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<strong>Dan</strong> <strong>Hughes</strong> biography-chapter 1_Layout 1 2/17/2016 2:51 PM Page 5<br />
<strong>Dan</strong> G. and Winnie <strong>Hughes</strong> with grandmother Cordelia <strong>Hughes</strong> and <strong>Dan</strong> and Dudley,<br />
age one month, 1929.<br />
1929-1936<br />
EARLY LIFE<br />
Oil was pumping through <strong>Dan</strong> A. <strong>Hughes</strong>’ veins when he was born<br />
in 1929, attributed, perhaps, to his father’s job in the oil industry,<br />
strong work ethic, and the fact that <strong>Dan</strong>, and his identical twin<br />
brother, Dudley, were born in nearby Monroe, Louisiana, the same<br />
year as the Texas Oil Boom. That’s when wildcatters struck the East<br />
Texas field, opening a reservoir that has produced 5.5 billion barrels<br />
of oil to date, which was the largest strike at the time in the U.S.<br />
Because their birth coincided with that oil boom, an oil career<br />
seemed almost an omen—a good one.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re is clear evidence that <strong>Dan</strong> Greenwood <strong>Hughes</strong>, the boys’<br />
father, directly impacted their careers in the oil and gas industry by<br />
setting an example as a dedicated and conscientious worker—a man<br />
who embraced the work ethic. Employed by Magnolia Oil Company,<br />
he loved the relatively new business of laying natural gas pipelines to<br />
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