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Galloway, John O.
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John O. Galloway, 1899-1981, was born in Loco, Oklahoma, USA. He received a degree in geology and chemistry from the University of Oklahoma in 1921. He joined the Standard Oil Company of California (later renamed the California Standard Company, and eventually Chevron Corporation) in 1924. He came to Alberta in 1938 to manage the company's exploration activities in western Canada, and was responsible for several significant discoveries. He became a vice-president of the company in 1944. In 1949 he resigned to form his own petroleum consulting firm. He was the founding president of the Canadian Society of Petroleum Geophysicists in 1949. He was married to Adelle Galloway, and they had three sons.