Chet Upham

Barbara Lee Upham Mary Kathleen Upham, M.D. Chester R. Upham, III

Chet Upham was born in Mineral Wells but moved with his parents, Chester and Ida Irene Upham, to southern California. He spent his teenage years in Beverly Hills and graduated from University High School in Los Angeles, where as a youth he met numerous actors. Before he returned to Mineral Wells to launch the new oil and gas company, Upham, Sr., had operated a neon sign business in California, when such operations were new. Upham, Jr., attended one semester at the University of California at Los Angeles before he dropped out to join the United States Navy during World War II. Commissioned an ensign, he served from 19431946, with eight months at sea, having been released thereafter to the United States Naval Reserve. His graduated in 1945 from the University of Texas at Austin, where he procured his Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering after three and onehalf years. He was a member of the swimming team and Phi Gamma Delta fraternity.

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