Bobby B. Lyle

The Independent Petroleum Association of America manufactures oil and natural gas. The non-profit company is based in Washington. Barry Russell has been the CEO of the American company since 1980.

Communities Foundation of Texas provides different ways to make charitable contributions while realizing significant tax advantages. The foundation handles the investment of the gift, listen to the donor's priorities and manage its distribution in charitable grants to worthwhile causes. Communities Foundation of Texas was founded in 1953 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

Hiland Holdings GP LP was engaged in gathering, compressing, dehydrating, treating, processing, and marketing natural gas and fractionating natural gas liquids. It maintained natural gas gathering systems, processing plants, treating facilities, and NGL fractionation facilities. The company was founded in 1990 and was headquartered in Enid, OK.

Part of Enerplus Corp., Lyco Energy Corp. is a private company that explores for and produces oil and gas. The company is based in Dallas, TX. The company was founded by Bobby B. Lyle. Lyco Energy was acquired by Enerplus Resources Fund on August 30, 2005 for $421 million.

Southern Methodist University is a private university near the center of Dallas, SMU offers undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs through seven schools in the humanities and sciences, business, the performing, visual, and communication arts, engineering, education and human development, law, and theology.