Vincent Matthews, III

Background

III, Vincent Matthews, was born on July 23, 1942 in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. Son of Vincent Junior and Margaret Virginia M.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Geology, University Georgia, 1965. Master of Science in Geology, University Georgia, 1967. Doctor of Philosophy in Geology, University California, Santa Cruz, 1973.

Career

Geologist, Pan American Petroleum Corporation, New Orleans, 1967-1969; lecturer, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1969-1971; associate professor, U. Northern Colorado, Greeley, 1971-1976; exploration manager, Amoco Production Company, Denver, 1977-1981; division manager, Lear Exploration, Denver, 1981-1985; vice president, regional manager, Union Pacific Resources, Houston, 1985-1989; president, Penn Virginia Resources Corporation, Duffield, Virginia, since 1989.

Achievements

• Vincent Matthews III has been listed as a noteworthy Oil company executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Director foundation Southwest Virginia Public Education Consortium, Wise, since 1993. Member advisory board Clinch Valley College University Virginia, Wise, since 1993. Director at large Wise County Chamber of C., Norton, Virginia, 1994.

Vice chairman of board Powell River Project Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, since 1993. Fellow Geological Society of America. Member American Association Petroleum Geologists (trustee associate, delegate), Rocky Mountain Association Geologists (councillor), Society Petroleum Engineers, Association Women Geologists (foundation director 1989-1992).

Interests

• Reading, family newsletter, backpacking.

Connections

Married Cissy Cullen, August 16, 1965 (divorced November 1984). Children: Vincent IV, Thompson. Married Susan Dawn Burdick, January 26, 1985.

Father:

Vincent M. Junior

Mother:

Margaret Virginia M.

Spouse:

Cissy Cullen

Spouse:

Susan Dawn Burdick

child:

Vincent IV III

child:

Thompson III