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listed business development company, in 1969 and served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer from 1969
until 1986, when Heizer Corporation was reorganized into a number of public and private companies.
Mr. Heizer was assistant treasurer of the Allstate Insurance Company from 1962 to 1969. He was employed
by Booz, Allen and Hamilton from 1958 to 1962, Kidder, Peabody & Co. from 1956 to 1958, and Arthur
Andersen & Co. from 1954 to 1956. He serves on the advisory board of the Kellogg School of Management at
Northwestern University and the Executive Committee of Yale Law School. Mr. Heizer is a director of
Amdahl Corporation in Santa Clara, California, Material Science Corporation, Elk Grove, Illinois, and
numerous private companies. Mr. Heizer graduated in 1951 from Northwestern University and from Yale
University Law School in 1954.
Frederick B. Whittemore, age 66, has been a director of the Company since 1993. Mr. Whittemore has
been an advisory director of Morgan Stanley & Co. since 1989 and was a managing director of Morgan Stanley
& Co. from 1970 to 1989. He was Vice-Chairman of the American Stock Exchange from 1982 to 1984, Mr.
Whittemore was a partner with Morgan Stanley & Co. from 1967 to 1970 and an associate from 1958 to 1967.
Mr. Whittemore is a director of Integon Insurance Company in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Partner
Reinsurance Company, Limited in Bermuda and Southern Pacific Petroleum, N.L. of Sydney, Australia. Mr.
Whittemore graduated in 1953 from Dartmouth College and from the Amos Tuck School of Business
Administration in 1954.
Directors Whose Terms Expire in 1999
Aubrey K. McClendon, age 38, has served as Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and director
of the Company since its inception in 1989. From 1982 to 1989, Mr. McClendon was an independent
producer of oil and gas in affiliation with Tom L. Ward, the Company's President and Chief Operating Officer.
Mr. McClendon is a member of the Board of Visitors of the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University, an
Executive Committee member of the Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners Association, a
director of the Oklahoma Independent Petroleum Association, and a director of the Louisiana Independent
Oil and Gas Association. Mr. McClendon is a 1981 graduate of Duke University.
Shannon T. Self age 41, has been a director of the Company since 1993. He is a shareholder of Self,
Giddens & Lees, Inc., Attorneys at Law, in Oklahoma City, which he co-founded in 1991. Mr. Self was an
associate and shareholder in the law firm of Hastie and Kirschner, Oklahoma City, from 1984 to 1991 and was
employed by Arthur Young & Co. from 1979 to 1980. Mr. Self is a certified public accountant. He graduated
from the University of Oklahoma in 1979 and from Northwestern University Law School in 1984.
Information Regarding Officers
Executive Officers
In addition to Messrs. McClendon and Ward, the following are also executive officers of the Company.
Marcus C. Rowland, age 45, was appointed Senior Vice President Finance and Chief Financial Officer
in September 1997. He served as Vice President Finance and Chief Financial Officer from 1993 to 1997.
From 1990 until his association with the Company, Mr. Rowland was Chief Operating Officer of Anglo-
Suisse, L.P. assigned to the White Nights Russian Enterprise, a joint venture of Anglo-Suisse, L.P. and
Phibro Energy Corporation, a major foreign operation which was granted the right to engage in oil and gas
operations in Russia. Prior to his association with White Nights Russian Enterprise, Mr. Rowland owned and
managed his own oil and gas company and prior to that was Chief Financial Officer of a private exploration
company in Oklahoma City from 1981 to 1985. Mr. Rowland is a certified public accountant and graduated
from Wichita State University in 1975.
Steven C. Dixon, age 39, has been Senior Vice President Operations since 1995 and served as Vice
President -Exploration from 1991 to 1995. Mr. Dixon was a self-employed geological consultant in Wichita,
Kansas from 1983 through 1990. He was employed by Beren Corporation in Wichita, Kansas from 1980 to
1983 as a geologist. Mr. Dixon graduated from the University of Kansas in 1980.
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