Austin, TX 78701 Telephone: (512) 477-4452. 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. Suite 2100 To register for this event, please click here. 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. Benny Gold knew everyone; he was president of the Dallas Fashion Center and threw huge parties. 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. Timarron Country Club. In one of many extraordinary coincidences, they claimed to have lived next door to each other yet did not meet until years later. Stanolind has agreed to start drilling within 120 days andmaintain a one-rig continuous drilling program [for] three years. 2020-2021 DAPL Board of Directors (continued) NGL DIRECTOR. Pat and her husband Clyde S. McCall, Jr. are both Explorer Members of TIPRO. Throughout the years, the club has relocated several times. Trammell Crow gave the club a $2 million finish-out allowance and guest lease, Parchment says. Ron McCray is a seasoned corporate director, chief executive and investor. 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. He is a former President and current member of the Dallas Petroleum Club and the Dallas Wildcat Committee and a member of the World . He joined the powerful Dallas Petroleum Club and became a regular at Council on World Affairs meetings. Copyright 2022 Burnett Companies United. A. 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). 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. Prior to his executive roles, he practiced corporate, securities and finance law at two global law firms. James Klabzuba joined Burnett Companies as Land Manager in January 2022. The CIAs Allen Dulles responded quickly to developments on the island. Ste 1900 Dallas TX 75219 He appears to have been telling the truth, but Warren Commission counsel Albert E. Jenner Jr. did not find this remarkable fact interesting. St. Anns Catholic School Board 1994-2000 He graduated with a BS in Petroleum Engineering from Texas A&M University in 1983 and received an MBA from the University of Dallas in 1991. 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. He received his undergraduate degree from Southern Methodist University and an undergraduate degree from The University of Sydney. Kyle Burnett serves as Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, and President of Burnett United Companies. 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. But its chief cause of grief came when the Communist-orientedCuban government refused to extend its concession to explore for oil. 8:00 AM-4:00 PM. .hidden_cal{display:none;}, Dallas Petroleum Club 2200 Ross Ave. Dallas, TX 75201. 3811 Turtle Creek Blvd. In 1995, the average age of DPC members was 67. Dallas, Texas 75201. Gold was an intriguing figure. This showed that de Mohrenschildt was no rogue operator or bohemian as Jenner repeatedly sought to characterize him. Hunt, Algur Meadows, Clint. The NCPAs Swift Boat Campaign Against Its Own Leader and Founder. Kimi graduated from Dallas Baptist University with a Master of Arts in Organizational Management. These claims were now limited to twenty thousand acres, a major setback for companies such as CVOVT, with its fifteen million acres. Southlake, Texas. Resident of Midland, Texas for 16 years, Professional and Honorary Societies 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. In the 1920s, while a high school student in Petrograd, Bouhe had worked for the American Relief Administration (ARA), a spy-cover charity that provided food aid to the Russian population via branch offices set up by American executives in various Russian cities. Prior to joining Burnett Petroleum, he worked for Kinder Morgan and Denbury as a Senior CO2 EOR Reservoir Engineer managing SACROC, Goldsmith, Heildelberg, and Brookhaven fields. These operated largely below the radar, and fronted for some of North Americas biggest names, including the Bronfmans (Seagrams liquor), the Du Ponts, and the Kuhn-Loeb family of financiers. Born in Toledo, Ohio Rodney received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Petroleum Engineering plus Math Minor from Montana Tech and his Diploma of Technology in Oil and Gas from the British Columbia Institute of Technology. Prior to joining our team, he worked for Fairway Resources, LLC for over ten years managing the land department. He later told the Warren Commission that he left the Buckleys Pantepec Oil back in 1946 after a falling-out with a company vice president. In that role, he led the strategic transformation of the company to industry leading revenue growth, margin expansion and profitability. Through connections in the Batista regime, the CVOVT had managed to corner exclusive exploration rights to millions of acres on the island. With 150+ years of combined experience in the domestic oil & gas industry. Dallas Petroleum Club 2200 Ross Ave. Dallas, TX 75201 Ron McCray is a seasoned corporate director, chief executive and investor. [/box], IMAGE: ROUGHNECKSIMAGE: Oil GirlsIMAGE: DresserIMAGE: Sure I want to fightIMAGE: TimeIMAGE: Henry Neil MallonIMAGE: Prescott Bush and IkeIMAGE: JeanneIMAGE: MAFIA IN CUBAIMAGE: HorizontesIMAGE: Revolucion CubanaIMAGE: SabotageIMAGE: Great FamineIMAGE: COLOR BOOK. Mr. Burnett currently serves on the industry related board of the Dallas Wildcat Committee and has served on the boards of both the Dallas Petroleum Club and the Dallas Producers Club. Terms of Use AML Agreement Business Continuity , Copyright 2020 Mitchell Energy Advisors. 