Jane has attended prior ARCO Alumni reunions and while she is now living in Montana, she is often traveling and she would like to reconnect with Jeff Harris, Mark Weber, Jean Weingarten, and Jerry and Al Schueller.

Jane Williamson retired from State of Alaska DNR, Department of Oil and Gas in September 2012 and moved to Montana as her first grandchild Sonia was arriving. She has been spending late spring through early fall in the Flathead Lake Polson area and fall to early winter in Bozeman.

She also travelled to Adelaide, Australia for 3 months to visit her oldest son Nathan, his wife Julie, and their children Sonia (3 years old) and Raleigh (1 year old). Nathan is pursuing a PhD in Materials Engineering at University South Australia after completing his BS and MS in Chemical Engineering at Montana State University in Bozeman. Jane’s youngest son Lige is in New York City pursuing his passion in music, singing and playing his own compositions on guitar, particularly slide resonator.

After thirty-two years at ARCO, retirement gave Patrick Shannon the freedom to pursue the writing career that had been put on hold during his working life. That new chapter has resulted in four published books.

His first, Viva Cisco, is a trilogy of humorous tales for Middle Readers, and it received a Mom's Choice award. His second book, Letters From Wheatfield, describes the eccentricities of life in a tiny Montana town - much like the one in which he now resides - and it won a Readers' Favorite medal and an award from Reader Views. Continuing in the Humor Genre, Viva Laughter also won a medal and an award in the same international competitions. His latest book is a change of pace - a historical novella about the first French settlement in Louisiana. In addition, his book, Tame the Wild Land, just won the Tyler Tichelaar Award for Best Historical Fiction Book of the Year in the 2015 Reader Views competition.

Pat, who began with the Richfield Oil Corporation in 1953, is now 83 years of age and enjoying life in Conrad, Montana. He invites any of his old friends who are still around to email him at rovers8404@hotmail.com. 

Mark Armentrout passed away on Tuesday, April 14. His memorial service will be on Sunday, May 3rd at 2:00pm at the Heard Museum in McKinney, Texas.

ARCO alumni has lost another individual who was devoted at work, home and in the community.

Mark was President and CEO of Texas Technology Partners, with 30 years experience in electricity, information technology,oil and gas, renewables and banking.

Mark spent 24 years with Atlantic Richfield Company. In his last position with ARCO, Mark managed information technology services for exploration and production, responsible for staffs in the Americas, Europe, Asia and Africa.

Read Mark's obituary here.

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- Medic First Aid, CPR, AED
- Bloodborne Pathogens
- OSHA 10
- OSHA 30
- PSM Full Day Seminar

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- Many Basic Awareness Courses

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