Returning to Phillips following Harvard, I dug ditches and engineered at our large natural gas and crude oil processing center in the Texas Panhandle. I was then rotated into our Rubber Chemicals marketing group before joining Phillips entry into the Plastics field using our proprietary technology and hydrocarbon building blocks to make the resins for hula hoops, milk and bleach bottles. That became the spring board for entering the synthetic fiber industry including new processing centers in Puerto Rico, North and South Carolina. I next inherited the worldwide rubber chemicals business, again using much Phillips proprietary technology and raw materials. This was geographically the most wide spread operation of the Company with synthetic rubber and carbon black plants and joint ventures in fourteen countries. Next came responsibility for our largest capital commitment and earnings in petrochemicals globally. Just before retirement, I stepped into the role of corporate oversight for purchasing and materials control.

With local partners, I have subsequently produced component parts for aircraft, reprocessed plastics, developed land and real estate, and funded a niche business using high frequency resonance to break up concrete on interstate highways and airport runways.

Throughout these later years, it was fun to chair the centenial of our community and the centennial of the oil industry in Oklahoma. This engaged over 5000 volunteers in a five-year planning and execution process.

I've also been the token white man to chair the Oklahoma Indian Summer Festival, as well as our OK Mozart Festival and reconstruction of a historic ballpark to host the American Legion Baseball World Series.

Concurrently, a private foundation - RESSA - was formed to “make a difference” for young people in area high schools and colleges through their scholastic, athletic and leadership endeavors.