Natural Resources >> CEO Interviews >> September 14, 1999
JOHN ROSSMAN HUFF is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Oceaneering
International, Inc. Oceaneering, together with its affiliate companies,
is one of the world's largest contractors providing services to
customers operating in harsh environments. He has been in the offshore
services industry since 1968. Prior to joining Oceaneering in 1986, Mr.
Huff served as Chairman and President of Western Oceanic, Inc., a
worldwide offshore contract drilling company, from 1972 to 1986. Mr.
Huff attended Rice University and received his Bachelor's degree in
Civil Engineering from Georgia Tech University in 1968. He subsequently
attended Harvard Business School's Program for Management Development in
1977. An active offshore energy industry spokesman, Mr. Huff is a past
Director of the National Ocean Industries Association, International
Association of Drilling Contractors, and previously served on the U.S.
Department of Transportation's National Offshore Safety Advisory
Committee. He is currently on the Board of the American Bureau of
Shipping in New York, New York. Mr. Huff has been a recipient of many
awards recognizing superior leadership and business achievement. His
most recent honors are the 1998 ASME Rhodes Petroleum Industry
Leadership Award, 1996 Georgia Tech 'Distinguished Engineering Alumni,'
Financial World's 1995 Chief Executive Officer of the Year, 1994
Professional Review's Top 100 Texas Public Company CEOs and 1994
ASME/University of Houston's Career Achievement Award. Mr. Huff is a
Registered Professional Engineer in the state of Texas. Profile
Oceaneering, just to set the stage for the readers?
Mr. Huff: Oceaneering was founded as a diving company in Morgan
