Affiliation: University of Arizona

Steve Cornay is the son of Howard J. Cornay Jr. Steve’s sister, Leslie Davis, had seen an article about the Oil and Gas Oral History in the Advertiser. Leslie called the research team to set up an interview with her father, who had been an insurance executive working with the industry. When we arrived to interview Howard, Steve was there as well. We quickly realized that it would be great to interview Steve about his own experiences in the industry. After we interviewed his father, we interviewed Steve, too.

Steve received his degree in marketing from Southeastern Louisiana University but worked in the oil and gas industry. At the time of his interview, Steve had been in the industry for over 30 years, working primarily in production. He worked onshore for six years before going offshore in 1988.