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HENRY J. GRUY
HENRY J. GRUY
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POWERS SUBMITTED BY THE NAE HOME SECRETARY Legendary petroleum engineer and geologist HENRY JONES GRUY rode off into the sunset for the last time on December 19, 2012, at age 97. He was born June 10, 1915, in Victoria, Texas, the only child of Bessie Jones Gruy and Henry Gruy, who emigrated from Austria in 1908.
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By 3:00 AM in a Moscow airport some of us were ready to bolt and head for the nearest route back to the good old USA. Hank began to recite poetry to the mostly sleeping and wornout crowd, and at 3:30 AM we were all on a plane headed for Bugulma, in the Tatar Ural Mountain region, about 600 miles east of Moscow, for an 8:00 AM meeting.
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In 1983 he received SPE's highest honor, the DeGolyer Distinguished Service Medal. He also received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Oil and Natural Gas Producers Association and the Great American Producer Award from the Independent Petroleum Association of America.
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