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Chet Upham
Chester Robert Upham, Jr., known as Chet Upham (May 19, 1925–January 24, 2008),〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Social Security Death Index )〕 was an oil and natural gas businessman from Mineral Wells, Texas, who served as the chairman of the Texas Republican Party from 1979–1983, corresponding with the first gubernatorial administration of his friend, William P. "Bill" Clements, Jr. Upham was a delegate to every Texas state Republican convention from 1960–1994 and to the national conventions of 1972, 1980, 1984, and 1992. He was a member of the Business Council organized by Governor Rick Perry.〔Lacie Morrison, Upham's death mourned by local, state political leaders," ''Mineral Wells Index'', January 25, 2008〕
==Family background and early years==
Prior to 1900, Upham's grandfather, David A. Upham, came to Texas from Pennsylvania to work on a drilling rig at a time when there were only three such structures in the world. David Upham soon owned and operated what became the fifth rig in existence. Upham Oil and Gas originated in 1914, when David Upham heard about the emerging field in Ranger, located between Fort Worth and Abilene, Texas. In 1917, the senior Upham drilled his first natural gas well in Palo Pinto County. A few years later, David Upham's son, Chester R. Upham, Sr., came to Mineral Wells, the seat of Palo Pinto County, and two men purchased the Consumer's Gas and Fuel Company, a natural gas operation. In 1925, the company extended service to rural communities within Palo Pinto County. In 1926, the company was renamed the Brazos River Gas Company, which served fifteen communities. In 1950, the name was again changed to Upham Gas Company.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Upham Oil and Gas Company, LC )〕
Chet Upham was born in Mineral Wells but moved with his parents, Chester and Ida Irene Upham, to southern California. He spent his teenage years in Beverly Hills and graduated from University High School in Los Angeles, where as a youth he met numerous actors.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Chester R. Upham, Jr.: Curriculum vitae )〕 Before he returned to Mineral Wells to launch the new oil and gas company, Upham, Sr., had operated a neon sign business in California, when such operations were new. Upham, Jr., attended one semester at the University of California at Los Angeles before he dropped out to join the United States Navy during World War II. Commissioned an ensign, he served from 1943–1946,〔 with eight months at sea, having been released thereafter to the United States Naval Reserve.〔 His graduated in 1945 from the University of Texas at Austin, where he procured his Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering after three and one-half years. He was a member of the swimming team and Phi Gamma Delta fraternity.〔
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