Background
Scates, Joe Frank was born on January 9, 1935 in Pine Hill, Texas, United States. Son of Alton J. and Thelma (Giles) Scates.
Scates, Joe Frank was born on January 9, 1935 in Pine Hill, Texas, United States. Son of Alton J. and Thelma (Giles) Scates.
Bachelor of Science Geology, Lamar State College Technology, 1956; postgraduate, U. Houston, 1956-1957; postgraduate, Rice U., 1963-1965; postgraduate, Louisiana State University, 1993-1995.
Geologist, Humble Oil & Refining, Midland, Texas, Lafayette, Louisiana, 1957-1963; geological consultant, Houston, 1963-1965; division development geologist, Signal Oil & Gas Company, Houston, 1965-1969; president, geologist, Scates Exploration Company, Houston, 1972-1981; president, geologist, Scates Petroleum Exploration, Houston, 1981-1989; geological consultant, Houston and Baton Rouge, 1989-1995; geologist, Louisiana Department Environmental Quality, Baton Rouge, since 1991. Consultant, advisor Gordon Exploration Company, Houston, 1990-1993.
Co-director St. Mary's Catholic Youth Organisation, Humble, Texas, 1974-1976. Member American Association Petroleum Geologists (certified), Houston Geological Society.
Married Marion Braquet, September 3, 1955 (divorced August 1990). Children: Jennifer, Stephen, Jeffrey, Lizabeth, Leslie, Frani. Married Barbara Goad, June 5, 1991.
