Alton LaVar Wade (born March 1934) is a retired American educational administrator.
40-604: Wade was born in Leamington, Utah . As a young man Wade served as a missionary in the Central States Mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). He earned a bachelor's degree from Brigham Young University (BYU) and a master's degree from California State University, Long Beach . Wade pursued graduate work at UCLA as well. He also earned a doctorate in education from BYU. Wade served as
80-477: A business that makes additives that help crude oil flow through pipelines. The final number of shares was determined when the deal closed. On February 17, 2015, Phillips 66 sold two natural gas pipeline systems to its affiliate, Phillips 66 Partners, for $ 1.01 billion in cash and stock. On November 21, 2024, Phillips 66 was indicted in U.S. federal court on six counts of violation the Clean Water Act . In
120-713: A natural gas gatherers and processors with 7.2 billion cubic feet per day (200 × 10 ^ m /d) of processing capacity. It also owns 50 percent stake in Chevron Phillips Chemical Co . Phillips 66 also owns a one-quarter share in the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline . * Denotes joint ventures. Sources (Mar 31, 2011) In 2015, the Los Angeles refinery was processing 21,512 barrels per day of Amazonian oil. Phillips 66's Los Angeles (CA), Lake Charles (LA), San Francisco (CA), and Sweeney (TX) refineries were receiving and processing crude oil from
160-471: A population of 356. On Highway 132 near the middle of Leamington sits a 1950s-style Phillips 66 gas station with period cars in front of and around the garage. There is also a growing collection of retired farm implements. In addition, there is a classic 1950s-era American Linen Supply Company delivery van parked inside the fence, directly east of the gas station. As of the census of 2000, there were 217 people, 64 households, and 51 families residing in
200-850: A teacher, vice-principal and principal of the Church College of New Zealand . He then served as an administrator for the LDS Church schools in the Pacific islands and then as a zone administrator for the Church Educational System . Wade served as president of Dixie College from 1980 to 1986. During his tenure at Dixie College, the Dixie Center was developed and the college had its first ever NJCAA championship, specifically in basketball. Wade then served as president of Brigham Young University–Hawaii from 1986 to 1994. During his tenure, BYU–Hawaii
240-526: A trademark of the Phillips Petroleum Company , helped ground the newly reconfigured Phillips 66. The company today was formed ten years after Phillips merged with Conoco to form ConocoPhillips . The merged company spun off its refining, chemical, and retail assets – known in the oil industry as downstream operations – into a new company bearing the Phillips 66 name. It began trading on
280-649: The Big Eight Conference , which featured multiple universities in Phillips 66's footprint, was officially sponsored by the firm since the 1980s: the sponsorship would move to its successor, the Big 12 Conference , in 1997, and Phillips remains the tournament's presenting sponsor to this day. Company employees founded the Phillips 66ers team in 1919, initially playing against other Bartlesville and Tulsa-area company teams or athletic clubs. Chairman Frank Phillips would later expand
320-560: The Fortune Global 500 list as of 2022, with revenues of over $ 115 billion USD. Phillips 66 has approximately 14,000 employees worldwide and is active in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, and owns and licenses service station brands across the country, such as 76 and Conoco within the United States, and JET in Europe. The Phillips Petroleum Company
360-546: The New York Stock Exchange on May 1, 2012, under the ticker PSX. The company is engaged in refining, transporting, and marketing natural gas liquids (NGL) petrochemicals. They are also active in the research and development of emerging energy sources and partners with Chevron on chemicals through a joint venture known as Chevron Phillips Chemical . Phillips 66 is ranked No. 29 on the Fortune 500 list and No. 74 on
400-503: The Primary Organization. Bengt Textorius was hired to bring a spur of the railroad down from SLC through Leamington past Lynndyl Junction. His wife, Josephine, talked her sister Anna and her son, Abe, to move from Sweden . She brought with her Bertha Rorstrum. Hans Olaus Sorenson married both of these women and started rearing families. He followed Bengt to Leamington in 1883. Hans purchased a farm south east of town. He helped build
