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FIRST EDITION – NOVEMBER 2016PUBLISHED FOR SHELL ALUMNI IN THE UNITED STATES WWW.SHELL.US/ALUMNI
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MEET BRUCE CULPEPPER
SMARTER ENERGY COLLABORATION | WHERE THE BUFFALO ROAM | ALUMNAE UPDATES
ALUMNINEWSWINTER 2016
SHELL U.S. COUNTRY CHAIR; PRESIDENT, SHELL OIL COMPANY
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A WORD FROM OUR EDITORS
IN THIS ISSUE, WE HAVE HIGHLIGHTED SOME OF THE MANY WAYS SHELL STRIVES TO BE THE KIND OF CORPORATE CITIZEN THAT WE CAN ALL BE PROUD TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH.
Shell recently launched a smarter energy collaboration as part of the Make the
Future campaign. This international campaign is focused on encouraging entrepreneurs to develop more and cleaner energy solutions for communities around the globe who may not have easy access to traditional energy sources. We are also happy to share with you Shell Canada’s leadership on how business and environmental sectors can move beyond conflict to help achieve economic and environmental prosperity.
We have also included stories about some of our social investment efforts and how Shell continues to support the environment and diversity among our workforce.
Be sure to check out our regional section of the magazine for more news of interest, as well as updates on alumni activities in your area. And, we want to know what you are up to these days, so please send us a note.
Our contact details can be found on the back cover. We look forward to hearing from you.
We wish you a wonderful holiday season,
Melanie Fahey and Jackie Panera Editors.
AlumniNews magazine.
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SEND US YOUR UPDATESAlumniNews magazine wants to know what you are up to these days. In this part of the magazine, we highlight alumni who are staying active and making a difference in retirement. Please send us your updates with a brief description, your phone number and email address.
To submit story ideas for the U.S., email [email protected] or mail a letter to Shell Oil Company Communications – Melanie Fahey, P.O. Box 2463, Houston, Texas 77252-2463.
To submit story ideas for Canada, email [email protected] or mail a letter to Jackie Panera, Shell Canada Limited, 400 4th Avenue S.W., P.O. Box 100 Station M, Calgary, Alberta T2P 2H5, Canada.
ALUMNINEWSAlumniNews is published for Shell US and Canada.
Editors: Melanie Fahey, Jackie Panera, Tanya Ristoff and Shell Communications
Shell Human Resources: Annette Chavez and Alicia Gomez
Design: Production Centre of Excellence, London.
SHELL CONTINUES TO SUPPORT THE ENVIRONMENT
CONTENT HIGHLIGHTSShell launches smarter energy collaboration Helping develop cleaner energy solutions for communities.
Where the buffalo roam Shell named Corporate Partner of the Year.
Alumnae Updates See what your fellow alums are up to these days.
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SHELL LAUNCHES SMARTER ENERGY COLLABORATIONHELPING FURTHER DEVELOP MORE AND CLEANER ENERGY SOLUTIONS FOR COMMUNITIES
The Shell #makethefuture campaign is highlighting the need for greater global collaboration to create more and cleaner energy solutions, by helping to bring to life innovations from six smart energy start-ups.
Technologies from the bright energy businesses will be showcased in Rio de Janeiro’s Santa Marta community in September, before they were installed in communities that require urgent access to cleaner energy.
The entrepreneurs’ innovations were brought together in Santa Marta as it is benefitting from an installation by Insolar, a solar energy start-up that is one of the featured entrepreneurs being supported by Shell.
Insolar is fitting photovoltaic panels to some of Santa Marta’s most widely used community centres, including a samba school and crèche, which are central to the life of the community’s 8,000 residents.
Young Brazilian entrepreneur Henrique Drumond who founded Insolar sees the project as a significant step in his mission to help to bring cleaner energy to Brazil, where solar accounts for only 0.02 per cent of the energy mix, with only 1,731 small-scale solar systems connected to its grid – despite more than 2,000 hours of sunlight blazing on the country each year.
In Rio alone, an estimated 1.4 million residents of the city’s 763 favelas are affected by rising energy prices and unreliable power supply.
The Insolar installation is expected to generate the equivalent of 185,000 days of free, clean power over the lifetime of the solar panels.
Showcasing bright energy technologies in Rio kick-started a global ‘energy relay’ to show collaboration with leading energy entrepreneurs is vital to help to secure a bright energy future, and to invite the world to support and participate in the creation of smart energy solutions.
