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WILLIAM MOSS

A native of Texas, Mr. William Moss' forty-five year career in the private sector has spanned numerous entrepreneurial endeavors. He has financed, organized and managed private companies in several fields, including oil and gas exploration and development in the United States and overseas. He has also been involved in real estate, ranching, television and motion picture production. He is associated with several educational, cultural and charitable organizations.

Mr. Moss was founder and served as President, Vice Chairman of the Board and Director of the Petroleum Corporation of Delaware and the Petroleum Development Corporation. Mr. Moss founded and owned William Moss Properties, Inc. Mr. Moss owns and currently serves as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of William Moss Corp. which he founded in 1985. Mr. Moss organized Moss Exploration & Development, Inc. which he merged into William Moss Corp. in 1999. In 1997 Mr. Moss was one of the founders of W. S. Capital Management in Dallas. Earlier in his career, he founded William Moss Pictures, Inc. and Television Corporation of America. He has served on the Board of 3525 Condominiums.

Mr. Moss was a member of the Board of Trustees, Chairman of the Investment Committee and a member of the Executive Committee for the American University, Washington, D.C. He was a member of the Southern Methodist University Foundation for Business Administration. He founded the William Moss Institute, a charitable and educational organization at the American University and established the Free Enterprise Institute at Southern Methodist University. In the past, he has served on the Executive Committee of the Dallas Symphony Association and the Dallas Civic Opera.

Mr. Moss served as Vice Chairman for the George Bush for President National Finance Committee in 1988. He has been a member of the Republican Eagles and the National Republican Senatorial Trust Committee. He is a member of the Texas and Dallas County Republican Party. He has served as a founder and Co-Chairman of Team 100 and the President's Dinner. He was Honorary Chairman of the President's Inaugural Dinner January 18, 1989.

At the request of President George Bush, Mr. Moss organized and was Chairman of the President's Drug Advisory Council which was part of the Executive Branch of the White House. The Council was formed to advise the President on ways to involve the private sector in the war on drugs. Thirty nationally recognized individuals from business, labor, education, community organizations and the press served on the Council. Meetings and seminars were held in the White House with leaders of community, religious, service organizations, educators and labor. The recommendations made to the President at a meeting at Camp David on November 15, 1991, lead to the formation of two private organizations: Coalitions Against Drug Abuse and Drugs Don't Work. These two organizations were merged into Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America. Since Mr. Moss was instrumental in the founding of these two organizations, he recently agreed to return to the Board of Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America. Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America is currently operating in approximately 40 states and communities across the nation. These organizations, as well as the Council, have been privately funded. Upon completion of Mr. Moss' assignment, he resigned as Chairman of the President's Drug Advisory Council in July, 1992, to become active in the 1992 Presidential Campaign and serve as National Vice Chairman. Mr. Moss served as Vice Chairman for the 1995 Republican Senate-House Dinner.

Mr. Moss was appointed to the Executive Advisory Board of The Margaret Thatcher Foundation. He became a Founding Director of the John Tower Center for Political Studies at Southern Methodist University, a Sponsor of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation, a Trustee of The George Bush Presidential Library Foundation, a Director of The Southern Methodist University Willis M. Tate Lecture Series, and he is continuing his work with the William Moss Free Enterprise Institute at Southern Methodist University.

Mr. Moss is currently serving on the Advisory Board for the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

Mr. Moss was born on June 13, 1920 at Greybull, Wyoming. He graduated from San Marcos Academy, San Marcos, Texas, in 1937 and from Baylor University in 1941. Mr. Moss served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II.

Mr. Moss is a member of a number of business and social organizations, including the Bohemian Club in San Francisco; the ElDorado Country Club and Vintage Club in Indian Wells, California; the Brook Club in New York; the Brookhollow Club in Dallas, Texas, and The Georgetown Club. Mr. Moss is a non-resident member of Bel-Air Country Club and The Los Angeles Country Club in California.

Mr. Moss is married to the former Dianne Ingels and has two children and four grandchildren. Mr. Moss is a member of Saint Michael and All Angels Church, Dallas, Texas, St. Margaret's Episcopal Church in Palm Desert, California and The Fellowship of St. John The Evangelist in Cambridge, Massachusetts, were he served on the Advisory Committee for Financing.