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Mr. Moffett is the Chairman of Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. and President Commissioner of its principal mining unit PT Freeport Indonesia. Mr. Moffett also serves as Co-Chairman of the Board of McMoRan Exploration Co. (MMR).
From 1964 to 1969 Mr. Moffett was a consulting geologist. In 1969 he and two associates founded McMoRan Oil & Gas Co. which developed into one of America's leading independent oil and gas companies. In 1981 Mr. Moffett put together the merger of McMoRan Oil & Gas Co. and Freeport Minerals Company. The merger resulted in the establishment of a new company Freeport-McMoRan Inc. which became one of the world's leading natural resource companies of which he served as Chairman and CEO from 1984 - 1997.
Mr. Moffett serves on numerous boards and has received many awards including the 1990 Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans Award. In May 2000 he received that Association’s 2000 Norman Vincent Peale Award for his exceptional humanitarian contributions to society. He is also a member of the American Mining Hall of Fame Mining Foundation of the Southwest. Mr. Moffett received a Bachelor of Science degree with special honors in Geology from the University of Texas at Austin while on a full football scholarship and a Master of Science degree in Geology from Tulane University. He has also received an Honorary Doctor of Science degree from Louisiana State University and a Doctor of Financial Economics Honoris Causa degree from the University of New Orleans. He has been a board member since 1992. | 