PETROLEUM HISTORY SOCIETY ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING AND 2007 AWARDS MARCH 26, 2008 FAIRMONT PALLISER HOTEL AT 4:00 P.M. KEYNOTE SPEAKER James K. Gray on “The Creation of Canadian Hunter and the Search for Tight Gas in Western Canada” Mr.  Gray  received  his  early  education  in  Kirkland  Lake,  Ontario  and  his  secondary  and  post- secondary education at Ridley College in St. Catharines, Ontario and at the University of British Columbia.    For  the  past  50  years,  Mr.  Gray  has  been  engaged  in  the  oil  and  natural  gas exploration  business  in  Western  Canada.    In  1973,  Mr.  Gray  co-founded  Canadian  Hunter Exploration  Ltd.,  one  of  Canada's  larger  natural  gas  producers.    Over  the  28  years  of  his involvement  with  Canadian  Hunter,  he  served  in  the  positions  of  Executive  Vice  President, President and CEO, and Chairman until the company was purchased by Burlington Resources in December 2001 for $3.4 billion ($Cdn).    Mr.  Gray  has  participated  in  a  wide  range  of  community  activities  and  projects.    Among  his current  activities,  he  is  Chairman  of  the  Canada  West  Foundation,  a  member  of  the  Board  of Governors of the Calgary Academy, a Director of the Max Bell Foundation and an Honourary Life Director of the Calgary YMCA.  Mr. Gray was awarded an Honourary Doctor of Laws degree in 1991  by  the  University  of  Calgary,  a  Citation  for  Citizenship  by  the  Government  of  Canada  in 1992 and the Fellowship of Honour by the YMCA, Canada.  He was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1995.  In March of 2001, Mr. Gray received the Energy Person of the Year Award from the Energy Council of Canada.  He was inducted into the Canadian Petroleum Hall of Fame  in  October  2001.    In  October  2002,  Mr.  Gray  was  invested  as  a  Member  of  the  Alberta Order of Excellence by Her Worship, Lieutenant Governor Lois Hole.  Mr. Gray was inducted into the Calgary Business Hall of Fame in October 2004 and the Canadian Business Hall of Fame in May of 2005. Petroleum History Society Archives, February 2008, Volume XIX, Number 2   Page 8