This day in History (1995): Board of Directors in Dhahran

Published on this day in 1995 in The Arabian Sun:

Members of the Saudi Aramco board of directors pause during their Nov. 5 meeting in Dhahran to have their group portrait taken. Seated, front, from left, are H.E. 'Abd al-Wahhab A. 'Attar; H.E. Ali I. Al-Naimi, Ministers of Petroleum and Mineral Resources and chairman of the board; and Abdallah S. Jum'ah, acting president and chief executive officer. Standing, from left, are Abdelaziz M. Al-Hokail, Harold J. Haynes, Dr. Abdulaziz S. Al-Jarbou, Clifton C. Garvin, Dr. Abdallah E. Al-Dabbagh, Rodney B. Wagner, and Nabil I. Al-Bassam.

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