Background

Barker, Gary Leland was born on December 18, 1942 in Madison, West Virginia, United States. Son of Woodrow Harry and Cressie Mae Barker.

Education

Student, West Virginia Polytechnic Institute Institute, 1964. Student, West Virginia University, 1965.

Career

Chief electrical and maintenance supervisor, Southern Appalachian Coal Company, Montgomery, West Virginia, 1965-1970; maintenance superintendent, Energy Development Company, Hanna, Wyoming, 1970-1974; maintenance superintendent, Mid-Continent Coal & Coke Company, Carbondale, Colorado, 1974-1976; maintenance superintendent, United States Fuel Company, Hiawatha, Utah., 1976-1979; general mine superintendent, United States Fuel Company, Hiawatha, Utah., 1979-1983; vice president, general manager, Carpentertown Coal & Coke Company, Templeton, Pennsylvania, 1983-1989; president, general manager, United States Fuel Company, Hiawatha, 1989-1991; president, Arava Natural Resources Company, Wichita, Kansas, since 1991. President, director Bayard Mining Corporation, Silver City, New Mexico, 1990-1992, AmwestExploration Company, Hanover, New Mexico, 1990-1992, Canco Oil & Gas Ltd., Calgary, Alberta, 1990-1992. President, Chief Executive Officer, director Alaska Gold Company, Nome, 1990-1992.

Achievements

• Gary Leland Barker has been listed as a noteworthy Mining company executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

With United States Army, 1959-1963. Member American Institute of Mining, Metallurgy, and Petroleum Engineers, Utah Mining Association, Rocky Mountain Mining Association, American Management Association.

Interests

• Avocations: fishing, history.

Connections

Married Carol Jean Barker, May 23, 1964. Children: Gary Junior, Sally Lynn.

Father:

Woodrow Harry Barker

Mother:

Cressie Mae Barker

Spouse:

Carol Jean Barker

child:

Gary Junior Barker

child:

Sally Lynn Barker