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Allan D. Scherer, 75, was elected to the board of directors of Southern Union Company in December 2005. He is a member of the board’s Finance, Compensation and Independent Directors’ Committees.
Scherer is a private investor in real estate, oil and gas. From 1978 to 1987 he was vice president of the Palm Beach Polo & Country Club, a 2,000-acre real estate and equestrian development in West Palm Beach, Fla. Scherer was a consultant to Gulf & Western Corporation in its development of the Casa de Campo resort in the Dominican Republic from 1973 to 1978 and was president and CEO of privately held McGrath-Shank Company, developers of the Belmont Shore and Alamitos Bay properties in Southern California from 1955 to 1973.
Scherer earned a bachelor of arts degree in economics from Stanford University and an MBA from Stanford School of Business.
Scherer resides in Palm Beach, Florida.
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