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Appendix 3
Elected Leaders of the Michigan Oil And Gas Association
Association elected leadership is an arduous task, with thousands of hours and miles expended in the industry's interest at the expense of one's business, leisure and family. Those who have chosen to sacrifice for the sake of the Michigan petroleum exploration and production industry to serve as elected chief executive office of MOGA are:
MOGA Presidents
1934-35-36 Howard Atha, Gordon Oil Company
1937-38 Floyd A. Calvert, Pure Oil
1939-40 Harold M. McClure, Sr., Rex Oil Company
1941 George W. Meyers, Sun Oil Company
1942-43 Kurt H. deCousser, Socony Vacuum (forerunner of Mobil)
1944-45 James C. Graves, Basin Oil Company
1946 W. P. Clarke, Gulf Oil Company
1947 Charles W. Teater, Independent
1948 George B. Talbot, Independent
1949-50 James C. Foster, Socony Vacuum
1951 I. W. "Bucky" Hartman, Gordon Oil Company
1952 J. V. Wicklund, Sr., Independent
1953-54 T. Glenn Caley, Basin Oil Company
1955-56 J. Walter Leonard, Independent
1957-58 E. Allan Morrow, Roosevelt Refinery
1959-60; Hugh D. Crider, Muskegon Development Company
1961-62 Harold M. McClure, Jr., McClure Oil Company
1963-64 John V. Wicklund, Jr., Independent
1965 O. H. Kristofferson, Independent
1966-67 C. John Miller, Miller Brothers Oil Company
1968-69 William C. Myler , Muskegon Development Company
1970-71 G. R. "Rollie" Denison, Lease Management, Inc.
1972-73 K. P. Wood, Independent
1974-75 Louis A. Erber, Smith Petroleum Corporation
1976-77 Clyde E. "Gene" Miller, Miller Brothers Oil Company
1978-79 Richard J. Burgess, Northern Michigan Exploration Company (NOMECO)
1980-81 Byron J. Cook, Cook Brothers
1982-83 Robert J. Mannes, Independent
1984-85 Vance W. Orr, Sr., Michigan Petroleum Exploration Company
MOGA Chairmen of the Board
1986-87 Sidney J. Jansma, Jr., Wolverine Gas and Oil Company
1988-89 H. Jack Miller, Miller - Brothers
1990-91 Jack Harkins, Lease - Management, Inc.
1992-93 Vance W. Orr, Jr., Michigan Petroleum Exploration Company
1994095 Gordon L. Wright, NOMECO
1996-97 Martin G. Lagina, Terra Energy, Ltd.
1998-99 William C. Myler, Jr., Muskegon Development Company
2000-01 Michael J. Miller, Miller Energy
2002-03 Greg Fogle, Independent
2004-2005 James R. Stark, Summit Petroleum
Serving as the chief elected leader of the Michigan Oil And Gas Association can sometimes become a family affair. Five Michigan oilfield families have furnished the Association with fathers and sons who became President/Chairman of the Board:
Harold M. McClure, Sr. (1939-40) and Harold M. McClure, Jr. (1961-62)
John V. Wicklund, Sr. (1952) and John V. Wicklund, Jr. (1963-64)
C. John Miller (1966-67) and Michael J. Miller (2000-01)
William C. Myler (1968-69) and William C. Myler, Jr. (1998-99)
Vance W. Orr, Sr. (1984-85) and Vance W. Orr, Jr. (1992-93)
Mt. Pleasant oil and gas men have also played an important role in MOGA, Of the Michigan Oil And Gas Associations 40 chief elected officers, 14 have been from Mt. Pleasant.
Howard Atha ,1934-35-36
W. P. Clarke, 1947
I. W. "Bucky" Hartman, 1951
J. Walter Leonard, 1955-56
E. Allan Morrow, 1957–58
John V. Wicklund, Jr., 1963-64
O. H. Kristofferson , 1965
G. R. "Rollie" Denison, 1970-71
K. P. Wood, 1972-73
Vance W. Orr, 1984-85
Jack Harkins, 1990-91
Vance W. Orr, Jr., 1992-93
William C. Myler, Jr., 1998-99
James R. Stark , 2004-05
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