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. In previous years he has served on the board of directors for Triumph Petroleum Company, Triumph Pacific Oil and Gas Company, Bagby Energy, LLC., U.S. Scientific, LLC., Leesburg Asphalt, LLC., Canada Energy Partners (TSX) and Choctaw Capital, LLC.. Mr. Burnett currently serves on the industry related board of the Dallas Wildcat Committee and has served on the boards of both the Dallas Petroleum Club and the Dallas Producers Club. LUNCH SERVICE Monday-Friday 11:00 AM-2:00 . National Board of Directors - 2002-07 National President - 2005-06 SIPES Foundation Board of Directors - 2003-07. A decade later, Zapruder, by then the owner of his own company, would become world famous for his breathtaking home-movie footage of the Kennedy assassination. George de Mohrenschildt moved to Dallas in 1952, established himself as a consulting geologist, and was quickly accepted into the citys ruling elite. MacNaughton was the employer of George Bouhe, the Russian migr who would later introduce George de Mohrenschildt to Lee Harvey Oswald. The stocks price dropped. 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.. At that time, Dallas was still a relatively modest-size city, but growing rapidly. Eventually they made their way to New York, where brother Sergei was working on the top-secret Manhattan Project with J. Robert Oppenheimer. A bond was forged by a likeminded group in a casual and lighthearted fraternity type atmosphere where information and good humor could be shared. Rodney is an energy executive with more than 20 years of experience working with both private and public oil and gas companies. 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. They each have served on the Board of Petroleum Club of Fort Worth and are active members of the Dallas Petroleum Club, as well as IPAA and the Texas Alliance. N. David Porter President 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. The Club has broadened its makeup and now welcomes all persons in the energy industry, from engineers, geologists, geophysicists, landmen, accountants, attorneys, insurance representatives and other specialists who identify their livelihood with energy development. After the Bolshevik victory, Raigorodsky came to the United States with the help of the Red Cross and the YMCA. After becoming proficient on the supply end, he began to expand into other areas of the industry such as plugging and abandonment and oil & gas production. In 1965, it took occupancy of the 48th and 49th floors of the new First National Bank Tower at 1401 Elm. The roots of Crusade for Freedom date to 1949. Today, its 47. During her tenure, she reactivated the monthly TIPRO Tuesday Luncheons. At the direction of Washington, these entities laundered U.S. government funds (including monies from the CIA) for use by Eastern European insurgents. Smith is on the board of directors and the executive board of Opportunity Plan, Inc., which provides educational loans, scholarships and financial counseling to students interested . Poppy Bush was working there in his role as a trainee for Neil Mallons Dresser Industries. Technically,it is still possible to buy and sell these shares in the over-the-counter market. Another member was D. Harold Byrd, who owned the building in downtown Dallas that would become known as the Texas School Book Depository. He is an award-winning investigative journalist who specializes in exploring power dynamics behind major events. In 2014, attendance for the event at the Omni Dallas Convention Center Hotel was capped at 1,600with a waiting list, says Paul Parchment, the clubs chief operating officer and general manager. 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. By November 30, 1956, the New York Times had this announcement: The Cuban Stanolind Oil Company, an affiliate of the Standard Oil Company(Indiana), has signed an agreement with the Cuban-Venezuelan Oil VotingTrust and Trans-Cuba Oil Company for the development of an additional3,000,000 acres in Cuba. AAPG; SPWLA, President San Antonio Chapter Almost every week they attended social gatherings at one anothers homes. Westerman has served on the Board of Directors of J-W Energy Company since 1996. Still another was E. M. Ted Dealey, publisher of the Dallas Morning News, who was a harsh critic of Kennedy. He previously served as a trustee for the KidLinks Foundation, as chairman of the Dallas Wildcat Committee and as president of the Dallas Petroleum Club board of directors. He was here every day.. In recent years, the club has reached out to the younger generation through sliding membership-fee scales, mentoring arrangements, and social events designed to appeal to the under-35 crowd. 1981-87 Dresser Atlas (Hobbs, N.M. & San Antonio, TX) david morgan. Murchison dispatched him to Haiti on several occasions. Olivia Medlin joined Arcadia Operating, LLC as a Senior Accountant in July of 2021 and now serves as the Accounting Manager. Kimi has over 20 years experience in Human Resources, office management and business ownership across multiple industries. He formerly served on the Board of Directors of the Dallas Petroleum Club. Many of the figures involved in those two entities also showed up on the boards of other influential local groups. and the assassination? In his spare time, he enjoys golf, skiing, and camping. But according to his son St. John Hunt, E. Howard Hunt began confessing knowledge of a plot against Kennedy near the end of his life and named Phillips as one of the participants. For some people, apparently, making such connections was as dangerous as letting one live wire touch another. Members of the Texas Crusade for Freedom would become a whos who of Texans connected to the events surrounding the assassination of John F. Kennedy. The man who would be considered the godfather of the migr community was Paul Raigorodsky, a former czarist Russian cavalry officer who had fought against the Red Army. Sabotage, one of many OSS skills passed on to the CIA. His career now spans three decades and has seen the volatile nature of the oil & gas industry which has prepared him to effectively operate The McDaniel Company today. Mr. Porter also serves as President of Sendero Energy, Inc., which he co-founded in 2002. 