Robert E. Aikman

Robert E.
Aikman became a director in 1990.
Mr. Aikman has more than 50 years experience in oil and gas exploration and production throughout the United States and Canada.
From 1984 to 1994, he was Chairman of the Board of Energy Resources Corporation.
From 1979 through 1984, he was the President and principal shareholder of Aikman Petroleum, Inc. From 1971 to 1977, he was President of Dorchester Exploration Inc. and from 1971 to 1980, he was a director and a member of the Executive Committee of Dorchester Gas Corporation.
Since 1998, Mr. Aikman has been Chairman of WhamTech, Inc, an information technology company, and from 1988 to 2004 he was President of The Hawthorne Company, an entity which organizes joint ventures and provides advisory services for the acquisition of oil and gas properties and the restructuring, reorganization and/or sale of oil and gas companies.
In addition, Mr. Aikman is a director of the Panhandle Producers and Royalty Owners Association and a member of the Independent Petroleum Association of America and American Association of Petroleum Landmen.
Mr. Aikman received a Bachelor of Arts/Sciences from the University of Oklahoma.