Background
Smoak, Neil Arden was born on May 7, 1946 in Orangeburg, South Carolina, United States. Son of Cecil Wilson and Pearle Louise (Rast) Smoak.
Smoak, Neil Arden was born on May 7, 1946 in Orangeburg, South Carolina, United States. Son of Cecil Wilson and Pearle Louise (Rast) Smoak.
Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering, Clemson University, 1968. Master of Science in Soil Mechanics, Clemson University, 1969.
Associate engineer, manager district engineering Exxon Company, United States of America, Texas, Florida and Louisiana, 1969-1979. Manager and vice president operations Phoenix Resources Company, Oklahoma City, 1979-1982. Senior vice president F.C.D. Oil Corporation, 1982-1983.
General manager, vice president exploration and production Fina Oil & Chemical Company, Oklahoma City and Dallas, since 1983. Indiana consultant, United States and Arab Republic of Egypt, 1983.
With United States Army Reserve, 1964-1970. Member National Rifle Association (life), Society Petroleum Engineers, American Petroleum Institute, Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association, American Association Petroleum Geologists (associate), Dallas Petroleum Club, Oak Tree Country Club.
Married Katherine Jean King, August 1969 (divorced April 1973). Married Deborah Jane Bucy, June 30, 1973.