Steve Blyskal:  

With the encouragement of Sister Regina Cordis I applied to Saint Louis University to study geology. I spent 4 wonderful years there, falling in love with the Midwest and the great people I met who lived there. Never regretted leaving Jersey and venturing out to the broader world. After college I went to Indiana University to pursue a Masters degree in Geology, which I received in 1976. During that time I got married to a college sweetheart, and divorced 5 years later. Then I met another lovely Kansas City lady and got married again. My masters was the key to the oil industry and we moved to Houston, where I worked for Gulf Oil. 7 years later my one and only child came along, followed by the crash of '86, when oil dropped to $10/bbl. After a period of unemployment, I trained as an insurance adjuster and worked in that field for 8 years. Had a chance to get back in the "oil bidness" in '97 and took it. Have been back for 20 years now, with only 4 layoffs this time. The last one in Oct. 2016 was the final straw and I said sayonara forever to the oil business. 14years ago I got divorced and 12 years ago I met the love of my life, my current wife. We share a lot of interests - scien...Expand for more