Future Meetings; Previous Meetings; . Gold was an intriguing figure. Boswell Interests, Ltd. Secretary and Class B DirectorPatricia Dean Boswell McCall attended SMU and graduated from TCU with a major in education and a minor in speech therapy. Mr. Mitchell had previously served as Senior Vice President and Managing Director of Syndications and Private Placements for the Southern Region of Bank One Capital Markets, Inc. Mr. Mitchell joined MBank Dallas (formerly Mercantile National Bank of Dallas) in 1984. All rights [email protected]. Rather he was at the center of a major corporate effort, involving many of Americas largest institutions. One longtime buddy of his and of Poppy Bushs, offshore drilling expert George Kitchel, would tell the FBI in 1964 that de Mohrenschildt counted among his good friends the oil tycoons Clint Murchison, H. L. Hunt, John Mecom, and Sid Richardson. He joined all the anti-Communist groups as well as Neil Mallons Dallas Council of World Affairs. Audit Committee Chair and Member of the Board of Directors Central Energy Partners, L. P. Dec 2013 . During his 35-year career in the oil and gas industry, Mr. Porter has been involved in the financing, acquisition or sale of over $3 billion of oil and gas properties. Copyright 2022 Burnett Companies United. Born in Toledo, Ohio All rights reserved. Most of these traditions have survived to this day. The chief of the task force was Tracy Barnes, a Yale graduate and Dulless wartime OSS comrade who was related to the Rockefeller clan by marriage. The program is laced with traditions handed down from the organizations founders and from those all who followed. He is a former President and current member of the Dallas Petroleum Club and the Dallas Wildcat Committee and a member of the World . Ron previously served in senior executive roles at Nike and Kimberly-Clark Corporation. Ron alsoserves on the governing boards of A.H. Belo Corporation, Cornell University, the Harvard Law School, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Jazz Artists of Charleston, the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, and a presidential appointee confirmed by the Senate. Mitchell received his BBA from the University of Texas at Austin with dual majors in Finance and Petroleum Land Management. Many of the figures involved in those two entities also showed up on the boards of other influential local groups. Westerman has served on the Board of Directors of J-W Energy Company since 1996. Like George, Jeanne was Russian, and she had come to the United States and settled in New York City in the same year he did. The roots of Crusade for Freedom date to 1949. Ron McCray is a seasoned corporate director, chief executive and investor. He is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and is a minority owner of the Boston Celtics NBA franchise. Barnes spoke at length on the objectives. Russ Baker is Editor-in-Chief of WhoWhatWhy. Poppy Bush was working there in his role as a trainee for Neil Mallons Dresser Industries. In the ensuing years, George de Mohrenschildt bounced frenetically around every corner of the burgeoning energy landscape. During the 1950s, as petroleum reserves in the Southwest declined, oilmen there were looking to the southern hemisphere for new opportunities. In addition to serving on the Board of Directors for EnLink, Davis is a Trustee of Texas Christian University (TCU) and a board member of the Kirby Corp. and several other civic and nonprofit organizations. Iran Hostages, Carter, Reagan, and Bush: What the NY Times, Watergate and the Downing of Nixon, Part 1, Watergate Still Holds Secrets, Even After 50 Years, Bush and the JFK Hit, Part 6: The Cold War Comes to Dallas. The government also imposed a 60 percent royalty on oil production, believed to be the highest anywhere. Other Commission testimony revealed that in the couple of years prior to the Kennedy assassination, de Mohrenschildt had traveled frequently from Dallas to Houston, where he visited with figures such as George Brown of Brown and Root, the construction and military contracting giant that helped launch LBJs career, and Jean de Menil of Schlumberger, the huge oil services firm. PAST PRESIDENT. 1992-Present Milagro Resources, L.P. (Midland, Texas) Founder and President To register for this event, please click here. Anne also serves on the non-profit boards of DFW Teach for America and Lone Star Big Brothers Big Sisters. He is also a member of TIPRO and the Board of Directors of the Dallas Wildcat Committee. But the CVOVT was about a lot more than just Cuba. The club, which occupies the 39th and 40th floors of Chase Tower in downtown Dallas, was established in 1934, in the era of the wildcatter, when oilmen such as H.L. This is in addition to the original agreement covering12,000,000 acres. The club, which occupies the 39th and 40th floors of Chase Tower in downtown Dallas, was established in 1934, in the era of the wildcatter, when oilmen such as H.L. Barnes had received propaganda support from David Atlee Phillips and E. Howard