Gulf Publishing management changes

World Oil, Jan, 1998

Robert W. (Bob) Scott, chairman and chief executive officer of Gulf since 1994, became chairman emeritus effective Jan. 1, 1998 and will retire at the end of March after 40 years of service with the company. Although he will relinquish day to day duties, he will continue to write his Editorial Comment column in World Oil and fulfill speaking engagements. As a result of Scott's planned retirement and also effective January 1, Gulf's board of directors named John B. Cashman, formerly vice chairman, to the post of chairman of the board, and added the title and duties of vice chairman to John D. (Rusty) Meador's present position of president and chief operating officer.

Before becoming CEO, Bob Scott served as engineering editor of World Oil, editorial director of all of Gulf's petroleum industry magazines and as a director and vice president. A petroleum engineering graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, he began his industry career with Gulf Oil Corp. as a petroleum engineer. He is a past president of the Houston chapter of NOMADS; the present secretary and a director of the National Ocean Industries Association; a 40-year member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers; and is a registered professional engineer in Texas and Louisiana.

John Cashman is the grandson of Gulf Publishing's founder Ray Lofton Dudley. He has worked at Gulf Publishing in several capacities through the years. After attending the University of Texas at Austin, he entered the food service industry in Beaumont, Texas. He currently is an independent businessman in Junction, Texas. Cashman is a member and past president of the Junction Chamber of Commerce and the Junction Rotary Club.

Rusty Meador, who became president and chief operating officer of Gulf on Jan. 1, 1997, joined the company in 1987 as mid-continent district manager of advertising sales. He has 24 years of publishing and oil/gas industry experience. Meador has been a petroleum landman and was vice president of operations for an independent oil company. He is a member of NOMADS, the Business Marketing Association, the Southern Gas Association, and the Pipeliner's Club of Houston. He is a 1972 graduate of Southern Methodist University.