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| Born in Arkansas, learned self-reliance and initiative from his upbringing on the family farm. |
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| eight-grade education, he came to Sasakwa in Seminole County, Oklahoma, and found work in a bank. |
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| rose to become the bank manager and a well-known and trusted member of the community |
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| partnership with bank president, Jim Fleet he began acquiring leases in Seminole and adjacent counties |
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| played a prominent role in the development of the highly productive Greater Seminole Oil Field in the 1920’s. |
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| Based in Ada, his company, Fleetborn Oil, was a pioneer in the discovery of the Fitts Field in Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, and an important participant in other oil and gas fields in Oklahoma and Texas. |
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| sold Fleetborn to Crusaders Petroleum in 1937 for $5 million |
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| with a sixth 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, the son of a Confederate officer |
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| worked as a traveling salesman and as the business manager of a wholesale tobacco firm to save money for law school. |
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| After graduating from Cumberland Law School and being admitted to the Tennessee bar, he came to Chickasha in 1910, seeking opportunity in the new state of Oklahoma |
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| Assistant Prosecuting Attorney for Grady County, |
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| won the highest of accolades for his oratory, leading him to be compared with the nation's greatest orator, William Jennings Bryan |
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| legal expertise led to his appointment as Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Oklahoma |
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| entered the private sector and Won the admiration of William Skelly, while winning a case against him |
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| became Vice President and General Counsel of Skelly Oil Company, a position he retained until his retirement in 1956. |
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| was widely respected for his personal integrity as well as his legal ability. |
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| 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 understand
Why oil men all are brotherhood.” |
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| ballad of The Rambling Rockhound are testimony to the humor of this Oklahoma oil pioneer, known and admired for his technique al expertise and personal integrity |
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| Born in Iowa, he 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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| After service in World War I, he entered the petroleum industry |
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| he formed and became president of the Becker-Reed Oil and Gas Company |
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| a pioneer for his discovery of the Carter-Knox field in southwestern Oklahoma |
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| After serving for a brief period as deputy proration umpire with the Oklahoma State Conservation Department, returned to the mining industry |
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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 United States, Canada and Mexico |
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| had six sons, each of whom obtained a degree in geology from the University of Oklahoma |
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| was a pioneer in the development of the Oklahoma City oil field |
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| Born in Texas, he moved to Ardmore as a small child and grew up on a ranch |
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| he had no formal training in geology and petroleum engineering and, indeed, never attended college |
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| brief period of study at a private business school in Ardmore prepared him as a bookkeeper |
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| went to work for a bank in Oklahoma City and succeeded well enough that within five 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 real estate business |
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| 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., " " remained convinced of the potential of Oklahoma City as oil producing area, despite costly failures |
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| . Their, “dogged persistence” was rewarded. 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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| one of the five Phillips brothers who became prominent oilmen |
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| father was a Union veteran of the Civil War, a small farmer and carpenter |
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| After a brief stint as a schoolteacher, L.E. gave up the prospect of job security and a $40 per month salary to plunge with his brother Frank into the oil fields Oklahoma. |
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| Anna Anderson well No.1 came in, marking the beginning of what became " " Petroleum Company |
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| . also opened Citizens Bank and Trust in Bartlesville, and it was to the banking side of the " " interests that he devoted his talents. |
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| became one of the most distinguished bankers in the Middle West, serving as the director of the Federal Reserve Bank for District 10 (Kansas City) from 1926 until his death in 1944 |
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| staunch Republican, a prominent civic leader, and a superb public speaker |
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| was called “genius” in the organization and direction of charitable fund-raising activities |
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| At the height of the Great Depression, it was said of him and his brother: “There are many millionaires in this world but only a few of them who deserve to be. " " we number among them.” |
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| One of Oklahoma’s 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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| After studying at Southeastern State College in Durant, he taught school, then attended the University of Oklahoma and served in World War I. |
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| After he and Art Olson divided their drilling company, he formed Noble Drilling Company in 1921 |
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| An innovative and highly successful pioneer of the oil industry |
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| left an enduring legacy of philanthropic activity and service to his state and country |
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| he was the first Carter County Republican elected to the Oklahoma State Legislature |
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| he established the Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, a charitable trust, which in now one of the top 50 philanthropic foundations in the U.S. |
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| Noble Foundation’s gifts made possible the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History and Lloyd Noble Center |
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| 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 |
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| was awarded OU’s Distinguished Service Citation in 1950 |
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| was inducted into the National Petroleum Hall of Fame. |
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