Hunt, including the distribution of faked photographs purporting to show the mutilated bodies of Arbenz opponents. Pat and her husband Clyde S. McCall, Jr. are both Explorer Members of TIPRO. You wontfind the shares quoted on the American Stock Exchange, because thisstock was de-listed from that exchange, as of Dec. 1, 1960. Meanwhile, a vastly more ambitious enterprise was afoot in Dallas, where Mallon relocated Dresser Industries in 1950. Mr. McDaniel is a member of the Dallas Wildcat Committee, as well as The Dallas Petroleum Club where he serves on the Board of Directors. Anne Raymond is the former President of Crow Holdings Capital Partners, an investment management business serving global clients in the private equity real estate business and investment advisory business. Jeanne had been born Eugenia Fomenko in 1914 in Harbin, China, near the Russian border, to Russian parents. The McDaniel Companys personnel is knowledgeable, experienced and prepared to meet the needs of our clients. Mr. Porter and his wife,Gayle, are co-founders of the Four P Foundation, established in 2008, to benefit both local and international charities in the areas of health and education. Kimi has over 20 years experience in Human Resources, office management and business ownership across multiple industries. Board of Directors. These oil field professionals found the frequency of AIME meetings insufficient to meet their needs for interchange of technical information and personal interaction. The article cited petroleum industry sources speculating that nationalization of the refining industry was soon to come. He started and ran a baffling array of companies, which tended to change names frequently. Mr. Finks currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Petroleum Club of Fort Worth. Her first job there was as a designer with Nardis Sportswear, which was owned by Bernard L. Benny Gold, a tough-talking Russian-born Jew who had started out as a Brooklyn cabdriver and ended up as a titan of the Dallas fashion scene. John Barr III. (The excerpts in Part 6 come from Chapter 5 of the book, and the titles and subtitles have been changed for this publication.). Empire entrusted its affairs in Texas to Baker Botts, the law firm of James Bakers family. Her familys business (involved in oil and gas, ranching and real estate) was started in the late 60s by her deceased husband, Bruce Boswell, and is run primarily by her son, John, though she and her daughters are active participants in the Partnership, with Pat serving as secretary and treasurer. These claims were now limited to twenty thousand acres, a major setback for companies such as CVOVT, with its fifteen million acres. She currently serves as secretary of the Board of Directors of TIPRO and is a former recipient of the prestigious Mr. While Jeanne designed clothing, her coworker Abraham Zapruder cut the patterns and material. Use tab to navigate through the menu items. Dallas Petroleum Club; Dallas, Texas. Crichton, who had been hired soon after leaving the military in 1946 by oil industry wunderkind Everett DeGolyer, quickly became a go-to guy for numerous powerful interests seeking a foothold in the energy arena. In addition, he served on the Board of Directors of ES Xplore, LLC, a privately-held company that has developed electro-seismic technology that directly detects producible hydrocarbons from oil & gas reservoirs. He created the Cuban Task force, with teams in charge of clandestine operations, psychological warfare, and economic and diplomatic pressure. All rights reserved. Prior to EnCap Advisors, Mr. Mitchell was Senior Vice President and Managing Director of Bank One Corp.s North American Independents Group, which focused on the E&P sector of the oil and gas industry. The trouble is spelled C-a-s-t-r-o. Resident of Midland, Texas for 16 years, Professional and Honorary Societies 1992-Present The McDaniel Company, Inc. (Dallas, Texas) Vice President In 1951, Mallon launched the Dallas Council on World Affairs. Ms. Raymond will share her journey with us providing insights about deal making, real estate, capital raising, the inevitable cycles, company culture and her experiences as the only woman in the room. Mr. Michael E. Montgomery is Senior Geologist at Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines Pty Ltd., Chairman, President, Chief Executive Officer at Trek Resources, Inc., President at Montgomery Petroleum, Inc. and a Member at Australasian Institute of Mining & Metallurgy. Please click here to donate; its tax deductible. Backed by Secretary of State Dean Acheson (Yale 43, Scroll and Key), this group spawned a subsidiary, the Crusade for Freedom, with General Lucius Clay, which proceeded to launch a series of gigantic annual fund-raising campaigns. In 1995, the average age of DPC members was 67. In 1950, together with Poppy Bushs old friend and former roommate Eddie Hooker, he launched a modest oil investment firm, Hooker and de Mohrenschildt, with offices in New York, Denver, and Abilene. At this time West Texas