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Mr. Barry Williamson rejoined the company as a director on November 9, 2006. Mr. Williamson previously served as a member of the Board from October 1999 until January 31, 2006.
Mr. Williamson was elected in 1992 as the 38th Texas Railroad Commissioner and served from January 1993 to January 1999. He served as the Railroad Commission Chairman in 1995.
During the late 1980’s and early 1990’s, Mr. Williamson served under the Bush administration at the U.S. Department of Interior as the Director of Mineral Management Service. Under President Bush, he managed mineral leases on the United States’ 1.4 billion acre continental shelf and oversaw an annual budget of almost $200 million.
During the 1980’s, Mr. Williamson served under the Reagan administration as a principal advisor to the Under Secretary of Energy in the creation and formation of a national energy policy. Mr. Williamson began his career with the firm of Turpin, Smith, Dyer & Saxe, and in 1985 established the Law Offices of Barry Williamson and founded an independent oil & gas company.
Mr. Williamson graduated from the University of Arkansas with a B. A. in Political Science in 1979, and received his J.D. degree from the University of Arkansas Law School in 1982. | 