Born: 6-Apr-1935
Birthplace: Brooklyn, NY

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Business

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Chairman of El Paso

Military service: US Army (1st lt., 1958-59)

Father: (police officer)
Wife: Allison Spencer (m. 1986, seven children)

    University: BS, Fordham University (1957)
    Law School: LLB, Fordham Law School (1964)
    Administrator: Trustee, Birmingham-Southern College
    Administrator: Trustee, Tuskegee University
    Administrator: President's Council, University of Alabama

    Sonat CEO (1984-99)
    Sonat President (1982-99)
    Sonat COO (1982-84)
    Sonat EVP & General Counsel (1979-82)
    Southern Natural Resources VP, General Counsel, and Secretary (1970-79)
    Allied Artists Pictures EVP & General Counsel (1968-70)
    Hughes Hubbard & Reed Associate (1964-68)
    Member of the Board of AmSouth Bancorp (1986-2006)
    Member of the Board of Dun & Bradstreet (1996-?)
    Member of the Board of El Paso (1999-, as Chairman 1999-2000 and 2003-)
    Member of the Board of Praxair (1992-)
    Member of the Board of Protective Life
    Member of the Board of Regions Financial (2006-07)
    Member of the Board of Sonat (1981-99, as Chairman 1986-99)
    Member of the Board of Transocean (-2003)
    Member of the Board of Union Carbide (1984-2001?)
    El Paso Interim CEO (2003)
    American Bar Association
    Association of the Bar of the City of New York
    Boy Scouts of America Birmingham Area Council
    Boys & Girls Clubs of America
    Bretton Woods Committee
    Defend America PAC
    Gas Technology Institute
    George W. Bush for President
    Grow PAC
    Interstate Natural Gas Association of America Past Chairman
    National Petroleum Council
    Newcomen Society of the United States
    Southern Research Institute Trustee

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