PESA 2010 Mid-Continent District Meeting

February 17, 2010  | 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM

Speaker

Larry Nichols
Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO
Devon Energy Corporation

Larry Nichols is co-founder, chairman and CEO of Devon Energy Corporation, one of the nation’s largest independent natural gas and oil producers. The company has an enterprise value of approximately $35 billion, is included in the S&P 500 Index and its common shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange. In January 2009, Fortune magazine ranked Devon 13th among its “100 Best Companies to Work For” in America.

Nichols graduated from Princeton University with a bachelor’s degree in geology. He completed his juris doctorate at the University of Michigan in 1967, where he was a member of the Order of Coif and a comment editor of Law Review. Nichols served as law clerk to Chief Justice Earl Warren and Justice Tom Clark of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1967 to 1968. He then served as special assistant to Assistant Attorney General William Rehnquist in the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C.

A leader in the industry, Nichols serves as chairman of the American Petroleum Institute and is on the boards of America’s Natural Gas Alliance, Business Industry Political Action Committee and American Exploration & Production Council in Washington, D.C. He is a director of Oklahoma Independent Petroleum Association and serves on the boards of Baker Hughes and Sonic Corp. He is a director of the Greater Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce and United Way.

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