The innovations displayed in Santa Marta alongside Insolar include:
n bio-bean – which explores how to reduce the UK’s CO2 emissions from transport by turning coffee dregs into a sustainable transport fuel;
n Capture Mobility – demonstrates how roadside turbulence from cars and trucks can generate clean power for local communities;
n GravityLight – improves health and wellbeing in energy deprived communities by using a simple pulley and weight system to generate electricity;
n MotionECO – uses waste cooking oil to help to create a market for renewable diesel in China (in transport, public services and logistics) and discourage the harmful reuse of cooking oil, and
n Pavegen – converts power from footsteps into renewable energy that can power a community.
Joining the #makethefuture movement as ambassadors are six award-winning international musicians: Oscar-winner Jennifer Hudson, Brazilian singer Luan Santana, British performer Pixie Lott, American DJ/Producer Steve Aoki, China’s pop star Tan WeiWei and Nigerian idol Yemi Alade.
The artists are uniting with the energy entrepreneurs and Shell to help shine a light on the worldwide need for access to more and cleaner energy.
A new interactive music video will also showcase each of the smart energy innovations.
Shell and the ambassadors are inviting people to show support for the Insolar project to help bring solar power to communities and homes in Brazil. You can sign the pledge by visiting www.shell.com/showyoursupport.
Proceeds from sales of Luan Santana’s latest DVD, 1977, will go towards the Insolar project to help to fund the installation of more solar panels in low-income communities.
Royal Dutch Shell Chief Executive Ben van Beurden said: “I’m personally inspired by the ingenuity of these innovators, and the ambition to forge a brighter energy future for our planet. Collaboration
and entrepreneurialism are essential to finding energy solutions that can enable development and a decent way of life for people across the world while reducing carbon dioxide emissions. These values are central to our #makethefuture campaign to help achieve a better energy future together.”
Insolar director Henrique Drumond said: “My vision was to create a social enterprise that provides communities with a cleaner source of energy. On my journey through the Shell programmes that support entrepreneurs, including Shell Iniciativa Jovem, and the Accelerator, the company has always supported this vision. I am thrilled to see this collaboration brought to life in Rio. We hope Santa Marta will be an inspiration to other bright minds and unlock more answers to tomorrow’s energy challenges in communities, cities and countries around the world.”
Next, #makethefuture will move on to Kenya, where Shell is working with GravityLight – a UK-based start-up that has developed a gravity-powered lamp designed to improve health and wellness across Kenya by bringing clean, affordable light to low income homes.
Six award-winning international musicians have collaborated with six start-ups and Shell to highlight a worldwide support of more and cleaner energy.
THE BEST DAY OF YOUR LIFE?At Shell, we believe collaboration is one way to help create more and cleaner energy.
You can get involved in the #makethefuture campaign by signing our pledge to support the six energy entrepreneurs.
Click on the Best Day of My Life video to watch.
ALUMNINEWS3 WINTER 2016
WHERE THE BUFFALO ROAMSHELL NAMED CORPORATE PARTNER OF THE YEAR
Shell retiree Roger Shakely attended the annual fund-raising dinner of the Friends of the Front Range Wildlife Refuges (FFRWR). On behalf of Shell, he accepted their Corporate Partner of the Year award for “many years of generous support.” Roger is a lifetime member of FFRWR, which supports and promotes restoration and conservation, and programs for the public at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge, he said:
I’m thrilled by FFRWR’s recognition of Shell, and by the enhancements FFRWR have provided to the National Wildlife Refuge through funds provided by Shell and other sources. “Shell has played a pivotal role in restoring the site and returning it to the community as a refuge,” said Kate Kramer, president of the Friends of the Front Range Wildlife Refuges. “When I look across the prairie toward the
mountains, I feel grateful that this beautiful wildlife refuge will be here for generations of Americans to enjoy.”
Roger retired from Shell in 2013 after a 33-year career, most recently as a Project Manager in the Soil and Groundwater group that oversees clean-up of contaminated sites on behalf of Shell’s Post-Closing Rights and Obligations business unit.
The Rocky Mountain Arsenal (RMA) is northwest of Denver, Colorado. It was opened by the US Army during WWII, as a chemical weapons manufacturing facility. After the war, the US leased out portions of the property. Shell bought a company that was manufacturing agricultural chemicals on the site. In 1987, RMA was added to the National Priorities List of federal Superfund sites. The surface clean-up is complete. The US Army and Shell continue to manage groundwater treatment and waste containment areas at RMA under regulatory oversight by the US EPA, the Colorado Department of Public Health and the Environment, and the Tri-County Health Department.