was the center of a new boom. When: Dallas Petroleum Club Board of Directors Institute of Certified Management Accountants . [box]WhoWhatWhy plans to continue doing this kind of groundbreaking original reporting. Mr. Porter is the founder, President and principal shareholder of Four P Investments, Inc., an oil & gas company established in 1996 that currently has interests in approximately 400 producing properties in five states. Sabotage, one of many OSS skills passed on to the CIA. . On November 22, 1959, the New York Times reported that the new Cuban government had approved a law that would reduce the size of claims for oil exploration and halt large-scale explorations by private companies. In the midst of the East Texas oil boom, born in 1930 when Columbus Marion Dad Joiner struck oil about 120 miles east of Dallas, the city was becoming the financial center for the industry in Texas, and the Petroleum Club would become the exclusive meeting place for those larger-than-life men. In 1953 Jeanne and Robert joined the Russian elites move to Dallas. Prior to joining BSA in 2003, Nathan served as Manager of Risk Operations at Capital One Financial. Empire Trusts John Loeb had a network of associates that amounted to something very like a private CIA, wrote Stephen Birmingham in Our Crowd: The Great Jewish Families of New York. Clyde has held the office of Secretary of the TIPRO Board of Directors, while Pat has been vice-president of the then Region IV (Dallas/Fort Worth). SIPES Foundation Board of Directors 2003-07, Member St. Anns Catholic Church and production. and the assassination? Outside of the industry he has served on The University of Texas Presidents Associates, Baylor Bethesda Board of Directors, Caduceus Society Baylor Health Care System, and the Presidents Council at Dallas Theological Seminary. Our people and their commitment to hands-on customer service are the backbone of the company and instrumental in our continued success. Ron graduated from Cornell University, where he earned a varsity letter and set school and meet records in track and field, led student organizations, was named to Dean's Lists and, during his junior and senior years, to honor societies. In a 2001 oral history, Crichton volunteered that he was a friend of George de Mohrenschildts: I liked George. On behalf of prominent interests, he was involved with George de Mohrenschildt in his oil exploration venture in pre-Castro Cuba. Supporting sound, science-based energy policies at all levels of government, Providing relevant programs to network, learn and engage, Regular communication with members, legislators and the media on priority issues facing Texas oil and gas industry, Supporting the next generation of oil and natural gas industry professionals, Providing data, research and analysis on the oil and natural gas industry to help educate elected officials and the general public. I remember growing up, and especially when I was in high school and college, having lunch at the Petroleum Club with my dad [Jack Vaughn Sr.] says Robie Vaughn, owner of Vaughn Petro LLC. Westerman has served on the Board of Directors of J-W Energy Company since 1996. Dallas, Texas 75201. Charles Ramsey served as a Director of Parker & Parsley from October 1991 until August 1997. Senator Herbert Lehman of New York, son of a founder of Lehman Brothers, together with a group of associates established the National Committee for a Free Europe Inc. Kyle Burnett serves as Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, and President of Burnett United Companies. Clyde has held the office of Secretary of the TIPRO Board of Directors, while Pat has been vice-president of the then Region IV (Dallas/Fort Worth). Inheriting some of the entrepreneurial talent from his father Guy A. McDaniel, Mr. McDaniel remains flexible to meet the ever changing landscape of the oil & gas industry. According to its filings, it was formed in Havana in 1950 to assure continuity of management and stability of policy for shareholders of twenty-four oil companies in South America. That is, it was some kind of holding company with a focus on stability in Latin American countries, which could reasonably be assumed to refer to creating conditions of political stability favorable to the exploration activities. In that role, he led the strategic transformation of the company to industry leading revenue growth, margin expansion and profitability. At the same time, what looks to have been intelligence operations under oil industry cover were moving into position, as Poppy Bush began moving his rigs to Howard Hughess Cay Sal Bank in the Bahamas. She began her career in Employee Benefits at the Fox Photo Corporation in San Antonio. Copyright Dallas Business Club, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. The Petroleum Engineers Club of Dallas (PECD) was founded late in 1940 by a group of professionals who were at that time local members of the Petroleum Division, American Institute of Mining Engineers. [email protected] PUBLICATIONS