Edmundson Parkes

president Chief Executive Officer of United Gas Corporation

November 22, 1904 (age 92)

Jefferson County, Alabama to Major

He was one of the lone holdovers when Pennzoil convened a new board of directors to manage the company and its subsidiaries. Parkes" father was a former Commandant of the University of Alabama and Captain in the Alabama State Militia who raised a troop to fight for Teddy Roosevelt in the Spanish–American War. Parkes graduated from the University of Arkansas in 1925. He worked his way through the ranks of the United Gas Corporation, starting with what would become a company subsidiary in 1928. After several promotions, he was named President of United Gas Pipeline Company and Union Producing Company. He was named President and Chief Executive Officer of the parent corporation, United Gas, in 1958. He was a Past President of the American Gas Association, and served as Chairman of the Committee on Natural Gas Reserves of A.G.A. He was also active in a number of professional and civic organizations. The former married Doctor Paul Winder, also of Shreveport, and had issue.

Edmundson Parkes

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president Chief Executive Officer of United Gas Corporation

Background

Parkes was born in 1904 in Jefferson County, Alabama to Major William J. Parkes and Elmira Melissa Huey.

Career

He was one of the lone holdovers when Pennzoil convened a new board of directors to manage the company and its subsidiaries. Parkes" father was a former Commandant of the University of Alabama and Captain in the Alabama State Militia who raised a troop to fight for Teddy Roosevelt in the Spanish–American War. Parkes graduated from the University of Arkansas in 1925.

He worked his way through the ranks of the United Gas Corporation, starting with what would become a company subsidiary in 1928.

After several promotions, he was named President of United Gas Pipeline Company and Union Producing Company. He was named President and Chief Executive Officer of the parent corporation, United Gas, in 1958.

He was a Past President of the American Gas Association, and served as Chairman of the Committee on Natural Gas Reserves of A.G.A. He was also active in a number of professional and civic organizations. The former married Doctor Paul Winder, also of Shreveport, and had issue.

Achievements

Parkes" wife was a direct descendant of Myles Standish, as was the wife of Parkes" rival and Pennzoil founder, George Heriot-Watt University Bush.

Connections

Father:: William Jay
Mother:: Myra (Huey) Parkes
Spouse:: Julia Alice Washburn

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