In 1986, a pair of bald eagles were found to be nesting on site, leading to appreciation
of the site’s potential. An act was passed by Congress establishing the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge. As portions of the site were cleaned up, they were transferred to the Fish and Wildlife Service of the US Department of Interior to manage as a refuge.
The 15,000-acre RMA National Wildlife Refuge is now the home of more than 300 species, including bald eagles, mule and white-tailed deer, burrowing owls and black-footed ferrets, and a herd of American Bison. The lands surrounding the site are now developed in industrial, commercial and residential use, thereby increasing the value of the refuge as an urban park. The refuge now offers 10 miles of hiking trails, catch-and-release fishing, an auto-tour route, and guided programs enjoyed by more than 300,000 visitors per year.
Roger’s favorite recollection, “the Saturday morning Fish and Wildlife reintroduced genetically pure bison back onto the refuge. Watching the bison circle for a moment and then all of them take off in a thundering run across the refuge was an incredible moment.”
Shell retiree Roger Shakely (center), with Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge Manager David Lucas and Kate Kramer, President of the Friends of the Front Range Wildlife Refuges, accepting the Corporate Partner of the Year award on behalf of Shell Oil (September 2016).
ALUMNINEWS4 WINTER 2016
MEET BRUCE CULPEPPERIN OCTOBER, BRUCE CULPEPPER WAS THE GUEST SPEAKER AT THE SHELL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF GREATER HOUSTON ANNUAL LUNCHEON AT THE LAKESIDE COUNTRY CLUB.
They were all glad to meet the new leader of Shell US and we thought you would be too.
Bruce was appointed as US Country Chair and President of Shell Oil Company in April 2016.
In this position, he heads the U.S. Country Leadership Team, overseeing group strategy and plans for all Shell assets and businesses in the United States.
Culpepper became President after most recently serving as Executive Vice President of Upstream Americas and Unconventional Resources, based in Houston, Texas.
In this role, Culpepper frequently engages with public, private, media and non-governmental leaders on a wide range of energy policy issues. He is charged with establishing and advocating for innovative, industry-leading solutions to the challenge of securing safe, secure and sustainable energy sources.
SHELL U.S. COUNTRY CHAIR; PRESIDENT, SHELL OIL COMPANY
Bruce graduated with honors from the University of Alabama in 1981 with a Bachelor of Science in Human Resources Management. Shortly thereafter, he began his thirty plus year career with Shell at the Norco Manufacturing Complex in Louisiana. Since then he has served in a number of Upstream, Downstream, and Corporate leadership positions of increasing responsibility and scope – both internationally and in the United States. His experience as a Senior Executive also involved such roles as Human Resources, general business management, real estate, and external relations.
Bruce is an avid outdoorsman and has a keen interest in land and water conservation. He is as a board member of the Greater Houston Partnership, the United Way of Greater Houston, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation, the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation, and volunteers for a number of other organizations.
Bruce lives in Houston with his wife, Marguerite. They have two children: daughter Ashley, and son Addison.
Bruce Culpepper was the guest speaker at the Shell Alumni Association of Greater Houston annual luncheon at the Lakeside Country Club.
ALUMNINEWS5 WINTER 2016
ALUMNAE UPDATESSEE WHAT YOUR FELLOW ALUMNAE ARE UP TO THESE DAYS
Edwin Laiche (’03) has just finished replicating a 1965 Model top fuel dragster. He was part of the team that ran this original car in the late 60’s and early 70’s and has spent 5 years finding all of the vintage parts to build a dragster that is about 98% authentic. He now tours the car with his grandson.
Hermie Tolerba (Houston, ’07) has created his own “retirement activity center” with a woodworking shop in his Sugar Land garage. He even has a woodworking blog, http://easywoodworking-tolerba.blogspot.com/, that explains the various projects he is working on for his fellow DIY enthusiasts. Woodsmith magazine even paid for and published a couple of his woodworking tips!
David B. McKinney (OSP, ‘11) published his first novel, The Invisible Four in April 2016.
Available by ordering at Amazon and Barnes & Noble, this is the story of four amateur sleuths who join forces and face danger to unravel a twisted crime ring at fictitious Bayou City College’s Army ROTC program. Based in Houston, the three students and their professor form an unlikely team against a corrupt ROTC commandant and his band of operatives.
