Background
John, Billy Eugene St. was born on July 27, 1932 in Wink, Texas, United States. Son of Mackie Doyle St. John and Anne Elizabeth (Ker) Miller.
John, Billy Eugene St. was born on July 27, 1932 in Wink, Texas, United States. Son of Mackie Doyle St. John and Anne Elizabeth (Ker) Miller.
Bachelor of Science in Geology, University Texas, 1958; Master of Arts in Geology, University Texas, 1960; Doctor of Philosophy in Geology, University Texas, 1965.
Geologist, American Overseas Petroleum Ltd., Libya, Mauritania and Senegal, 1960-1963; geologist, various positions domestic and international research, Exxon Corporation, Texas, Norway, England, and Morocco, 1965-1973; chief frontier geologist, LVO Corporation, Tulsa, 1973-1974; vice president, LVO Corporation, Tulsa, 1974-1978; president, Agri-Petco International, Tulsa, 1978-1981; president, chief Executive officer, Primary Fuels Inc., Houston, 1981-1989; also board directors, Primary Fuels Inc., Houston technical advisor, Ethiopian Ministry of Mines and Energy, 1990; vice president, general manager, Ethiopia Hunt Oil Corporation, Dallas, 1991-1994; international consultant, since 1994.
Served as sergeant United States Marine Corps, 1951-1954, Korea. Member American Association Petroleum Geologists (Chairman of Commission on marine geology 1985-1988, program chairman Wallace E. Pratt Memorial Conference 1984, future petroleum provinces of the world 1984, advising committee treatise of petroleum geology, since 1985, chairman antarctica symposium, 1987, general chairman conference onfuture petroleum provinces North America 1988, Distinguished Service award 1987, honorary member 1989), American Geophysical Union, Geological Society American.
Married Virginia Gifford, December 22, 1954 (divorced February 1985). Children: Michael E., Tad Scott, Kevin Gifford, Warren Doyle. Married Nancy Giles, Mar 2, 1985.