Atmos Energy Corporation Names Richard W. Douglas to Board of Directors.DALLAS -- Atmos Energy 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 ) said today that Richard W. Douglas will join its board of directors effective November 8, 2007, as a Class I director, increasing the size of the board to 13 directors. Douglas will serve on the board's Human Resources Committee and Work Session/Annual Meeting Committee. Douglas, 60, is executive vice president and a member of the executive committee of The Staubach Company, a global real estate advisory firm headquartered in Addison, Texas. "Rick Douglas brings a wealth of expertise in commercial real estate, business investments, economic development and municipal government," said Robert W. Best, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Atmos Energy Corporation. "We are honored that our board of directors will benefit from his wide experience and wise counsel to guide Atmos Energy." Douglas joined Staubach in 1999. Previously, he had served as president of the Greater Dallas Chamber of Commerce for seven years. He also had served as president of the North Texas Commission; chairman, president and chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. of Las Colinas Corporation; president and chief operating officer of Southland Investment Properties; and assistant to the Dallas City Manager. He is a board member of The Senior Source of Metropolitan Dallas and has served on numerous other civic and not-for-profit boards, including the Trinity Improvement Association executive committee, Dallas Zoological Society, United Way of Metropolitan Dallas, Hart Global Leaders Forum and American Foundation for the Blind American Foundation for the Blind, n.pr an advocacy group for individuals with visual disabilities. Southwest advisory council. Douglas graduated from Oklahoma State University Oklahoma State University, at Stillwater; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1890, opened 1891 as Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College, renamed 1957. with a bachelor of science Noun 1. Bachelor of Science - a bachelor's degree in science BS, SB bachelor's degree, baccalaureate - an academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies degree and from the University of New Mexico The University of New Mexico (UNM) is a public university in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It was founded in 1889. It also offers multiple bachelor's, master's, doctoral, and professional degree programs in all areas of the arts, sciences, and engineering. with a master's degree in public administration. He is married and has two children and one grandchild. He resides in Dallas and in Clifton, Texas. Atmos Energy Corporation, headquartered in Dallas, is the country's largest natural-gas-only distributor, serving about 3.2 million natural gas distribution customers in more than 1,600 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 also provides natural gas marketing and procurement services to industrial, commercial and municipal customers in 22 states and manages 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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