
15. Des Jacques, Jesse Des Jacques, Jesse Mr. Jesse des Jacques was born in 1934 in south Louisiana. His father was a truck driver. He joined the Navy in 1954 and when he got out in 1959, he went to work for Halliburton. He started out as a cook...
16. Holland, William "Bill" Holland, William "Bill" Victoria (Tory) Phaneuf had been referred to Mr. Holland by local residents who were aware that he was one of the last remaining wooden boat builders in Biloxi. She contacted him and asked if he would...
17. Ajgaonkar, Vijaya and Ajgaonkar, A.S. "Praful" Ajgaonkar, Vijaya and Ajgaonkar, A.S. "Praful" This interview includes several exchanges in Urdu/Hindi since Mrs. Ajgaonkar’s first language is Marathi. All such passages have been translated into English. The Ajgaonkars are from Mumbai, India. Praful...
18. Berard, Dailey Berard, Dailey Berard has been involved in the oil and gas industry for 50 years, working for and owning several companies, including most notably Unifab Fabricators (1980-2000). He was born and raised in the Atchafalaya...
19. Creswell, Tim Creswell, Tim Tim Creswell responded to the article in the Baton Rouge Advocate. Born and raised in Abbeville, he realized that the oil industry would be a good way to make money without going to school first. His first...
20. Geer, Ron Geer, Ron Mr. Ron Geer was born in West Palm Beach, FL in 1926 and received his B.S. in mechanical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1951. That year he began his 35-year career with Shell Oil...
select all : clear all : add to favorites
results 1-20 of 84 item(s)  page 1 of 5 : ( <<  1  2  3  4  5  >> ) :: previous : next