DIRECTOR. Membership, still by invitation only, has broadened. One of Dulless top three aides, the covert operations chief Richard M. Bissell (Yale 32), was made director. Hunt, Algur Meadows, Clint Murchison Sr., and Grady H. Vaughn Sr. were making history. . Raigorodsky was a director of the Tolstoy Foundation, a U.S. government-funded organization that assisted Russian exiles. George de Mohrenschildt developed ties with the most important of them. Mr. Porter is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers, the Dallas Petroleum Club, where he has served on the Board of Directors, Sigma Iota Epsilon, a national management honor society, and is a life member of the Dallas Safari Club. Parker Maxwell. Until the mid-1980s, membership in the Petroleum Club was limited to white men, and women had a separate dining room. A bond was forged by a likeminded group in a casual and lighthearted fraternity type atmosphere where information and good humor could be shared. He is also a member of RLJ Equity Partners, a middle market private equity firm. One of the first events it funded was a nationwide radio address by General Dwight D. Eisenhower, urging Americans to support it. Escalantes assertion cannot be easily dismissed: Crichtons role in covert operations, about which extensive new information is provided in chapter 7, was little understood at the time Escalante published his memoirs. Trammell Crow gave the club a $2 million finish-out allowance and guest lease, Parchment says. AAPG; SPWLA, President San Antonio Chapter To me, it was always a father-and-son deal. June 01, 2022 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM. Source: Pioneer Natural Resources Company on 07/10/2018 Sign up for Equilar ExecAtlas and view Timothy L. Dove's full profile. In March 1960, the Eisenhower administration signed off on a plan to equip and train Cuban exiles, and drills soon began in Florida and Guatemala. This stock was listed on the American Stock Exchange but Inever see it quoted there any more. TIPRO award. The story is a real-life thriller. She is an avid tennis player and long-time Denton County Master Gardener. The once-strict formal dress code has been relaxed to business casual. Miami University of Ohio 1981 A.B. Oversaw company processes related to accounting, treasury, tax, insurance, and human resources. James lives in Plano with his wife and four children. President. At that time, Dallas was still a relatively modest-size city, but growing rapidly. Up until the mid-1980s, membership in the Petroleum Club was limited to white men, and women had a separate dining room. Wes Shepherd. Kade McDonald. He currently serves on the Board of Trustees and Investment Committee of Woodberry Forest School in Virginia. Whats the trouble? From 2000 to 2017, she also served as Managing Director of Crow Holdings. James has continued to expand his network by being active in the American Association of Petroleum Landmen, Dallas Association of Professional Landmen and Oklahoma City Association of Professional Landmen, among others. A short item in the New York Times of May 14, 1956, noted: Election of Charles Leslie Rice, a vice president of the Empire Trust Companyof New York, as a voting trustee of the Cuban-Venezuelan Oil Voting Trust,was announced over the week-end. Meanwhile, George de Mohrenschildt, thrice-married bon vivant, finally met his match, literally and figuratively in 1957 when he became involved with Jeanne LeGon, who would become his fourth wife. Then he moved to Dallas, where he became the bookkeeper for Lewis W. MacNaughton, a partner in the highly influential petroleum geology consulting firm DeGolyer and MacNaughton and a board member of Dresser Industries. On the day of Kennedys assassination, as will be elaborated upon in chapter 7, he would arrange for a member of the Dallas Russian community to rush to Marina Oswalds side and provide translations for investigators which were far from literal translations of her Russian words and had the effect of implicating her husband in Kennedys death. 8:00 AM-4:00 PM. For Part 1, please go here; Part 2, here; Part 3, here; Part 4, here; Part 5, here;Part 6, here; Part 7, here; Part 8, here; Part 9, here; Part 10, here. Note: Although these excerpts do not contain footnotes, the book itself is heavily footnoted and exhaustively sourced. He currently chairs the Finance Committee and serves on the Church Council of Highland Park United Methodist Church in Dallas, Texas. More than a decade earlier, Barness first CIA job had been as deputy director of the Psychological Strategy Board, a little-known entity that explored everything from the use of psychotropic drugs as truth serum to the possibility of engineering unwitting assassins, i.e., Manchurian candidates. Like all foreign businesses operating in Cuba, it had to work through the dictators American intermediaries, notably the mobster Meyer Lansky, who was de facto representative of American interests on the island. During his tenure at FBR, Mr. Mitchell completed sell side and buy side M&A