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William Moncrief
William Alvin "Tex" Moncrief, Jr.〔("The 400 Richest Americans - #374 William Alvin Moncrief Jr" ), Forbes.com, 21 September 2006 (31 March 2014 )〕〔("Moncrief Oil International Pledges Gift That Could Total $500 Million for University" ), The University of Texas at Austin, official website, 30 September 2008 (31 March 2014 )〕 (born 1920) is an American businessman in the oil and gas sector, often described as a wildcatter.〔("The World's Billionaires: #1587 William Moncrief, Jr." ) - Forbes.com (31 March 2014 )〕〔(Carroll, J. (2010) "Texas Wildcatter Moncrief Hits Latest Gusher Beneath Old Fields" ) - Bloomberg.com, 20 January 2010 (31 March 2014 )〕 He is currently President of Moncrief Oil, and was a billionaire member of the 2006 Forbes 400, with an estimated net worth of US$1 billion.〔
==Early years==
William Alvin Moncrief, Jr. was born in Fort Worth,〔(Humphrey, P.A. "News & Opinion: The Last Oil Baron" ), ''The Weekly Wire'', 31 August 1998 (31 March 2014 )〕 the second child of William Alvin "Monty" Moncrief (1895 – May 21, 1986) and Elizabeth Moncrief (died August 17, 1992 at age 94).〔〔("Our History" ), Moncrief Oil / Montex Drilling Co. official website (31 March 2014 )〕 In 1931, at the age of ten, Moncrief witnessed the opening of a gusher oil well at Gregg County, a joint venture between his father and John E. Farrell. He later described the experience:
It was just the greatest thing I ever saw. People were jumping around and hollering and hugging each other just like they’d won a football game. I decided on the spot that I wanted to become an oilman.〔(Piller, D. (2006) "The Moncrief Fortune and Reputation Began in 1931 With an East Texas Gusher" ), ''Fort Worth Star-Telegram'', 23 January 2006 (31 March 2014 )〕
Moncrief graduated ''cum laude'' from Culver Military Academy in Culver, Indiana in 1937,〔〔 before continuing his education at the University of Texas, where he graduated with a degree in petroleum engineering in 1942.〔〔 Moncrief worked for Consolidated Vultee, and then as an engineer for Stanolind Oil.〔 When the United States entered World War Two, Moncrief joined the United States Naval Reserve and served in the Pacific.〔
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