Background
Grant, Russell Porter was born on November 5, 1943 in Fort Sill, Oklahoma, United States. Son of Russell Porter and Jimmie (Bell) Grant.
Grant, Russell Porter was born on November 5, 1943 in Fort Sill, Oklahoma, United States. Son of Russell Porter and Jimmie (Bell) Grant.
Bachelor of Science, United States Military Academy, 1966; Juris Doctor, U. Mississippi, 1974.
Partner, Patterson & Patterson, Aberdeen, Mississippi, 1974-1980;
petroleum landman, Aberdeen, 1980-1981;
operations landman, Hughes & Hughes Oil and Gas, Jackson, Mississippi, 1981-1984;
manager gas contracts, Hughes Eastern Petroleum, Ltd., Jackson, 1984-1988;
Corporate Counsel, Hughes Eastern Petroleum, Inc., Jackson, 1988-1989;
private practice, Jackson, 1989-1990, 91;
associate, Overstreet & Kuykendall, Jackson, 1990-1991;
partner, McKibben, Grant & Associations, Jackson, 1991-1995. Member legal committee Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission, Oklahoma City,1992-. Speaker Oil and Gas Institute, U. Alabama, 1990, natural gas seminarMiss.
Natural Gas Association, 1986.
Co-chair Executive Committee Monroe County Republican Party, Aberdeen, 1980. President Aberdeen Exch. Club, 1978-1979; member Monroe County (Mississippi) Port Authority, 1979-1980.
Captain United States Army, 1966-1972. Member Mississippi Oil and Gas Lawyers (president 1986-1987, Mississippi Association Petroleum Landmen (vice president 1987-1988, president 1994-1995), Mississippi Bar (chairman natural resources section 1988-1989), American Association Petroleum Landmen.
Married Janice Rae Lockley, November 19, 1966. 1 child, Russell Porter III.