Conrad Allen

Conrad Allen Commencement BG 2011

Exploring Saudi Arabia circa 2010

This article is about the American exploration geologist . For the British author Conrad Allen (pseudonym), see Keith Miles.

Conrad Keene Allen (born 1968 in Marion, Illinois) is an American Exploration Geologist. He served two terms on the National Petroleum Council in Washington D.C.; first appointed in 2000 by Secretary of Energy Bill Richardson and reappointed in 2003 by Secretary Spencer Abraham.

Allen established the Conrad & Deanna Allen Endowment at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Lymphoma and Myeloma Center; the Conrad & Deanna Allen Scholarship in the Department of Geology, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio; and the Alonzo & Therese Allen Scholarship at Firelands College in Huron, Ohio.

Allen delivered the May 2011 Commencement Address at Bowling Green and recited a poem he wrote for the occasion entitled Bowling Green to the Rub' Al Khali. It was the last graduation ceremony held in Anderson Arena and the last presided over by President Cartwright.^[1]

Allen delivered a notable speech in Salt Lake City, Utah before the American Association of Petroleum Geologists. ^[2]

References

1. ^ 2011 Commencement Address at Bowling Green State University https://dvss.bgsu.edu/public/publicPlayer.php?movie_id=f9d7afbd91271c14b45c637a8d749c1d
2. ^ 2004 AAPG marks a "Social Sequence Boundary" in oil industry history http://www.aapg.org/business/hod/minutes/2003_05_11nabgg.cfm

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Name	Allen, Conrad Keene
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Short description	American Exploration Geologist
Date of birth	1968
Place of birth	Marion, Illinois, USA
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