Pete League, (Houston, ’91) carries a seven-or-so handicap and is an active volunteer. He has been a member of the golf course maintenance teams at The Masters and the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am for a number of years. He has also worked several U. S. Opens and the Walker Cup. In 2010 he worked all four majors. Pete directs the Onion Creek Hickory Classic hickory-shaft tournament in Austin. Pete is a member of the Golf Collectors Society and is Chairman of Region Four (TX, LA, AR, OK, NM); his primary collecting interests are antique putters and books. In 2016 he worked on the golf course maintenance team at the Ryder Cup.
Tom Newell Flew his plane to the annual Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) Convention in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, the Indianapolis 500 of the general aviation world, to do a bit of a Showcase Flyover at the Rockford, Illinois airport in his twin-engine airplane.
ALUMNINEWS6 WINTER 2016
WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES BIRTHDAYSWhen submitting wedding anniversaries, please include retiree’s name, year of retirement and location, spouse’s name and anniversary date. Please email to [email protected]
50 YEARSAlice Collins (’03 Shell Oil Company) and husband, Larry: June 25 Henry Craddock (‘98 Shell Deer Park) and wife Nancy, December 30, 2015Kenneth Broussard (’10 New Orleans; Shell E&P) and wife, Juanita: Nov 24Kenneth Brown (‘05 Unconventional Resources - Colorado) and wife, Cheryl: Aug 6Tom Hackathorn (‘96 Shell Chemical, Belpre Ohio plant) and wife Edie: Aug 30Jim Moore (‘00 Shell Oil Company) and wife, Diane: Sept 23 Larry Palme (‘03 Taft Chemical Plant) and wife, Cabrina: Aug 27Steve Wood (‘04 Shell Oil Company) and wife, Donna: Sept 10Don Kvale (’92 Martinez Refinery) and wife, Nora: Oct 15Carl Nielson (’97 Martinez Refinery) and wife, Kathy: Oct 8Fred Tibbs (’03 Martinez Refinery) and wife, Clara: Dec 17
55 YEARSMichael R. Baker (’91 Shell Offshore Construction Dept) and wife, Beverly: Dec 22Harry C Jones (’95 Shell Oil Company) and wife, Renee: Aug 6R.G. Newsome (’02 Equiva Services) and wife, P.R.: Dec 21Harold Smith (’96 Shell Oil Company) and wife, Roberta: Nov 21
60 YEARSPhilip Closmann (’86 Shell Development E&P Bellaire Research Center) and wife, Madeline: April 14Walter Fortune (’87 Deer Park, TX plant) and wife, Joyce: Sept 22Geoff Holden (’92 Westhollow Lab) and wife, Brenda: Dec 1Don Jordan (’93 Texas Refinery – Odessa) and wife, Doris: Dec 11
Duane Franklet (’77 Data Center) and wife, Beverly: Dec 2015
Raymond Giornelli (‘91 Shell Chemical Polymers) and wife, Jillian: Dec 29
Carl E. Neal (‘92 Shell Oil Atlanta, Marketing) and wife, Nan: September 9
Robert Renner (’89 Martinez Refinery) and wife, Carol: Nov 4
70 YEARSEmil Mueller (’74 Martinez Refinery) and wife, Charlotte: Nov 30
100 YEARS & COUNTING!Happy birthday to the following centenarians!
FW Hannsgen 101IM Hebert 102Antonio Silva 101RE Thomas 104Margaret Voss 103
HOLE-IN-ONE
Louise M. Hite (’03 Oil Products Marketing, Human Resources) had a hole-in-one on July 26, 2016 in the Flintrock Falls Course, The Hills Country Club
Austin TX #6 107 yards, 4 Hybrid (The wind was howling!)
SUMMARY ANNUAL REPORTS
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PROGRAM Shell will match gifts of qualified pensioners (1:1 up to a maximum match of $5,500 per donor per calendar year) through the HERO Matching program. This includes matching to schools (grades K-12), colleges/universities, United Way and many other approved 501(c)(3) charities. In addition to HERO matching, Shell encourages active participation through volunteerism. Volunteers can request a grant for an organization where they have generously given their time.
For more information, visit www.easymatch.com/HERO, or contact Shell HERO customer service at 800-554-7861.
As always, giving is a personal and optional choice.
