Reese Rowling | |
Birth Name: | Reese McIntosh Rowling |
Birth Date: | 1928 |
Birth Place: | Waycross, Georgia, U.S. |
Death Date: | 2001 |
Alma Mater: | Texas College of Mines and Metallurgy |
Occupation: | businessman and geologist |
Known For: | co-founded Tana Oil and Gas Corporation with William E. Colson |
Children: | Robert Rowling |
Parents: | Harry Herschel Rowling Lily Mae Rowling |
Reese McIntosh Rowling (1928–2001) was an American businessman and geologist, who co-founded Tana Oil and Gas Corporation with William E Colson in Corpus Christi, Texas, which was eventually taken over by Texaco.[1]
He was born in 1928 in Waycross, Georgia, the son of Harry Herschel Rowling, a railway worker, and his wife Lily Mae Rowling.[1] In 1951 he graduated from the Texas College of Mines and Metallurgy (now UTEP).[1]
In 1972, he co-founded Tana Oil and Gas Corporation with William E. Colson in Corpus Christi, Texas[1]
He was the father of Robert Rowling.[1]