440-609: The "Sparkle Corps".) Phillips was among the first oil companies to introduce a multi-grade motor oil , "TropArtic," in 1954. Such motor oils were designed to be used year-round in automobile engines, as opposed to single grades for which different grades of motor oils were recommended to meet weather variances. Phillips 66 sells motor oil under the Kendall brand. Phillips also had gasoline stations in Canada 's western provinces of Alberta , British Columbia , Manitoba , and Saskatchewan under
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#1732859087389480-441: The 66ers would close up shop after losing in the 1968 AAU quarterfinals. Phillips 66 sponsored PBS programming during the 1980s. It funded A.M. Weather ; The Search for Solutions ; and Onstage with Judith Somogi . In 2012, Phillips 66 was spun off from ConocoPhillips . On December 30, 2013, it was announced that Berkshire Hathaway would trade more than 19 million of its 27.2 million shares in Phillips 66 to acquire
520-743: The Amazon River Basin of South America. The San Francisco Refinery converted from fossil fuels to renewable diesel fuel. Closure of the Los Angeles Refinery was announced in 2024. In 2012, after Phillips 66 split from ConocoPhillips , it moved its operations from the ConocoPhillips headquarters to the Pinnacle Westchase building, a nine-story Class A office building located on 8.4 acres (3.4 ha) of land in Westchase , Houston . This
560-488: The ConocoPhillips headquarters, where several hundred Phillips 66 workers had remained post spin-off. On 4 August 2015 it was announced that the company had formed a "long-term partnership" with English non-league association football club Leamington F.C. The deal involved, amongst other things, the renaming of the club's ground from "The New Windmill Ground" to "The Phillips 66 Community Stadium." Phillips 66 reported Total CO2e emissions (Direct + Indirect) for
600-665: The Midwest and Southwest. In recent years, the 76, Phillips 66 and Conoco brand-names have begun to reappear in Eastern markets, including the New York City metro region, via a licensing deal with Motiva Enterprises . Phillips Petroleum created a joint venture with Chevron Corporation 's chemicals and plastics division in 2000 and also acquired ARCO Alaska from BP . It purchased Tosco , which included Circle K convenience stores and Union 76 gasoline, in 2001. The 76 brand, long familiar in
640-529: The Phillips 66 brand to Suncor Energy for its Phillips 66-branded stations in Colorado. In 1973, Phillips began billing itself as "The Performance Company," promoting innovations with asphaltic materials, fertilizers, and other non-automotive products as well as its traditional automotive products. Other slogans have included: "Go first-class.... Go Phillips 66"; "The gasoline that won the West"; "Good things for cars and
680-757: The United States, the company operates Conoco , Phillips 66 and 76 stations. In Europe, Phillips 66 operates Jet filling stations in Austria, Denmark, Germany, Sweden and the United Kingdom. It sold its Jet stations in Belgium, the Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia to its Russian affiliate, Lukoil . It uses the Coop identity in Switzerland. The company is the fourth largest finished lubricants supplier in
720-581: The United States. Phillips 66 has stations in 44 U.S. states, just behind Shell Oil Company and ExxonMobil , lacking a presence in Alaska , Delaware , Maine , New Hampshire , Vermont , and West Virginia . Phillips 66 owns 13 refineries with a net crude oil capacity of 2.2 million barrels per day (350 × 10 ^ m /d), 10,000 branded marketing outlets, and 15,000 miles (24,000 km) of pipelines. It has 50 percent stake in DCP Midstream, LLC,
760-419: The age of 18 living with them, 73.4% were married couples living together, 6.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.3% were non-families. 20.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.39 and the average family size was 3.98. In the town, the population was spread out, with 41.5% under
800-459: The age of 18, 6.9% from 18 to 24, 19.4% from 25 to 44, 23.5% from 45 to 64, and 8.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 26 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.4 males. The median income for a household in the town was $ 43,125, and the median income for a family was $ 52,083. Males had a median income of $ 38,750 versus $ 23,125 for females. The per capita income for