ALUMNINEWS7 WINTER 2016
ARKANSAS: Hot SpringsArkansas Shell Alumni Club Lunch: Second Tuesday of the month, 11:30 a.m. | Jack Williams: 501-226-9881 | [email protected] | Mail: 21 Sorpresa Way, Hot Springs Village, AR 71909
CALIFORNIA: BakersfieldRetired Shell Employees of San JoaquinDon Harrison: 661-763-4568 | [email protected] | Mail: 27901 Tank Farm Road, Taft, CA 93268
CALIFORNIA: Southern CaliforniaShell Alumni of Southern California Monthly luncheon: Fourth Friday of the month, noon, Joe’s Crab Shack (Newport Beach) | Joseph M. Tully III: 949-632-0271 | [email protected] | Mail: 28212 San Marcos, Mission Viejo, CA 92692
CALIFORNIA: RosevilleShell Golden Nuggets G. Dale Dowdy: 916-749-7612 | [email protected] | Mail: 4004 Ravensworth Place, Roseville, CA 95747
GEORGIA: Atlanta/MariettaShell Ladies and Old BoysKen Hyde: 770-973-8207 | ken.hyde@ comcast.net | Mail: 4509 Woodhaven, N.E., Marietta, GA 30067
LOUISIANA: HoumaShell Cajun Alumni ClubRussell Poiencot: 985-872-4619 | Mail: 244 Grande St., Houma, LA 70363
LOUISIANA: Lake CharlesShell Retirees Club of Lake CharlesQuarterly meeting: First Wednesday of October., Pat’s of Henderson | Fred Berger: 337-263-0475 | [email protected] | Mail: 4218 Mary Ann Lane, Lake Charles, LA 70605
LOUISIANA: NorcoShell Chemical Norco Plant Alumni ClubLeroy A. Morales: 504-467-4639 or Sheryl Lupo: [email protected] | Mail: #7 Lasso Lane, St. Rose, LA 70087
LOUISIANA: NorcoShell NORCO Retirees ClubBill Collins: 504-400-6472, [email protected] | Mail: 29 Edgewood, Destrehan, LA 70047 NEW JERSEY: SewarenGarden State SO ShellitesBob Fischer: 732-969-1565 | Mail: 134 7th St., Port Reading, NJ 07064
NEW JERSEY: WoodburyWoodbury Poly ProsRichard Rupertus: 856-455-1705 | [email protected] | Mail: 31 Seeley Rd., Bridgeton, NJ 08302
NORTH CAROLINA: CharlotteCarolina Alumni & Retirees of ShellIra Parkman: 919-846-4860 | [email protected] | Mail: 7029 Millstone Ridge Ct., Raleigh, NC 27614
OHIO: Port ClintonOhio Shell Pensioners ClubRichard Mowry: 419-341-4377 | [email protected] | Mail: 200 North Crest Dr., Port Clinton, OH 43452
OKLAHOMA: TulsaMid-Central Shell Alumni AssociationJohn Digges: 918-252-3307 | [email protected] | Mail: 9108 East 59th Place, Tulsa, OK 74145
OREGON: SiskiyouSiskiyou Shell AlumniAnnual meeting: Once per year the second Tuesday of October Derek Eck: 541-552-9134 | [email protected] | Mail: 772 Jaquelyn St, Ashland, OR 97520
TEXAS: BrenhamCentral Texas Shell Retirees ClubCarroll Boecker: 254-697-6969 | [email protected] | Mail: 4134 West FM 485, Cameron, TX 76520
TEXAS: Dallas/Fort WorthD/FW Shell Alumni AssociationDuggan Smith: 817-579-5306 | [email protected] | Mail: P.O. Box 5262, Granbury, TX 76049
TEXAS: HallettsvilleSouth Central Texas Shell Pensioners ClubJ.C. Kelley: 361-798-5300 | Mail: 2355 FM 530, Hallettsville, TX 77964
TEXAS: HoustonShell Alumni Association of Greater HoustonEvents: www.saagh.com | Randall Petty: 832-492-4907 | [email protected] | Mail: 9337 B Katy Frwy., PMB #277, Houston, TX 77024
TEXAS: PasadenaShell DPMC RetireesMonthly meeting: First Thursday of each month, 11 a.m. Ada Mae Collazo: 713-828-0080 | [email protected] | Mail: P.O. Box 100, Deer Park, TX 77536
WEST VIRGINIA: ParkersburgShell/Kraton Belpre Plant RetireesMonthly meeting: Second Thursday of the month, 11:30 a.m., Western Sizzlin | Jerry Watson: 304-422-6988 | [email protected] | Mail: 451 Watson Rd., Parkersburg, WV 26104
CLUB ROSTER AND UPCOMING EVENTS
Shell Oil Company – Communications: Melanie Fahey. P.O. Box 2463, Houston, Texas 77252-2463 www.shell.us/alumni
