Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> September 28, 1998
HERB MEE, JR. is President and Chief Financial Officer of The Beard
Company, a holding company with subsidiaries engaged principally in coal
reclamation, interstate travel facilities and environmental remediation.
He also serves as a director and officer of the Company's principal
subsidiaries. Prior to joining Beard in 1973, he served as president of
Woods Corporation, a NYSE diversified holding company, from 1968 to 1972
and as its chief executive officer from 1970 to 1972. He served as vice
chairman of the board of USPCI, Inc., a Beard subsidiary, from 1984 to
1987. Mr. Mee graduated from Harvard University with a Bachelor of Arts
in Economics, 1950 with honors. He is a past chairman of the Western
Oklahoma Chapter, Young Presidents Organization and a past president of
the Oklahoma City Golf and Country Club. He has served on the Board of
Directors of three local banks and currently serves on the Board of
several private companies. Mr. Mee is married, and he and his wife have
four children, and six grandsons. Profile
Mr. Mee: I think I should start out by saying that Beard is really a
totally new company, having discontinued all or major portions of
