Atmos Energy Announces Retirement of Gene C. Koonce from Board of Directors.DALLAS -- Atmos Energy Atmos Energy (NYSE: ATO), headquartered in Dallas, Texas, is the largest distributor of natural gas in the United States, serving 3.1 million customers nationwide. Atmos acquired TXU's natural gas and pipeline holdings in 2004. Corporation (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :ATO ATO Australian Taxation Office ATO Ambito Territoriale Ottimale (Italy) ATO Alpha Tau Omega ATO Air Traffic Organization (FAA) ATO Arab Towns Organization ATO Air Tasking Order ATO Assemble To Order ) announced today that Gene C. Koonce has retired from the company's board of directors effective today, following the company's annual meeting of shareholders, after a decade of service to the company. Koonce first joined Atmos Energy's board in 1997 when the company acquired United Cities United cities refers to the neighbouring cities divided by political borders, that were united, when due to political changes they happened in the same entity. (See also Divided cities)
"Gene's leadership, vision and guidance have truly helped shape the direction of our company, and he has been an outstanding board member for the last 10 years," said Robert W. Best, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Atmos Energy. "We are extremely grateful for the contributions he has made to our company, and he will be missed." Koonce is a staunch supporter of both community and industry organizations. He previously served as chairman of the Southern Gas Association, director of the Southern, Southeastern and American Gas Associations and president of the Tennessee Gas Association. Koonce received his engineering degree from the University of Tennessee The University of Tennessee (UT), sometimes called the University of Tennessee at Knoxville (UT Knoxville or UTK), is the flagship institution of the statewide land-grant University of Tennessee public university system in the American state of Tennessee. in Knoxville and served as a pilot in the Air Force's Strategic Air Command before starting his career in the utility business in 1958. About Atmos Energy Atmos Energy Corporation, headquartered in Dallas, is the country's largest natural gas-only distributor, serving about 3.2 million gas utility customers. Atmos Energy's utility operations serve more than 1,500 communities in 12 states from the Blue Ridge Mountains Blue Ridge also Blue Ridge Mountains A range of the Appalachian Mountains extending from southern Pennsylvania to northern Georgia. It rises to 2,038.6 m (6,684 ft) at Mount Mitchell in the Black Mountains of western North Carolina. in the East to the Rocky Mountains in the West. Atmos Energy's nonutility operations, organized under Atmos Energy Holdings, Inc., operate in 22 states. They provide natural gas marketing and procurement services to industrial, commercial and municipal customers and manage company-owned natural gas pipeline and storage assets, including one of the largest intrastate natural gas pipeline systems in Texas. Atmos Energy is a Fortune 500 company. For more information, visit www.atmosenergy.com. |
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