Background
Barton, Jackson Mounce was born on January 12, 1917 in Shawnee, Oklahoma, United States. Son of Jesse Downy and Elizabeth (Mounce) Barton.
Barton, Jackson Mounce was born on January 12, 1917 in Shawnee, Oklahoma, United States. Son of Jesse Downy and Elizabeth (Mounce) Barton.
Student, Phillips U., 1934-1936; Bachelor of Science, University Oklahoma, 1938; postgraduate, Yale University, 1939-1941.
Geologist, Magnolia Petroleum Company, 1938-1947; division geologist, Cooperative Refinery Association, Kansas City, Missoury, 1947-1949; chief geologist, Cooperative Refinery Association, 1949-1950; exploration manager, Cooperative Refinery Association, 1950; manager geological department, Deep Rock Oil Corporation, Tulsa, 1950-1953; exploration manager to vice president, general manager, director, Northern Natural Gas Producing Company, 1953-1965; general manager, Glover Hefner Kennedy Oil Corporation, Oklahoma City, 1965-1968; executive vice president, director, Royal Resources Corporation also executive vice president, Royal Resources Exploration, Inc., 1968-1970; executive vice president, director, Champlin Petroleum Company, Fort Worth, 1970-1971; consultant geologist, 1971-1972; president, director, Home-Stake Production Company, Tulsa, 1972-1973; vice president, Terra Resources, Inc., 1973-1977; assistant to president, Warrior Drilling & Engineering Company, Inc., 1977-1978; vice president administration, secretary and treasurer, Warrior Drilling & Engineering Company, Inc., 1978-1980; president, director, Carless Resources, Inc., 1980-1985; president, director, Murray Hill Oil & Gas Company of United States of America, from 1986. Director Union Pacific Resources Corporation, 1970-1971, Carless, Capel & Leonard, London, 1984, New Court Natural Resources of London, from 1986.
Board directors Omaha Planned Parenthood, 1963-1965. Member Westside Community Schools Board Education, 1955-1965, president, 1962-1965. Member alumni advisory council School Geology of University Oklahoma, from 1968.
Fellow Geological Society of America, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Association Petroleum Geologists, American Institute Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, Society Exploration Geophysicists, American Geological Institute, American Geophysical Union, American Institute Professional Geologists, Rocky Mountain Oil and Gas Association (past president Nebraska section), Indiana Petroleum Association American, American Petroleum Institute, American Gas Association, Indiana Natural Gas Association, Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association, Omaha Chamber of Commerce.
Married Dorothy King Benedict, May 9, 1942. Children: Jackson M., Charles D., Elizabeth B.