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Mr. Moffett serves as Co-Chairman of the Board of McMoRan Exploration Co., Chairman of Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. (FCX) and President Commissioner of FCX's principal mining unit, PT Freeport Indonesia.
From 1964 to 1969, Mr. Moffett was a consulting geologist. In 1969, he and two associates founded McMoRan Oil & Gas Co., which developed into one of America�s leading independent oil and gas companies. In 1981, Mr. Moffett put together the merger of McMoRan Oil & Gas Co. and Freeport Minerals Company. The merger resulted in the establishment of a new company, Freeport-McMoRan Inc., which became one of the world�s leading natural resource companies of which he served as Chairman and CEO from 1984 - 1997.
Mr. Moffett serves on numerous boards and has received many awards, including the 1990 Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans Award. In May 2000, he received that Association�s 2000 Norman Vincent Peale Award for his exceptional humanitarian contributions to society. He is also a member of the American Mining Hall of Fame, Mining Foundation of the Southwest. Mr. Moffett received a Bachelor of Science degree with special honors in Geology from the University of Texas at Austin while on a full football scholarship and a Master of Science degree in Geology from Tulane University. He has also received an Honorary Doctor of Science degree from Louisiana State University and a Doctor of Financial Economics, Honoris Causa, degree from the University of New Orleans. He has served on the board since 1994.
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