ENERGY MANAGEMENT TEST EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS #3
Where was the first Energy Management degree program created - correct answer
University of Oklahoma 1958
Who was the first director of the PLM program at OU - correct answer Dr. William H.
Keown
Why was a PLM degree created? - correct answer In order to maintain the professional
status for landmen
What course did the PLM program combine? - correct answer management,
accounting, law, geology, petroleum engineering, and the petroleum industry
Did OU's PLM program stay consistent while other schools' programs were dropped? -
correct answer YES
When was the AAPL founded? - correct answer 1955
Who was the second president of the AAPL? - correct answer Miller Waggoner
How long have landmen been around? - correct answer early 19th century
Who was the first president of AAPL? - correct answer George Foster Brown
"You have to like people and leave them liking you" - correct answer George Foster
Brown
Early in 1954, a group of 16 landmen from 7 states led by George Foster Brown,
gathered and discussed the need for a national Landmen organization. In 1955 the
AAPL was formed and in the 1st meeting on April 28th, 1955, in Fort Worth, 500 were in
attendance and 1000 registered - correct answer True
When did the pursue of a degree program start? - correct answer July of '54
Who is the chairman of the Educational and Publicity Committee? - correct answer John
Nunn
Who was the OU grad that felt strongly for a need for an education program? - correct
answer Keith Bennett
What was the first school Keith Bennett contacted about a PLM program? - correct
answer University of Colorado
, When was the term "land management" coined? - correct answer at the 2nd annual
AAPL convention Tom Sealy addressed it
Who was OU's dean of business at the time? - correct answer Dr. Horace Brown
When was the first Petroleum Land Institute held? - correct answer March 31st to April
4th 1958
The institute was so successful that a 2nd one was scheduled for October - correct
answer True
When did Horace Brown announce that a PLM degree program would officially start? -
correct answer September of '58
"Landmen are the principle contacts between companies and the land owning public" -
correct answer Dr. William H. Keown
Within 4 semesters how many students were in OU's PLM program? - correct answer
100 students
Struggles that came from the program - correct answer - many students were ill-suited
and improperly motivated
- students did not have a good background in a given subject compared with other
students because the curriculum was so diverse
- many faculty members did not know what a landman was
PLM - correct answer "P" - petroleum industry ("career" oil and gas lease and people)
"L" - Land ownership ("profession" law, geology, and engineer)
"M" - Management ("business" future leaders in the oil and gas industry)
What was a main goal of the OCAPL (Oklahoma City Association of professional
landmen) ? - correct answer create a student association
When was the University of Oklahoma Landman student association organized? -
correct answer Spring of '59
Who was EMSA's first president? - correct answer William Brodnax
EMSA starting growth - correct answer 8 in the fall to 40 in the Spring of '59 to 60 the
next year
Who were early presidents of EMSA? - correct answer Frank Spooner, David Bole,
Warren Young, Jack Sweeney, and Fred Hallman
Who founded the OU Petroleum Land Management Alumni Association - correct
answer David L. Mera
ANSWERS #3
Where was the first Energy Management degree program created - correct answer
University of Oklahoma 1958
Who was the first director of the PLM program at OU - correct answer Dr. William H.
Keown
Why was a PLM degree created? - correct answer In order to maintain the professional
status for landmen
What course did the PLM program combine? - correct answer management,
accounting, law, geology, petroleum engineering, and the petroleum industry
Did OU's PLM program stay consistent while other schools' programs were dropped? -
correct answer YES
When was the AAPL founded? - correct answer 1955
Who was the second president of the AAPL? - correct answer Miller Waggoner
How long have landmen been around? - correct answer early 19th century
Who was the first president of AAPL? - correct answer George Foster Brown
"You have to like people and leave them liking you" - correct answer George Foster
Brown
Early in 1954, a group of 16 landmen from 7 states led by George Foster Brown,
gathered and discussed the need for a national Landmen organization. In 1955 the
AAPL was formed and in the 1st meeting on April 28th, 1955, in Fort Worth, 500 were in
attendance and 1000 registered - correct answer True
When did the pursue of a degree program start? - correct answer July of '54
Who is the chairman of the Educational and Publicity Committee? - correct answer John
Nunn
Who was the OU grad that felt strongly for a need for an education program? - correct
answer Keith Bennett
What was the first school Keith Bennett contacted about a PLM program? - correct
answer University of Colorado
, When was the term "land management" coined? - correct answer at the 2nd annual
AAPL convention Tom Sealy addressed it
Who was OU's dean of business at the time? - correct answer Dr. Horace Brown
When was the first Petroleum Land Institute held? - correct answer March 31st to April
4th 1958
The institute was so successful that a 2nd one was scheduled for October - correct
answer True
When did Horace Brown announce that a PLM degree program would officially start? -
correct answer September of '58
"Landmen are the principle contacts between companies and the land owning public" -
correct answer Dr. William H. Keown
Within 4 semesters how many students were in OU's PLM program? - correct answer
100 students
Struggles that came from the program - correct answer - many students were ill-suited
and improperly motivated
- students did not have a good background in a given subject compared with other
students because the curriculum was so diverse
- many faculty members did not know what a landman was
PLM - correct answer "P" - petroleum industry ("career" oil and gas lease and people)
"L" - Land ownership ("profession" law, geology, and engineer)
"M" - Management ("business" future leaders in the oil and gas industry)
What was a main goal of the OCAPL (Oklahoma City Association of professional
landmen) ? - correct answer create a student association
When was the University of Oklahoma Landman student association organized? -
correct answer Spring of '59
Who was EMSA's first president? - correct answer William Brodnax
EMSA starting growth - correct answer 8 in the fall to 40 in the Spring of '59 to 60 the
next year
Who were early presidents of EMSA? - correct answer Frank Spooner, David Bole,
Warren Young, Jack Sweeney, and Fred Hallman
Who founded the OU Petroleum Land Management Alumni Association - correct
answer David L. Mera
