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Moeller named Georgia-Pacific CEO
J
oseph W. Moeller (BS ’66)
led the $21 billion merger
between Koch Forest Products
Inc. and Georgia-Pacific Corp.,
becoming president and CEO of
the combined company.
“This is an exciting time to
be an employee or customer of
Georgia-Pacific, and I am honored
to be leading the Georgia-Pacific
team forward,” Moeller said.
Moeller joined Wichita,
Kansas-based Koch Industries
in 1966, after graduating from
TU with a degree in petroleum
marketing. From his first position
in marketing, he was named to
head U.S. marketing, trading and
distribution activities, then vice
president, and to the board of
directors. He has been president
and COO of Koch Industries
since 1999.
“Joe’s tremendous
leadership throughout
his six years as
Koch Industries’
president and chief
operating officer
gives us confidence
he will deliver more
of the same at
Georgia-Pacific,”
said Charles G.
Koch, chairman
and CEO of Koch Industries.
A former trustee of TU,
Moeller’s lifelong achievements
have been recognized through
numerous awards including
the 2005 Beta Gamma Sigma
Business Achievement Award,
2004 TU Distinguished
Alumnus honor
and a 1995-96 College of
Business Administration
Outstanding Alumnus honor.
Magazine names Creveling
Tulsan of the Year
ONEOK Foundation’s first and
current executive director Ginny
Panganiban Creveling (BS ’84) was
named 2006 “Tulsan of the Year” by
“TulsaPeople” magazine for her service
to the community.
“Even when I retire, I still think
I will be doing community work,”
Creveling said. “The people who are
involved in community
service efforts tend to
be good people who are
others-centered. I love
being around people like
that who make me want
to be a better person.”
The honor
recognizes her most
recent work with the
National Conference for
Community and Justice
Tulsa chapter, now
known as the Oklahoma Conference
for Community and Justice.
As board president of NCCJ,
Creveling led the efforts transforming
NCCJ into a “communityowned”
nonprofit, restructuring
the organization and preventing
its closure by the NCCJ national
headquarters. More than $160,000
was raised at OCCJ’s inaugural
awards dinner, helping secure its
future within the community.
Outstanding alumni
recognized
The College of Business Administration recognized outstanding
alumni, students, staff and faculty at the annual Honors and
Awards Banquet held in March 2006. Pictured from left to right:
Dean A. Gale Sullenberger with Fast-Track Alumnus Tory Baker
(BSBA ’89, MBA ’96), vice president and treasurer, The NORDAM
Group Inc. and Outstanding Alumni Lynn Euy Sund (BSN ’80),
vice president, chief nurse executive, Saint Francis Health System;
Jayne A. Seketa Gilsinger (MBA ’87), senior vice president of
planning, development and strategic policy advancement,
PennWell Corporation; and Ralph A. Hill (MBA ’84),
senior vice president of exploration and production, Williams.
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