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The Petroleum Investments Committee

Committee Members

Hormoz Ameri MS ’84, Petroleum Engineering Naftex Operating Company Los Angeles, CA		Frederick R. Bjorck BS ’63, ENG ’65, Petroleum Engineering Dallas, TX
Randall H. Breitenbach BS ’82, MS ’83, Petroleum Engineering BreitBurn Energy Company, LLC Los Angeles, CA		Robert C. Earlougher, Jr. BS ’63, MS ’64, PhD ’66, Petroleum Engineering Houston, TX
Craig M. Jarchow MS ’87, PhD ’91, Geophysics Pine Brook Road Partners, LLC New York, NY		Jonathan G. Kuespert MS ’84, Applied Earth Sciences BreitBurn Energy Company, LLC Los Angeles, CA
John G. Leede BS ’84 Geology Leede Operating Company, LLC Greenwood Village, CO		Dirk W. McDermott MS ’81, Geophysics, MBA ’91 Altira Group, LLC Denver, CO
Richard J. Murphy ENG ’77 Marathon Oil Company Houston, TX		J. Robert Ransone AB ’63, Economics Duer Wagner III, Inc. Dallas, TX
Stephen C. Rose BS ’67, MS ’70, Petroleum Engineering Compass Rose Consulting Ranchos de Taos, NM		Halbert S. Washburn BS ’83, Petroleum Engineering BreitBurn Energy Company, LLC Los Angeles, CA

 

Advisory Members

Reidar B. Bratvold MS ’87, Mathematics, PhD ’89, Petroleum Engineering University of Stavanger Stavanger, Norway		Kenneth A. Breitenbach AB ’79, Human Biology, MS ’82, Petroleum Engineering Breitenbach Petroleum Corporation Denver, CO
William W. Daily Impact Petroleum Inc. Vancouver, British Columbia		John M. Ellis MS ’81, ENG ’82, Petroleum Engineering Bank of America San Luis Obispo, CA
H. Brock Hudson BS '83, Earth Sciences Llewellin Operating Company, LLC Houston, TX		Richard R. Mrlik BS ’81, Mechanical Engineering, ENG ’02, Petroleum Engineering Intertie San Francisco, CA
Kiran K. Pande MS ’85, PhD ’89, Petroleum Engineering PetroAssets Inc. Castro Valley, CA		Kim S. Parsons MS ’84 Geophysics Oasis Geophysical Consulting Englewood, CO
Bryce W. Rhodes MBA '79, Whittier Energy Corporation Carlsbad, CA		Mark S. Sexton BS ’78, Mechanical Engineering Golden, CO.
Gardner W. Walkup, Jr. MS ’84, Petroleum Engineering Strategic Decisions Group Palo Alto, CA		Charles B. Wheeler BS ’52, MS ’53, Geology Century Energy Ltd. Miami, FL

 

Ex Officio Members

Pamela A. Matson Dean, School of Earth Sciences Stanford University		David S. Gordon MBA ‘68 Associate Dean, School of Earth Sciences Stanford University
Robert G. Lindblom Consultant to the Stanford Management Company		Martina S. Poquet AB ’74, Anthropology Stanford Management Company Menlo Park, CA

 

Emeritus Members

Robert L. Bayless, BS ’78, Petroleum Engineering, Denver, CO
Arthur W. “Butch” Butler, III, MS ’77, Geophysics, Buena Vista, CO
David A. Carlson, BS ’79 Petroleum Engineering, Newberry, SC
Thomas C. Carlson, Dallas, TX
Stephen D. Chicoine, ENG ’75, Petroleum Engineering, Minneapolis, MN
T. Dudley Cramer, AB ’43, Chemistry, MS ’48, Petroleum Engineering, Oakland, CA
Robert N. Crozier, BS ’51, MS ’57, Petroleum Engineering, Bakersfield, CA
Ann Murphy Daily, BS ’79, Petroleum Engineering, Santa Fe, NM
Hal S. Dean, MS ’50, Geology, Midland, TX
Robert A. Edwards, MS’ 94, ENG ’94, Petroleum Engineering, Houston, TX
William B. Flint, BS ’57, MS ’58, Petroleum Engineering, Bayfield, CO
John E. Hankey, BS ’74, MS ’74, Geology, Houston, TX
John B. Hundley, BS ’49, Petroleum Engineering, Santa Barbara, CA
Warren K. Kourt, MS ’70, Applied Earth Sciences, Los Angeles, CA
John E. Lawton, BS ’50, MS ’52, PhD ’56, Geology, Englewood, CO
William H. Mannon, AB ’43, Geology, Los Angeles, CA
C. Michael Ming, BS ’80, Petroleum Engineering, MS ’87, Engineering, Edmond, OK
Bertram H. Murphy, BS ’50, Petroleum Engineering, Roswell, NM
Harry Ptasynski, BS ’50, Geology, Casper, WY
William M. Quackenbush, AB ’43, Geology, Amarillo, TX
Jon E. “Rick” Riseden, MS ’68, Petroleum Engineering, Houston, TX
Robert A. Shore, BS ’70, Petroleum Engineering, Bakersfield, CA
David K. Stone, BS ’88, Petroleum Engineering, Stone Exploration Inc. Menlo Park, CA