Background
Blessing, Edward Warfield was born on October 6, 1936 in Glenridge, New Jersey, United States.
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Edward Warfield Blessing
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Bachelor, San Diego State University, 1960; Master of Business Administration, Harvard University, 1965.
Career
Representative, Shearson, Hammill & Co, La Jolla, California, 1961-1963; consultant, McKinsey & Company Inc., San Francisco and Los Angeles, 1965-1968; associate managing director, Canadawide Investments, Vancouver, B.C. and Calgary, Alberta, 1968-1969; miscellaneous investor, energy and finance related activities, 1969-1975; managing partner, Dexer Associations, Los Angeles and Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 1975-1978; executive vice president, Oklahoma Oil & Gas Company, Oklahoma City, 1978-1980; president, Blessing Petroleum Company, Blessing Oil Corporation, Oklahoma City, 1980-1987; director, president, chief Executive officer, Strategic Petroleum, Inc., Dallas, 1987-1989; managing partner, The Blessing Group, Dallas, 1989-1997; president, Chief Executive Officer, director, Caspian Energy International, Inc., Dallas, since 1997. Visiting instructor, Adjunct Professor U. Oklahoma Graduate School Business Administration, OklahomaCity, 1983-1984.
Achievements
Membership
Reserve deputy sheriff Oklahoma County Sheriff's Department, Oklahoma City, 1986-1987, Dallas County Sheriff's Department, 1987-1989. Member Mayor's Advisory Committee on Crime, Dallas, 1988-1991. Republican candidate California 79th Assembly District, 1960.
Honorary director, Chairman, Board Of Directors California Pediatric Center, Los Angeles, since 1973. Member energy subcommittee Oklahoma Department Commerce, Oklahoma City, 1987. Member planning committee Oklahoma Governor's 1987 Energy Conference, Oklahoma City.
Chairman stewardship committee, lay eucharist minister, member vestry Trinity Episcopalian Church WithUSMC, 1960-1961. Member American Association Petroleum Landmen, Indiana Petroleum Association American (Executive Committee, board of trustees North Control Texas region, finance committee, vice-president, director, Roustabout, member economics policy committee, crude oil policy committee, economics task force since 1980), Oklahoma Indiana Petroleum Association, Texas Indiana Producers and Royalty Owners Association, Dallas Chamber of C. (energy subcommittee 1987-1990), Harvard Business School Alumni Association (sponsor), Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce (chairman energy county 1982-1987), Texas Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association, North Texas Oil and Gas Association, Hard Hatters, Dallas Wildcat Committee, Dallas Petroleum Club (board directors), Rotary Club Dallas.
Connections
Son of Jess Edward Himes and Laura Louise (Warfield) Blessing. Adopted s.Donald L. Blessing. Married Cynthia Harris, July 1, 1961 (divorced 1969).
Married Jeanne Kyle, January 19, 1970 (divorced 1980). 1 child, Megan Louise. Married Debra Jean Wayne, July 12, 1986.