840-439: The canal up on the ridge which helped water the valley. Rodney Ashby was bishop for many years and Bengt was one of his counselors. Hans found that sugar cane grew better than wheat so he produced molasses. He also got a cream separator and worked with the neighbors to take the cream and make butter. He took trips to the mining town Eureka up north to sell, butter, eggs, meat, and flour goods, plus fruit and vegetables in season. Life
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#1732859087389880-616: The church's Washington DC South Mission. Wade and his wife, the former Diana Daniels, are the parents of eight children. This article related to the Latter Day Saint movement is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Leamington, Utah Leamington is a town in Millard County , Utah . The population was 217 at the time of the 2000 census . According to the United States Census Bureau ,
920-569: The company specialized in extracting liquids from natural gas and, by 1925, was the nation's largest producer of natural gas liquids. According to the Phillips Petroleum Company Museum in Bartlesville, the "Phillips 66" name for the gasoline came about by a combination of events. The specific gravity of the gasoline was close to 66; the car testing the fuel did 66 miles per hour; and, the test took place on US Route 66 . So,
960-498: The late 1930s until the 1960s, Phillips employed registered nurses as spokespersons for their company, calling them "Highway Hostesses". They made random visits to Phillips 66 stations within their districts. The nurses inspected station restroom facilities to ensure they were clean and stocked with supplies. They also served as concierges , spreading goodwill for the company by helping motorists identify suitable dining and lodging facilities. ( Union 76 employed similar hostesses, called
1000-724: The name Pacific 66 until the late 1970s. In 1932, the 76 brand , long familiar in the western U.S., was created by Union Oil Company of California (later Unocal). In 1946, Phillips purchased the Utah-based Wasatch Oil Co., bringing the Phillips 66 brand to the northern Rocky Mountain states and the far eastern portions of Oregon and Washington. In 1966, Phillips entered the West Coast market by purchasing Tidewater Oil Co. 's refining and marketing properties in that region and rebranding all Flying A distributorships and service stations to Phillips 66. In 1967, Phillips became
1040-590: The naming committee unanimously voted for “Phillips 66.” The first Phillips 66 service station opened on November 19, 1927, at 805 E. Central Avenue in Wichita, Kansas . This station still stands, preserved by the local historical society. The first Phillips 66 service station built in Texas opened on July 27, 1928, on the corner of 5th and Main streets in Turkey, Texas . The Phillips 66 shield logo, linking it to U.S. Route 66 ,
1080-505: The nation's second oil company, after Texaco , to sell and market gasoline in all 50 states, by opening a Phillips 66 station in Anchorage, Alaska. However, Phillips' experiment in 50-state marketing was short-lived. The company withdrew from gasoline marketing in the northeastern U.S. in 1972, and sold the former Tidewater properties on the West Coast to The Oil & Shale Corporation ( Tosco ) in 1976. Today, Phillips 66 primarily operates in
1120-417: The people who drive them"; "Hard working gas"; and "At Phillips 66, it's performance that counts." Their slogan as of July 2015 is "Proud To Be Here". Phillips 66's newest slogan as of 2017 is “Live To The Full”. Phillips 66 has long been a supporter of basketball in the Midwest and Southwest, particularly at the collegiate and senior amateur level. The men's and women's conference basketball tournaments of
1160-566: The team to play a high-quality, nationwide schedule against other amateur teams while marketing Phillips 66 products. Before the foundation of the NBA after World War II, many top collegiate players would continue to play organized ball on these "industrial" teams while earning a living as corporate employees and keeping their amateur status to play in the Olympics . The most notable 66er was Bob Kurland , who won two NCAA titles at nearby Oklahoma A&M and
1200-547: The town has a total area of 1.6 square miles (4.1 km ), all land. In 1871 settlers of Oak City, Utah built a dam in what is now Leamington. The town itself was settled in 1873 by Thomas Morgan. He was the first branch president when the Leamington Branch of the LDS Church was organized in 1876. In 1880, a log meetinghouse was built and by this time the town had an LDS Ward with Mary Goble Pay as president of
