C J Silas

Former chairman and CEO of Phillips Petroleum Co

Pete Silas, former chairman and CEO of Phillips Petroleum Co., was a charter member of Miami’s first Boys & Girls Club, which took him “from the outfield to the oilfield.” In 1953 Silas earned a chemical engineering degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology, where he was captain of the basketball team and, at graduation, a draft pick of the Minneapolis Lakers. Silas began a successful career at Phillips Petroleum instead but retained his love of basketball, playing on the team that won the 1955 Pan American games while he was in the Army. A life member of Boys & Girls Clubs of America’s Board of Governors, he previously served as the national organization’s chairman. Silas graduated from Georgia Tech in 1953 and went work for the oil company as a petroleum engineer, rising through the ranks until he was elected chairman and chief executive officer in 1985 after serving three years as president of the Phillips. Silas helped guide the oil company through the aftermath of two hostile takeover attempts by T. Boone Pickens and Carl Ichan before retiring in 1994. From 1968 to 1976, Silas was assigned to the oil company's Europe-Africa area of activities, where he directed much of the development of the Ekofisk operations in the Norwegian North Sea. Silas and his wife Theo were instrumental in the establishment of the OK Mozart Festival and the Price Tower Arts Center in Bartlesville. Silas also was past national chairman of Junior Achievement, the United States Chamber of Commerce, and the Boys and Girls Clubs of America.