assignments with an aggregate transaction value exceeding $900 million. LUNCH SERVICE Monday-Friday 11:00 AM-2:00 . Phillips and Hunt would be hounded by allegations that they had been present in Dallas on November 22, 1963. Standard Oil of New Jersey had, according to the article, invested thirty-five million dollars in a Cuban refinery, and other companies had invested comparable sums. Fomenko had needed scouts and informants to keep him up-to-date about his competitors and about regional intrigues. With 150+ years of combined experience in the domestic oil & gas industry. Ste 1900 Dallas TX 75219 He employed people who would prove to have tantalizing connections. Empire worked hard to protect its foreign investments and especially its stake in the defense contractor General Dynamics. Another member was D. Harold Byrd, who owned the building in downtown Dallas that would become known as the Texas School Book Depository. But those days are gone. Twenty-one years later, in 1986, the club struck a deal with Trammell Crow to move to the 39th and 40th floors of his newly constructed Texas Commerce Tower at 2200 Ross Avenue (now called Chase Tower). Mr. Burnett also serves as Chairman of Burnett Petroleum Company, Magnolia Petroleum Company and Talco Oil Company. LinkedIn During her tenure, she reactivated the monthly TIPRO Tuesday Luncheons. Read More He has worked for Mobil Oil Co., two independent exploration and production companies in Dallas and has served as Vice President for Wells Fargo Bank, Union Bank of California and Compass Bank, as either an appraisal engineer or lending officer. 3811 Turtle Creek Blvd. Besides Rice, another Empire Trust director was Lewis MacNaughton, a Dresser Industries board member from 1959 to 1967. In 1950, an addition was built onto the Baker Hotel, and the club moved back there in 1952. 1990-92 Forte Energy Corp. (Houston, Texas) Co-Founder But the role of the Dallas Petroleum Club hasnt changed, he says: It is the same as when it was incorporated in 1934providing the Dallas oil and gas community a stimulating atmosphere where members conduct business, gather socially, and expand culturally., 750 North St.Paul St. .hidden_cal{display:none;}, Dallas Petroleum Club 2200 Ross Ave. Dallas, TX 75201. Prescott Bush noted in a letter around this time that Mallon was well known to Allen Dulles, and has tried to be helpful to him in the CIA, especially in the procurement of individuals to serve in that important agency.. More than a decade earlier, Barnes's first CIA job had been as deputy director of the Psychological Strategy Board, a . June Board Meeting. Yet in 1964, after two and a half days of testimony by George de Mohrenschildt and his wife Jeanne, the Commission would conclude that George was essentially an eccentric if well-connected figure whose life encompassed a series of strange coincidences. During her tenure, she reactivated the monthly TIPRO Tuesday Luncheons. Board of Directors; History; By-Laws; Contact Us; Donate; Meeting Information. In her spare time, Olivia enjoys kayaking, yoga, and hiking with her pups. Perhaps the most curious of the Empire Trust figures was Jack Crichton, a longtime company vice president who joined Empire in August 1953 and remained through 1962. He crossed a river into Finland in the middle of the night and traveled to New York, where he went to work for the Rockefellers Chase Bank. Location:Dallas Petroleum Club,2200 Ross Ave.,Dallas, TX 75201, Registration:Special member pricing for DBC members: $45. Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer, Trek Resources, Inc. Mr. Michael E. Montgomery is Senior Geologist at Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines Pty Ltd., Chairman, President, Chief Executive Officer at Trek Resources, Inc., President at Montgomery Petroleum, Inc. and a Member at Australasian Institute of Mining & Metallurgy. We cannot do our work without your support. Secretary. When that bearded dictator took over the government in Cuba, he started kicking American investors smack in thepocketbook. The foundation supports between 10 and 12 deserving organizations per year. Details: Date: Tuesday, November 19, 2019 Time: 11:30 am - 1:30 pm Location: Dallas Petroleum Club, 2200 Ross Ave., Dallas, TX 75201 Registration: Special member pricing for DBC members: $45 Early registration ends November 5th (Price increases $10 after this date) To register for this event, please click here. Several of these men had even sent de Mohrenschildt abroad on business; one could be forgiven for wondering if these trips were in fact what the CIA calls commercial cover. George Brown had dispatched him to Mexico, where his mission seemed to be heading off a Mexican government oil deal with the Soviet deputy premier Anastas Mikoyan, who arrived at the same time. Mr. McDaniel remains active in the daily operations of the business which include; tubular and equipment supply, plugging and abandonment, acquisitions and divestments, and exploration
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