John H. Trescot

John H.
Trescot, Jr., aged 78 yrs, has been a Director of Magnum since June 1997.
Mr. Trescot has been the principal of AWA Management Corporation, a consulting firm specializing in financial evaluations.
Mr. Trescot began his professional career as an engineer with Shell Oil Company.
Later, Mr. Trescot joined Hudson Pulp & Paper Corp.
(now a part of Georgia-Pacific Corp.), where he served 19 years in various positions in woodlands and pulp and paper, advancing to the position of Senior Vice President, Southern Operations.
Mr. Trescot then became Vice President of The Charter Company, a multi-billion dollar corporation with operations in oil, communications and insurance.
In 1979, Mr. Trescot became the Chief Executive Officer of JARI, a timber, pulp and mining operation in the Amazon Basin of Brazil owned by billionaire D.K.
Ludwig.
During 1982-89, while he was the Chief Executive Officer of TOT Drilling Corp., TOT drilled many deep wells in west Texas and New Mexico for major and independent oil companies.
He is a bank director and multi-engine pilot.
Mr. Trescot received a B.M.E.
degree from Clemson University and an M.B.A. from Harvard University.