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J Steven Hart	Kit Bond, Thomas Allen Coburn, Tom Cole, Jim Inhofe, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Richard Shelby, John Sullivan, Don Young, Don Nickles, Jesse Helms, Fred Dalton Thompson, Julius Caesar Watts Jr, Paul Coverdell, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Federal Committee of Pennsylvania, Ernest Istook, Republican Majority Fund, Oklahoma Leadership Council, Andy Ewing, George H W Bush, Mickey Edwards, David L Boren
J Larry Nichols	Thomas Allen Coburn, Tom Cole, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Jim Inhofe, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, John Sullivan, Don Nickles, Julius Caesar Watts Jr, Paul Coverdell, William K Brewster, Rick Lazio, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Ernest Istook, Republican Majority Fund, Oklahoma Leadership Council, Andy Ewing, Business Industry PAC, Mickey Edwards, Pete Domenici V, David L Boren
T Boone Pickens	Kit Bond, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Jim Inhofe, Mitch McConnell, Richard Shelby, John Sullivan, Don Young, Don Nickles, Jesse Helms, Fred Dalton Thompson, Julius Caesar Watts Jr, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Republican Majority Fund, Republican Party of Texas, Oklahoma Leadership Council, George H W Bush, John F Seymour, Terrence M Considine, Pete Domenici V, Rudy Boschwitz, David L Boren
Duane R Roberts	Kit Bond, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Jim Inhofe, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, John Sullivan, Don Young, Don Nickles, Jesse Helms, Fred Dalton Thompson, Rick Lazio, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Federal Committee of Pennsylvania, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Republican Party of Texas, Oklahoma Leadership Council, George H W Bush, Mississippi Republican Party, John F Seymour, Terrence M Considine, Joan Milke Flores, Richard L Thornburgh
Michael Keiser	Herman Cain, Kit Bond, Thomas Allen Coburn, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Jim Inhofe, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Don Nickles, Jesse Helms, Fred Dalton Thompson, Julius Caesar Watts Jr, Paul Coverdell, Rick Lazio, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Republican Party of Texas, Nrccc - Non Federal 1, Terrence M Considine, Richard L Thornburgh, Rudy Boschwitz
Robert McNair	Herman Cain, Thomas Allen Coburn, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Jim Inhofe, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Mike Pence, Don Nickles, Fred Dalton Thompson, Paul Coverdell, Bill Archer, Rick Lazio, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Federal Committee of Pennsylvania, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Republican Party of Texas, Oklahoma Leadership Council, Nrccc - Non Federal 1, George H W Bush, Mississippi Republican Party
Joseph Petrone	Kit Bond, Thomas Allen Coburn, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Jim Inhofe, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Mike Pence, Don Nickles, Jesse Helms, Fred Dalton Thompson, Paul Coverdell, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Federal Committee of Pennsylvania, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Republican Majority Fund, George H W Bush, Terrence M Considine, Pete Domenici V, Richard L Thornburgh, Rudy Boschwitz
Bryce L Harlow	Kit Bond, Thomas Allen Coburn, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Jim Inhofe, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Richard Shelby, Amory Houghton Jr, Don Nickles, Fred Dalton Thompson, Julius Caesar Watts Jr, Paul Coverdell, Bill Archer, Rick Lazio, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Ernest Istook, Republican Majority Fund, Nrccc - Non Federal 1, George H W Bush, Pete Domenici V
Leslie Rose	Herman Cain, Kit Bond, Thomas Allen Coburn, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Jim Inhofe, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Richard Shelby, Don Nickles, Jesse Helms, Fred Dalton Thompson, Julius Caesar Watts Jr, Paul Coverdell, Rick Lazio, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Federal Committee of Pennsylvania, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, George H W Bush, Terrence M Considine, Rudy Boschwitz
Harold Simmons	Kit Bond, Tom Cole, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Jim Inhofe, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Richard Shelby, Don Nickles, Jesse Helms, Fred Dalton Thompson, Julius Caesar Watts Jr, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Republican Party of Texas, John F Seymour, Terrence M Considine, Richard L Thornburgh, Rudy Boschwitz, David L Boren
C Boyden Gray	Kit Bond, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Jim Inhofe, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Mike Pence, Don Nickles, Fred Dalton Thompson, Paul Coverdell, Rick Lazio, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Federal Committee of Pennsylvania, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Republican Majority Fund, Nrccc - Non Federal 1, George H W Bush, Pete Domenici V, Richard L Thornburgh, Rudy Boschwitz
Louis Beecherl Jr	Kit Bond, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Jim Inhofe, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Don Nickles, Fred Dalton Thompson, Julius Caesar Watts Jr, Paul Coverdell, Rick Lazio, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Federal Committee of Pennsylvania, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Republican Party of Texas, Nrccc - Non Federal 1, George H W Bush, Terrence M Considine, Pete Domenici V, Rudy Boschwitz
Lew Ward III	Thomas Allen Coburn, Tom Cole, Jim Inhofe, John McCain, John Sullivan, Don Nickles, Julius Caesar Watts Jr, Rick Lazio, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Ernest Istook, Republican Majority Fund, Oklahoma Leadership Council, Andy Ewing, George H W Bush, Terrence M Considine, Mickey Edwards, Pete Domenici V, Rudy Boschwitz
Lanny Griffith	Kit Bond, Thomas Allen Coburn, Tom Cole, Jim Inhofe, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Mike Pence, Richard Shelby, Jesse Helms, Paul Coverdell, Rick Lazio, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Republican Majority Fund, Nrccc - Non Federal 1, George H W Bush, Mississippi Republican Party, Pete Domenici V
Clive Runnells	Kit Bond, Kay Bailey Hutchison, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Don Nickles, Jesse Helms, Paul Coverdell, Bill Archer, Rick Lazio, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Federal Committee of Pennsylvania, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Republican Party of Texas, George H W Bush, Mississippi Republican Party, Elizabeth Ames Jones, Pete Domenici V, Rudy Boschwitz
Foster Friess	Thomas Allen Coburn, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Jim Inhofe, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Mike Pence, Don Nickles, Rick Lazio, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Federal Committee of Pennsylvania, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Ernest Istook, Andy Ewing, Nrccc - Non Federal 1, Mississippi Republican Party, Richard L Thornburgh, Rudy Boschwitz, Jim Bridenstine
Sam Fox	Kit Bond, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Jim Inhofe, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Richard Shelby, Don Nickles, Jesse Helms, Paul Coverdell, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Federal Committee of Pennsylvania, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Oklahoma Leadership Council, Nrccc - Non Federal 1, George H W Bush, Pete Domenici V, Richard L Thornburgh, Rudy Boschwitz
Robert H Pickens	Kit Bond, Thomas Allen Coburn, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Jim Inhofe, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Don Nickles, Paul Coverdell, Bill Archer, Rick Lazio, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Republican Party of Texas, George H W Bush, Terrence M Considine, Elizabeth Ames Jones, Richard L Thornburgh, Rudy Boschwitz
Robert J Perry	Kit Bond, Kay Bailey Hutchison, John McCain, Jesse Helms, Julius Caesar Watts Jr, Paul Coverdell, Rick Lazio, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Republican Party of Texas, Nrccc - Non Federal 1, George H W Bush, John F Seymour, Terrence M Considine, Colin R McMillan, Richard L Thornburgh, Rudy Boschwitz
Harlan Crow	Kit Bond, Kay Bailey Hutchison, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Mike Pence, Richard Shelby, Fred Dalton Thompson, Julius Caesar Watts Jr, Paul Coverdell, Rick Lazio, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Federal Committee of Pennsylvania, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Republican Party of Texas, Oklahoma Leadership Council, George H W Bush, David L Boren

Types	Person, Business Person
Gender	Male
Date of death	Dec 16 '14

C J Silas

Former chairman and CEO of Phillips Petroleum Co

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