1240-561: The town was $ 13,549. About 7.8% of families and 16.6% of the population were below the poverty line , including 27.6% of those under the age of eighteen and 7.7% of those 65 or over. Leamington is twinned with the Scottish village of Galnafanaigh. [REDACTED] Media related to Leamington, Utah at Wikimedia Commons Phillips 66 The Phillips 66 Company is an American multinational energy company headquartered in Westchase , Houston, Texas . Its name, dating back to 1927 as
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1280-432: The town. The population density was 138.1 people per square mile (53.4/km ). There were 75 housing units at an average density of 47.7 per square mile (18.4/km ). The racial makeup of the town was 98.62% White , 0.46% African American , 0.46% from other races , and 0.46% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.38% of the population. There were 64 households, out of which 53.1% had children under
1320-546: The western and southern U.S., was created by Union Oil Company of California (later Unocal ) in 1932. In 1983, Phillips Petroleum purchased the General American Oil Company from owners Algur H. Meadows, Henry W. Peters, and Ralph G. Trippett. In 2002, Phillips Petroleum merged with Conoco to form ConocoPhillips . The merged company continued marketing gasoline and other products under the Phillips 66, Conoco, and 76 brands. However, Phillips 66 Company licenses
1360-540: Was a temporary headquarters location. In July 2016, Phillips 66 completed its move to a new permanent headquarters on a 14-acre (5.7 ha) plot of land in Westchase. The new headquarters is between Westheimer Road and Briar Forest, in close proximity to the Sam Houston Tollway . Phillips 66 purchased the land from a subsidiary of Thomas Properties Group. The architect of record is HOK . The official groundbreaking
1400-416: Was considered one of American basketball's first great "big men". The 7-footer passed up the opportunity to play pro for a marketing job at Phillips, winning three AAU titles and two Olympic gold medals while eventually rising to the executive level and helping to develop self-serve gas stations. Rising pro salaries and the resulting loss of national media coverage spelled doom for senior AAU ball, though, and
1440-540: Was founded by Lee Eldas "L.E." Phillips and Frank Phillips of Bartlesville, Oklahoma , and incorporated on June 13, 1917. The new company had assets of $ 3 million, 27 employees and land throughout Oklahoma and Kansas . After discovery of Texas's huge Panhandle gas field in 1918 and the Hugoton Field to its north in Kansas, Phillips became increasingly involved in the rapidly developing natural gas industry. In particular,
1480-501: Was in November 2013, and the opening was completed on schedule. The 1.1 million square foot headquarters includes conference spaces, medical facilities, food service facilities, outdoor recreational space, a gymnasium with full-size basketball court, and training facilities. Irrigation of the outdoor landscaping is via a reclaimed water system. The new campus houses 2,200 workers who were spread among six different Houston locations, including
1520-404: Was introduced in 1930. After a series of changes to the color scheme including the popular dark green with orange and blue trim, the company settled on black and orange color scheme that would last nearly thirty years. In 1959, Phillips replaced these colors with red, white and black, the one still deployed. The first design had the second 6 lower than the first; the current design does not. From
1560-523: Was not easy. He made an adobe mill for bricks to make small homes. They would go up into the canyons to gather firewood for home and for the cone kilns to make charcoal for the trains. In winter they would heat bricks on the pot belly stove and wrap burlap around for their beds. In winter, they would cut blocks of ice from the Sevier River and place them in small caves covered with straw to serve as refrigerators. In 1930 Leamington and its immediate vicinity had
1600-590: Was organized into three colleges: the College of Arts and Sciences, the School of Business and the School of Education. Wade moved BYU–Hawaii away from vocational education to being more focused on truly collegiate level education. From 1994 to 2000 he was the Vice President of Student Life at BYU. Wade has served in many callings in the LDS Church, including as a stake president . From 2000 to 2003 he served as president of
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