Conoco's John Kemp Named Penn State Alumni Fellow.HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 14, 1999-- John Kemp John Kemp (c. 1380 – March 22 1454) was an English cardinal, archbishop of Canterbury, and chancellor. Biography He was son of Thomas Kemp, a gentleman of Ollantigh, in the parish of Wye near Ashford, Kent. , Conoco president of exploration and production for the Americas, has been named a 1999 Alumni Fellow by The Pennsylvania State University Pennsylvania State University, main campus at University Park, State College; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1855, opened 1859 as Farmers' High School. . It is the highest award given by the Alumni Association An alumni association is an association of graduates (alumni) or, more broadly, of former students. In the United Kingdom and the United States, alumni of universities, colleges, schools (especially independent schools), fraternities, and sororities often form groups with alumni , and recognizes several of the university's most eminent alumni each year. Kemp accepted the honor in a ceremony at the university on Friday, Sept. 10. Earlier that day, he was a featured speaker in a conference at the university titled, "Strategies for a New Era." A native of Pennsylvania, Kemp holds 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 in petroleum and natural gas engineering from Penn State. In 1996, he was named an outstanding graduate and a Centennial Fellow by the school's College of Earth and Mineral Sciences. Kemp joined Conoco in 1965 and progressed through a series of engineering and management positions in the U.S. and Europe. He has managed Conoco's operations in The Hague, Netherlands; London; Aberdeen, Scotland; Stavanger, Norway; and throughout the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . Today, he oversees an organization of more than 1,500 employees and is responsible for the company's exploration and production operations in Canada, the United States and Venezuela and for leading growth efforts in North, South, and Central America Central America, narrow, southernmost region (c.202,200 sq mi/523,698 sq km) of North America, linked to South America at Colombia. It separates the Caribbean from the Pacific. . The operations under his direction produce 246,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day -- accounting for more than 40 percent of Conoco's total daily production. Kemp is also Conoco's executive champion of the company's successful Mentorship Program, which was begun in 1992. The program pairs Conoco employees with at-risk students at Yates High School Jack Yates Senior High School is a secondary school located at 3703 Sampson in Houston, Texas with a zip code of 77004. Yates High School handles grades nine through twelve and is part of the Houston Independent School District. , one of Houston's inner-city schools. As a result of Conoco's involvement, more than 50 percent of the 1999 graduates are attending college this fall. This is the largest percentage of college-bound seniors in the school's history. In previous years, Alumni Fellows from Penn State's College of Earth and Mineral Sciences have included: Mark Myers, senior vice president of corporate research and technology, Xerox Corporation; Kee-Hyong Kim, chairman, Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology; and, George Thompson, dean emeritus, School of Earth Sciences, Stanford University. Conoco is a major, integrated energy company based in Houston and active in 40 countries. |
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