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| Learned self-reliance and initiative from his upbringing on the family farm |
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| With an eighth-grade education, he came to Sasakwa in Seminole County, Oklahoma, and found work in a bank. |
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| He rose to become the bank manager and a well-known and trusted member of the community. |
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| In partnership with bank president, Jim Fleet, he began acquiring leases in Seminole and adjacent counties. |
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| Played important role in the development of the highly productive Greater Seminole Oil Field in the 1920's. |
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| His company was Based in Ada. |
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| His company was a pioneer in the discovery of the Fitts Field in Pontotoc County, OK. |
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| An important participant in other oil and gas field in Oklahoma and Texas. |
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| Sold his company to Crusaders Petroleum in 1937 for $5 million. |
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| Having a 6th sense for productive oil lands, he was soon back in the oil business. |
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| Driving down a Texas highway, he stopped to observe a drilling rig and promptly bought 200 acres of what turned out to be highly productive leases. |
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| Successive generations have followed in his footsteps in the oil and gas business. |
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| Born in Clarksville Tennessee |
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| Son of a Confederate officer |
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| Worked as a traveling salesman and business manager of a wholesale tobacco farm to save money for law school. |
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| Graduated from Cumberland Law School and was admitted to Tennessee Bar. |
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| Came to Chickasha in 1910 seeking opportunity in the new state of Oklahoma. |
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| Was Assistant Prosecuting Attorney for Grady County |
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| Won the highest of accolades for his oratory. |
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| Was compared to the nations greatest orator, Williams Jennings Bryan. |
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| His legal expertise led to his appointment as Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Oklahoma. |
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| In 1914, he entered the private sector and Won the admiration of William Skelly, while winning a case against him. |
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| In 1919 he became Vice President and General Counsel of Skelly Oil Company a position he retained until his retirement in 1956. |
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| In the acrimonious legal world of the oil industry he was widely respected for his personal integrity as well as his legal ability. |
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| He was a pioneer through his leadership role in establishing an interstate agreement to reduce overproduction of this precious resource. |
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"With a rip and a roar, and a kick and a cough The wilcox sand was paying off...
And those who stood by understood Why oil men all are brotherhood." |
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| These lines from his ballad of the Rambling Rockhound are testimony to the humor of this OKlahoma oil pioneer. |
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| Known and admired for his technique al expertise and personal integrity. |
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| Graduated from Oklahoma Baptist University in 1912 |
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| Spent his early career in the mining industry in Colorado and New Mexico. |
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| Served in World War I and then entered Petroleum Industry |
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| In he 1921 formed and became president of the -----Reed oil and gas company |
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| Pioneer for his discovery of the Carter-Knox field in Southwestern Oklahoma |
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| Served for a brief period as deputy proration umpire with the Oklahoma State Conservation Department |
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| He returned to the mining industry, opening up the Portland Gold Mine in Kingman, Arizona. |
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| Served widely as a consulting geologist in the US, Canada, and Mexico |
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| Had 6 sons who obtained degrees in Geology at OU. |
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| Was a pioneer in the development of the Oklahoma City oil field. |
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| Moved to Ardmore as small child and grew up on a ranch |
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| Like many other successful oil pioneers, he had no formal training in geology and petroleum engineering and indeed never attended college. |
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| A brief period of study at a private business school in Ardmore prepared him as a bookkeeper. |
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| Went to work for bank in Oklahoma City and succeeded well enough that in 5 years he had bought his own bank. |
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| Hard work was his key to success. |
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| By day he worked in the bank; by night he was a newspaper reporter; and on the weekend, he devoted himself to the real estate business. |
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| By 1911, he was in the oil business, playing an important role in the development of the Healdton Field and the Cement Field in Oklahoma. |
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| Along with his brother W.E., he remained convinced of the potential of Oklahoma City as oil producing area, despite costly failures. |
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| Their, "dogged persistence" was rewarded. |
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| After the Mary Sudik No. 1 came in on March 26 1930, he sold leases worth more than $2 million, while holding on to extensive tracts in the area. |
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| He was one of the 5 brothers who became prominent oilmen. |
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| Their father was a Union veteran in the Civil War, a small farmer and carpenter. |
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| After a brief stint as a schoolteacher, he gave up the prospect of job security and a $40 per month salary to plunge with his brother into the oil fields of Oklahoma. |
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| On September, 1905 the Anna Anderson well #1 came in marking the beginning of what became the -------- Petroleum Company. |
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| In 1905, He and Frank opened Citizens Bank and Trust in Bartlesville. |
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| It was on the Banking side that he devoted his talents |
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| He became one of the most distinguished bankers of the Middle West, serving as director of the Federal Reserve Bank for District 10(kansas City) from 1926 until his death in 1944. |
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| A staunch republican, a prominent civic leader, and a superb public speaker. |
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| He was called a "genius" in the organization and direction of charitable fund-raising activities. |
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| There are many millionaires in this world but only a few of them who deserve to be. |
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| One of Oklahomas most distinguished sons |
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| grew up in Ardmore where his father sam and his uncle ed ran first a wholesale grocery business and then a hardware store. |
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| Studied at Southeastern State College in Durant Ok |
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| Taught school, attended OU and served in WWI |
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| After he and Art Olson divided their drilling company he formed the ------ drilling company in 1921. |
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| An innovative and highly successful pioneer of the oil industry. |
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| He left an enduring legacy on philanthropic activity and service to his state and country. |
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| IN 1924 he established the Samuel Roberts ----- Foundation, a charitable trust, which is now one of the top 50 philanthropic foundations in the U.S. |
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| The Foundations gifts made possible the Sam ----- Oklahoma Museum of Natural History and LLoyd ---- Center. |
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| he served two terms as an OU regent and is widely considered to be one of the most effective and far-sighted regents in the history of the University of Oklahoma. |
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| He was awarded OU's distinguished service citation in 1950. |
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| In 1966, he was inducted into the National Petroleum Hall of Fame. |
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