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. 1990-92 Forte Energy Corp. (Houston, Texas) Co-Founder 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. Empire worked hard to protect its foreign investments and especially its stake in the defense contractor General Dynamics. And it packs a punch. Bank One Corp. ultimately acquired MBank Dallas in 1989 and subsequently merged with JP Morgan Chase. Meanwhile, a vastly more ambitious enterprise was afoot in Dallas, where Mallon relocated Dresser Industries in 1950. David Eyler Vice President. Early on, certain norms and traditions were developed and practiced in weekly lunch meetings held in downtown Dallas. Rather he was at the center of a major corporate effort, involving many of Americas largest institutions. He was a nice guy.. . June 01, 2022 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM. She began her career in Employee Benefits at the Fox Photo Corporation in San Antonio. Website Design by JSL Marketing & Web Design. The money raised went to entities connected with Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty, which were centers of anti-Communist propaganda, and consequently home to many former Nazis and Nazi collaborators. He serves on the board of directors of Career Education Corporation, where he recently served as Chairman, Interim President and Chief Executive Officer. In his memoirs former Cuban intelligence official Fabian Escalante asserted that Nixon had met with an important group of Texas businessmen to arrange outside funding for the operation. He is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and is a minority owner of the Boston Celtics NBA franchise. During the 1950s, as petroleum reserves in the Southwest declined, oilmen there were looking to the southern hemisphere for new opportunities. All rights reserved.info@mitchellenergypartners.com. He currently chairs the Finance Committee and serves on the Church Council of Highland Park United Methodist Church in Dallas, Texas. Mr. Mitchell is actively involved in oil and gas industry groups including the Dallas Petroleum Club where he is Chairman of the Advisory Board and a past President, and the Independent Petroleum Association of America where he previously served as an Advisory Board member and as a member of the Capital Markets Committee. It was a dense web, and its links went to the heart of the intelligence establishment. He is also a member of TIPRO and the Board of Directors of the Dallas Wildcat Committee. Its affiliate, the Punta Alegre Sugar Corporation, controlled more than two hundred thousand acres in the province of Camagey. 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. The trouble is spelled C-a-s-t-r-o. He has 35 years of extensive oil and gas finance experience. That just about wrecked this outfit. He then attended the Harvard Law School, where he served as the editor and business manager of the Harvard Civil Rights/Civil Liberties Law Review. Bouhes supervisors, impressed with his work, urged him to come to the United States. Source: Pioneer Natural Resources Company on 07/10/2018 Sign up for Equilar ExecAtlas and view Timothy L. Dove's full profile. The Cuban-Venezuelan Oil Voting Trust story is somewhatinvolved. Location:Dallas Petroleum Club,2200 Ross Ave.,Dallas, TX 75201, Registration:Special member pricing for DBC members: $45. According to the Times, big foreign oil companies had already spent more than thirty million dollars looking for oil over the preceding twelve years. Early registration endsNovember 5th (Price increases $10 after this date) Brian Tolson, CPL. George Whittington . 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). Mr. Finks currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Petroleum Club of Fort Worth. 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. BSA, a private Dallas, Texas based E&P company founded in 1989, owns and operates more than 5,000 wells in more than 50 fields across Texas. She has worked since in management for several small businesses as well as had her own consulting firm. 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. The store shipped goods out on planes via Slick Airways, owned by the oilman and world-renowned explorer Tom Slick, a Dresser Industries board member and good friend of Prescott Bush. On behalf of prominent interests, he was involved with George de Mohrenschildt in his oil exploration venture in pre-Castro Cuba. Ron previously served in senior executive roles at Nike and Kimberly-Clark Corporation. 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. Brown Brothers Harriman also had a stake in Cuban affairs that went back at least to the 1920s. 1992-Present Milagro Resources, L.P. (Midland, Texas) Founder and President Mr. Porter also serves as President of Sendero Energy, Inc., which he co-founded in 2002. He has created over $2 Billion in stakeholder value through initiatives resulting in $100 Million incremental cash flow, identified over $75 Million in operating cost / capex savings, and added 125 MMBOE proved reserves. Oversaw company processes related to accounting, treasury, tax, insurance, and human resources. National President 2005-06 Mr. Burnett Received a Bachelor of Business Administration Degree from The University of Texas at Austin. The once-strict formal dress code has been relaxed to business casual. 2602 McKinney Ave # 330, Dallas, TX 75204. Monthly meetings attract both members and guests, who share a meal, camaraderie and witness a presentation from a noteworthy author or representative of a company making news in the world of energy. 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.