Background
O'Shields, Richard Lee was born on August 12, 1926 in Ozark, Arkansas, United States. Son of Fay and Anna (Johnson) O'S.
O'Shields, Richard Lee was born on August 12, 1926 in Ozark, Arkansas, United States. Son of Fay and Anna (Johnson) O'S.
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, University Oklahoma, 1949. Master of Science in Petroleum Engineering, Louisiana State University, 1951.
Instructor petroleum engineering, Louisiana State University, 1949-1951; production engineer, Pure Oil Corporation, 1951-1953; sales engineer, chief engineer, vice president, Salt Water Control, Inc., Fort Worth, 1953-1959; construction engineering, Ralph H. Cummins Company, Fort Worth, 1959-1960; with, Anadarko Production Company and parent company Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company, l960-88; president, Anadarko Production Company, 1966-1968; executive vice president, Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company, 1968-1970; president, chief Executive officer, Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company, 1970-1979; chairman, chief Executive officer, Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company, 1979-1983; chairman, Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company, 1983-1988; also board directors, Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company, 1969-1993. President, Chief Executive Officer Trunkline Gas Company, 1970-1979, chairman, Chief Executive Officer, 1979-1983, chairman, 1983-1988.
With United States Army Air Force, l945. Member American Petroleum Institute, Society Petroleum Engineers, Indiana Natural Gas Association American, Gas Research Institute, Indiana Petroleum Association American, Southern Gas Association, Tau Beta Pi.
Married Shirley Isabelle Washington, November 8, 1947. Children: Sharon Isabelle O'Shields Boles, Carolyn Jean, Richard Lee Junior.