Calvin Mattax

Calvin Mattax attended the University of Tulsa on the G.I. Bill and graduated in 1950, with a BS in Chemistry. He continued his studies at Louisiana State University earning a MS (1952), a PhD (1954) in Chemistry, and being inducted into Sigma Xi, the national scientific research society. After receiving his PhD, Dr. Mattax joined Phillips Petroleum in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, and, in 1955, moved to Tulsa with Carter Oil. In 1963, he moved to Bordeaux, France, to set up a service lab to conduct...See more

Calvin Mattax attended the University of Tulsa on the G.I. Bill and graduated in 1950, with a BS in Chemistry. He continued his studies at Louisiana State University earning a MS (1952), a PhD (1954) in Chemistry, and being inducted into Sigma Xi, the national scientific research society. After receiving his PhD, Dr. Mattax joined Phillips Petroleum in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, and, in 1955, moved to Tulsa with Carter Oil. In 1963, he moved to Bordeaux, France, to set up a service lab to conduct research in core analysis. In 1965, Carter Oil merged with Humble Oil, consolidating research and exploration facilities into what was then known as Exxon Production Research (EPR) Houston, Texas. At EPR, as Division Manager of the Reservoir Division, Mattax traveled extensively in the Middle East Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Iran consulting and advising on oil exploration in these countries. Mattax established the Calvin. C. Mattax Professorship for graduate students in Chemistry at LSU. See less