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Dr. David Boren serves as a director of our general partner, and also serves as a member of the conflicts committee of the board of directors of our general partner. Dr. Boren serves as President of the University of Oklahoma, a position he has held since November of 1994. Prior to becoming President of the university, he served in the United States Senate representing Oklahoma from 1979 to 1994. During his service in the Senate he was the longest serving Chairman of the U.S. Select Committee on Intelligence. From 1975 to 1979 Dr. Boren was Governor of Oklahoma. Before being elected Governor, he served 8 years in the Oklahoma House of Representatives. He engaged in the private practice of law from 1969 to 1974. He also served as a professor of Political Sciences at Oklahoma Baptist University from 1970 to 1974. In 1986, Dr. Boren founded the Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence, a private foundation which rewards and encourages excellence in public education. He continues to serve as its Chairman. He received his BA degree from Yale University in 1963, his Master’s Degree in Economics from Oxford University in 1965 as a Rhodes Scholar and his Juris Doctorate Degree from the University of Oklahoma in 1968. He previously served as a director of ConocoPhillips Inc. and currently serves as a director of Texas Instruments, AMR Corporation and Torchmark Corporation. | 