Don is a native of Miami, Florida and a 1964 graduate of USL in Lafayette.  Don began his career in the oil and gas industry with Owen Drilling Company.  He worked for Owen while attending USL.  He has been actively involved in the oil and gas industry ever since – over 45 years.  Don is the father of four and has been a resident of Lafayette over 40 years.In October of 1992, he stepped away from his service company business in Lafayette to organize LOGA (formerly LIOGA).  He knew that if the industry was to survive under the onslaught of the many bureaucratic state and federal agencies, the industry needed to be represented in Baton Rouge.