Pat H. Swanson

PAT H. SWANSON is Managing Director, Portfolio Manager and Securities
Analyst for King Investment Advisors, Inc. Mr. Swanson, a CFA and
Chartered Investment Counselor, has been with the firm eight years and
has 21 years of experience in the investment business. He is a graduate
of the United States Air Force Academy with a BS in Economics. He also
has an MBA from Pepperdine University. Mr. Swanson’s business experience
includes four years as an Acquisition-Financing Specialist at First
RepublicBank in Dallas, where he managed a fixed-income portfolio of
senior secured private placements. His professional career includes five
years as a Contract Negotiator/Financial Analyst at Hughes Aircraft.
Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Swanson served as a Fixed-Income
Portfolio Manager for US WEST Financial Services for three years. He is
Director and past-President of the Houston Society of Financial
Analysts, and serves on the Continuing Education Task Force for AIMR.