Interviewer(s): T. Priest. Houston, TX

Affiliation: University of Houston/History International

Mr. C. E. "Chuck" Edwards served in the Pacific during World War II and received his degree in geological engineering in 1949 from the University of Tulsa. He went to work for Standard Oil of Texas (SoTex) in Midland, TX and worked on seismic crews in West Texas through 1956. He became a supervisor in Houston and helped start the company's Seismic Integration Group. He was also involved in the geophysical research arm of SoCal. He was assistant chief geophysicist at SoTex until 1962 and then assistant chief geophysicist for SoCal. In 1964, he became chief geophysicist for Chevron West in Denver. In 1969 he went back to SoTex as chief geophysicist. In 1970, when SoTex was shut down by Chevron, he became chief geophysicist for the parent company, a position he stayed in for fifteen years until he retired in 1985 after the merger with Gulf Oil. Mr. Edwards now works as a consultant.