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Mr. Moffett is the Chairman of Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. and President Commissioner of its principal mining unit PT Freeport Indonesia. Mr. Moffett also serves as Co-Chairman of the Board of McMoRan Exploration Co. (MMR).
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 been a board member since 1992. | 