• EARLY EXPOSURE TO CONFLICT AND NEGOTIATION
• A MOVE INTO THE ENERGY INDUSTRY
• TROUBLE BREWS
• SOURCES FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

Chairman, El Paso Corporation

Nationality: American.

Born: April 6, 1935, in New York City, New York.

Education: Fordham University, BS, 1957; LLB, 1964.

Family: Married Allison Spencer, 1986; children: seven.

Career: Hughes, Hubbard & Reed, 1964–1968, associate attorney; Allied Artists Pictures, 1968–1970, executive vice president and general counsel; Southern Natural Resources, 1970–1979, vice president and general counsel; Sonat, 1980–1982, vice president and general counsel; 1982–1999, president and chief operating officer; 1983–1999, chief executive...