Ernest O. Thompson

Ernest Othmer Thompson was a general in the United States Army during World War I, a mayor of Amarillo, Texas, an attorney, a businessman , and a 32year member of the Texas Railroad Commission. He was recognized as an authority on petroleum and natural gas production and conservation.

Thompson was born to Lewis Oliver Thompson and the former Flora Lee Agnes Murray in Alvord in Wise County in what is now in the northwestern portion of the DallasFort Worth Metroplex. When he was ten, his family moved to Amarillo, where the senior Thompson, operated a drug store. Thompson was already a successful entrepreneur even as a teenager. He graduated from Amarillo High School and attended Virginia Military Institute, and later the University of Texas at Austin, where he earned a law degree. While at UT, he was a member of Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity.

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