IEL Distinguished Leadership in Energy Award
2024 Honoree
Gretchen Watkins
President
Shell USA, Inc.
Past Honorees
Linda Z. Cook (2022)
Chief Executive Officer, Harbour Energy plc
Ryan Lance (2021)
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, ConocoPhillips Company
Lynn Laverty Elsenhans (2020)
Former Chairman and CEO, Sunoco and Sunoco Logistics
John B. Hess (2019)
Hess Corporation
Dan O. Dinges (2018)
Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation
John S. Watson (2017)
Chevron Corporation
Mark G. Papa (2016)
Riverstone Holdings LLC
Richard D. Kinder (2015)
Chairman and CEO, Kinder Morgan, Inc.
Charles D. Davidson (2014)
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Noble Energy, Inc
Rex W. Tillerson (2013)
Chairman and CEO, Exxon Mobil Corporation
Marvin E. Odum (2012)
President, Shell Oil Company
Douglas L. Foshee (2011)
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, El Paso Corporation
Clarence P. Cazalot, Jr. (2010)
President and Chief Executive Officer, Marathon Oil Corporation
J. Larry Nichols (2009)
Chairman and CEO, Devon Energy Corporation
James J. Mulva (2008)
Chairman, President and CEO, ConocoPhillips Company
James T. Hackett (2007)
Chairman, President and CEO, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation
James A. Baker, III (2006)
Former U.S. Secretary of State and Honorary Chairman, James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, Rice University
Baker Botts, L.L.P.
Archie W. Dunham (2005)
Chairman of the Board (Retired), ConocoPhillips
Bill White (2004)
Mayor of Houston
Former President and CEO, WEDGE Group
Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy
George P. Mitchell (2003)
Former Chairman & CEO, Mitchell Energy & Development Corp.
Chairman of the Board, GPM, Inc.
Lee Raymond (2002)
CEO, Exxon Mobil Corporation
Kenneth L. Lay (2001)
CEO, Enron
Sir John Browne (2000)
CEO, BP Amoco
- Prof. Owen L. Anderson
- Mark D. Christiansen
- Philip G. Dufford
- Dean Charles O. Galvin
- Prof. Joseph R. Geraud
- Sheila S. Hollis
- Prof. Edwin P. Horner
- J. Clayton Johnson
- Prof. Bruce M. Kramer
- Prof. John S. Lowe
- Prof. Patrick H. Martin
- Prof. Tom R. Mason
- Dean Richard C. Maxwell
- Prof. Phillip E. Norvell
- Prof. David E. Pierce
- Dean Ernest E. Smith
Charles O. Galvin (1998)
Former Dean, SMU School of Law
Of Counsel, Haynes and Boone
Alfred C. DeCrane, Jr. (1997)
Former Chairman of the Board & CEO, Texaco, Inc.
L. Frank Pitts (1996)
CEO, Pitts Energy Group
Lawrence G. Rawl (1995)
Former Chairman of the Board & CEO, Exxon Corporation
Allen E. Murray (1994)
Chairman of the Board and CEO, Mobil Corporation
C.J. “Pete” Silas (1993)
Chairman and CEO, Phillips Petroleum Company
Eugene Kuntz (1992)
Dean Emeritus, University of Oklahoma Law Center
Lodwrick M. Cook (1991)
Chairman of the Board of Directors and CEO, ARCO
Joseph W. Morris (1990)
Gable & Gotwals
Ray L. Hunt (1989)
Chairman and CEO, Hunt Oil Company
George M. Keller (1988)
Chairman and CEO, Chevron Corporation
Roy M. Huffington (1987)
Chairman, Roy M. Huffington, Inc.
John F. Bookout (1986)
President, Shell Oil Company
Edwin L. Cox (1985)
Chairman, Edwin L. Cox & Berry R. Cox
Clifton C. Garvin, Jr. (1984)
Chairman and CEO, Exxon Corporation
Robert L. Parker (1983)
Chairman and CEO, Parker Drilling Company
Fred L. Hartley (1982)
Chairman of the Board and President, Union Oil Company of California
Robert E. Thomas (1981)
MAPCO, Inc.
Dean A. McGee (1980)
Chairman and CEO, Kerr-McGee Corporation
Jack S. Blanton (1979)
President, Scurlock Oil Company
Maurice F. Granville (1978)
Chairman and CEO, Texaco Inc.
Wayne E. Glenn (1977)
Former Vice Chairman, Continental Oil Co.
Robert G. Dunlop (1976)
Director and Chairman, Sun Oil Company
H.A. (Dave) True, Jr. (1975)
Oil Producer, Drilling
Contractor and Rancher
John E. Swearingen (1974)
Chairman of the Board, Standard Oil Company (IN)
Robert O. Anderson (1973)
Chairman and CEO, Atlantic Richfield Corporation
J.K. Jamieson (1972)
Chairman of the Board, Standard Oil Company (NJ)
H.K. Haynes (1971)
President, Standard Oil of California
Albert L. Nickerson (1970)
Retired Chairman of the Board, Mobil Oil Corporation