Reese Rowling
Reese McIntosh Rowling was an American businessman and geologist, who co-founded Tana Oil and Gas Corporation with William E Colson in Corpus Christi, Texas, which was eventually taken over by Texaco.
He was born in 1928 in Waycross, Georgia, the son of Harry Herschel Rowling, a railway worker, and his wife Lily Mae Rowling. In 1951 he graduated from the Texas College of Mines and Metallurgy.
In 1972, he co-founded Tana Oil and Gas Corporation with William E. Colson in Corpus Christi, Texas
He was the father of Robert Rowling.
