O. Scott Petty -- Petty House, VFW Post 76, San Antonio TX USA
N 29° 26.124 W 098° 28.924
14R E 550234 N 3256337
The bronze plaque affixed to the front porch of the Petty House, the centerpiece of what is now VFW Post 76 in downtown San Antonio
Waymark Code: WM17PVX
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 03/21/2023
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This bronze plaque was placed in honor of O. Scott Petty, the founder of the Petty Geophysical Engineering Company, at his palatial home not far from the San Antonio River in downtown San Antonio.
The plaque reads as follows:
O. SCOTT PETTY
In honor and recognition of one of the founders
and the birth place of
"Petty Geophysical Engineering Company"
#10 Tenth Street, San Antonio, Texas
Olive Scott Petty was born on April 15th, 1895 in Olive, Hardin County, Texas, a town named after a maternal uncle, Col. S.C. Olive. He received a degree in civil engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 1917, then served in France as an Army lieutenant in the Corps of Engineers in World War I. After the war he returned to the University of Texas to teach and study Civil Engineering and advanced physics until 1923.
In 1925 he, along with his brothers Van and Dabney, founded Petty Geophysical Engineering Company, one of the first seismic service companies in the oil industry. He later merged into Geosource Inc., which eventually became Western, now fully part of Schlumberger family.
Mr. Petty was an Engineer, Geophysicist and Inventor holding many patents in geophysical instruments and equipment. He developed an electrostatic seismograph detector, later used by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration as an instrument in space exploration. He was a life member of the Explorer's Club and a founding and honorary life member of the Society of Exploration Geophysicist.
Among Mr. Petty's other achievements were many successful explorations of commercial oil fields in England and India in the 1930's. In World War II, Petty had seismic crews working in Cuba, Egypt, England, India, Venezuela, Ecuador, Mexico, Trinidad, and Sumatra.
Mr. Petty's accomplishments have made a significant and distinctive contribution in the field of energy.
We extend our gratitude and appreciation to the memory of
Mr. O. Scott Petty and surviving family."
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Location: VFW Post 76, San Antonio TX
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