2002-11-18

Center for Public History, University of Houston; University of Houston Libraries, University of Houston

This is an oral history interview with J. Robinson West conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Robin West received his B.A. from University of North Carolina and his J.D. from Temple University.  He served in the Ford Administration on the White House staff (1974-76) and as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Economic Affairs (1976-77).  During 1977-1980, he was a first vice president of Blyth, Eastman, Dillon & Co., Inc., an investment banking firm.  He then served in the Reagan Administration as Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Policy, Budget, and Administration (1981-1983).  He played a major role in conceiving of and implementing the new five-year leasing plan for federal OCS areas and in the shift to area-wide leasing in the Gulf of Mexico.  He also spearheaded the organizational reform of the OCS program, consolidating functions in a single Minerals Management Service.  In 1984, he founded The Petroleum Finance Company, which has become a very influential consulting firm for the international oil and gas industry. Interviewer: Tyler Priest.

interviews

Energy development; Petroleum industry and trade; West, J. Robinson

Washington, D.C.

Oral Histories from the Houston History Project

University of Houston Libraries Special Collections

English

Collection
University of Houston Libraries Special Collections
Houston History Archives
Oral Histories from the Houston History Project

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