Past Chairmen
Andrea Krauss
2021 – 2023 | John O. Farmer, Inc.
David Bleakley
2019 – 2021 | Colt Energy, Inc.
Ken White
2017 – 2019 | White Exploration
Nick Powell
2015 – 2017 | Colt Energy, Inc.
Timothy Scheck
2013 – 2015 | Scheck Oil Operations
Dwight D. Keen
2011 – 2013 | Keen Oil Company, LLC
R.A. (Dick) Schremmer
2009 – 2011 | Bear Petroleum, Inc.
David M. Dayvault
2007 – 2009 | Abercrombie Energy
Jon M. Callen
2005 – 2007 | Edmiston Oil Company, Inc.
Alan L. DeGood
2003 – 2005 | American Energies Corp – Trek AEC LLC
Ned E. Lowry
2001 – 2003 | Lowry Exploration, Inc.
Mark A. Shreve
1999 – 2001 | Mull Drilling Company, Inc.
John O. Farmer, III
1997 – 1999 | John O. Farmer, Inc.
David L. Murfin
1995 – 1997 | Murfin Drilling Co., Inc.
Danny Biggs
1993 -1995 | Pickrell Drilling
James B. Devlin
1991 -1993 | Viking Resources, Inc.
J. Paul Jennings
1989 – 1991 | J. Paul Jennings & Associates
Frank E. Novy
1987 – 1989 | Novy Oil & Gas, Inc.
A. Scott Ritchie
1985 – 1987 | Ritchie Exploration, Inc.
Roger McCoy
1983 – 1985 | McCoy Petroleum Corporation
Richard D. Smith
1981 – 1983 | Range Oil Company, Inc.
Ralfe D. Reber
1979 – 1981 | Petroleum Management, Inc.
F.W. “Bud” Mallonee
1977 – 1979 | Veteran, U.S. Navy
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F.W. “Fritz” Shelton, Jr.
1975 – 1976 | Chief Drilling Co.
Warren Tomlinson
1972 – 1975 | Tom-Kat Drilling
William R. Murfin
1970 – 2072 | Murfin Drilling Company, Inc.
V. Richard Hoover
1968 – 1970 | Chief Drilling, Inc.
John H. Knightley
1966 – 1968 | D.R. Lauck
Clinton Engstrand
1964 – 1966 | K & E Drilling
J.A. Mull, Jr.
1962 – 1964 | Mull Drilling Co.
Walter F. Kuhn
1960 – 1962 | Hugoton Natural Gas Museum
C.L. ‘Chet’ Roberts
1959 – 1960 | Bennett & Roberts Drilling Co.
Earl F. Wakefield
1958 – 1959 | Cattle Rancher
Thomas H. Allan
1956 – 1957 | Consulting Geologist
Fred E. Stickle
1955 -1956 | Stickle Drilling Co.
George H. Bruce
1953 – 1955 | Aladdin Petroleum Corp.
Richard J. Harwood
1951 – 1952 | Harwood Oil Co.
A. Leon Derby, Jr.
1949 – 1950 | Derby Oil Co.
Jack B. Hinkle
1948 – 1949 | Hinkle Oil Co.
Lloyd R. Pickrell
1947 – 1948 | Pickrell Drilling Co.
William H. Bird
1946 – 1947 | Independent Oilman
John F. O’Shaughnessy
1945 – 1946 | Lario Oil & Gas Co.
D.R. Lauck
1941 – 1942 | D.R. Lauck Oil Co.
William L. Ainsworth
1940 – 1941 | Western Petroleum
Ernest B. Shawver
1937 – 1939 1943 – 1944 | Stelbar Corp.