Erle P. Halliburton, (sculpture).

Erle P. Halliburton, (sculpture).

Rossi, Dario, sculptor.

Crowdis, Bill, carver.

Jones Monument Company, fabricator.

Erle P. Halliburton, (sculpture).

1993. Dedicated May 12, 1993.

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Sculpture: marble or Georgia gray granite; Base: Autumn Rose granite.

Sculpture: approx. 72 x 31 x 35 in. (8,300 lbs.); Base: approx. 72 x 40 x 46 in. (10,000-20,000 lbs.).

(On front of base:) ERLE P./HALLIBURTON/1892-1957/AN UNCOMMON MAN (On back of base:) THE OIL WELL CEMENTING/PROCESS AS DEVELOPED/BY ERLE P./HALLIBURTON,/ISOLATES THE/VARIOUS DOWNHOLE/ZONES, GUARDS/AGAINST COLLAPSE/OF THE CASING/AND PERMITS/CONTROL OF THE/WELL DURING ITS/PRODUCING LIFE./THIS IS WHAT PUT/MR. HALLIBURTON/IN BUSINESS (On side of base:) ERECTED 1993 IN MEMORY OF A/MAN WHO LEFT AN INDELIBLE/IMPRESSION ON DUNCAN AND STEPHENS/COUNTY. HE TOUCHED THE LIVES OF/MANY PEOPLE NOT ONLY AS THE/COUNTY'S LARGEST EMPLOYER BUT/AS A PERPETUALLY INQUISITIVE PERSON/WHOSE TECHNICAL INSPIRATIONS/BECAME LEGENDS IN THE OIL/INDUSTRY AROUND THE WORLD. HIS/DEEP AND ABIDING CONCERN FOR THE/WELFARE OF THE PEOPLE OF THIS/AREA IS REMEMBERED FONDLY (On other side of base:) Halliburton/PATENTED PROCESS/Oil Well Cementing Co./DUNCAN, OKLAHOMA/ERLE P. HALLIBURTON LIVED TO/SEE HIS HALLIBURTON OIL WELL/CEMENTING CO OPERATING ON/LAND ON EVERY CONTINENT AND/IN THE OFFSHORE OIL, AND GAS PRODUCING FIELDS. HOWCO WAS THE/TAPROOT OF TODAY'S HALLIBURTON/COMPANY. THE PREMIER WORLDWIDE/PROVIDER OF MANY OTHER ESSENTIAL/TECHNICAL OIL FIELD SERVICES unsigned

A portrait of Erle P. Halliburton, dressed in a casual shirt, jacket, and workpants stuffed into laced-up work boots. He wears a soft cap on his head and sits atop two stacked wooden boxes. He tucks his proper right hand under his proper right thigh and his proper left hand rests along the edge of the upper box. The sculpture is placed atop a square base.

Portrait male -- Halliburton, Erle P. -- Full length

Occupation -- Industry -- Oil

Occupation -- Science -- Inventor

Dress -- Accessory -- Hat

Object -- Other -- Container

Outdoor Sculpture -- Oklahoma -- Duncan

Administered by City of Duncan, Parks, 720 West Willow, Duncan, Oklahoma 73533

Located Memorial Park, 600 block, North U.S. 81, Duncan, Oklahoma

The sculpture cost $30,000 and was funded through the contributions of local citizens and corporate sponsors including The City of Duncan, Duncan Regional Hospital, Mack Energy Company, and many others. The sculpture's base was provided by Jones Monument Company and was carved by Bill Crowdis. Erle P. Halliburton, 1892-1957, developed the oil well cementing process. He lived to see his company, the Halliburton Oil Well Cementing Company, the county's largest employer, grow to operate on every continent and in the offshore oil and gas producing fields. IAS files contain related articles from The Duncan Banner, May 13, 1993, pg. 1; and the Duncan Public Schools Chalkboard 3 (April 1993): pg. 1-4. The 1996 SOS! survey notes that the sculpture is made of marble, but the article in the Duncan Public Schools Chalkboard notes that the medium is Georgia gray granite.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Oklahoma survey, 1996.

The Duncan Banner, May 13, 1993, pg. 1.

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