Clark Halderson
I am married to my wife, Pat, and have a daughter, Kinsey, and a son, Brian. I spent 3 years after law school ('68-'70) in the Marine Corps as a JAG officer with a tour in Viet Nam in the 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, stationed at QuangTri combat base. In 1971
I worked in the Legal Department of Cities Service Co. in Tulsa. They sent me to Columbia University in New York for a course in International Comparative Law. I spent the rest of my career (31 years) as a international petroleum lawyer/negotiator, 10 years with Cities (Tulsa and Houston), 14 years with Occidental Petroleum Co. in CA and 7 years with Hunt Oil Co. in Dallas. I am a founding member of the Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN) and wrote the first bylaws of the association in '81.

When I was with Occidental many of my business trips were between L.A. and London. I called them "celebrity flights". I flew with Michael Caine, Ernest Borgnine, and Donald Sutherland, etc. I had several wonderful experiences in various countries which you can read about in our Col-Hi website.

I have spent part of my retirement years writing a novel titled "The Veiled Influence". It is
about corruption, terrorism and murder involving the CIA, a U.S.
petroleum company and a West
African country. I have since
found out that it is very difficult
for an unpublished novelist to get a publisher or agent. So, we'll see how it goes.

My favorite teacher was: Miss Carlton - she gave English Lit
a modern day appeal and Miss Fender in Calculus. My most

feared teacher: Mrs. Halderson in Latin was a tough disciplina arian. She once had a student stand and conjugate Latin verbs in front of the class because she caught him reading a biology book in her class. A funny story: I had a nickname "Swede" started by Claude Trotter due to a campout trip where I adorned my head with a dark blue stocking cap (it was really cold) to get some firewood and he thought I looked Scandinavian. I was ok with the nickname but it did cause an embarrassing situation. Boys on the baseball team called me that name and one opposing team thought it sounded like "Sweetie". Later at a Yankee's game in Kansas City we heard a shout from some Tulsa Centrall guys "There's Sweetie-pie!" I went up there to tell them hello and straighten them out about my nickname.