M. M. Brandy, a native of Alabama, obtain- 

 ed a B.S. degree in civil engineering from 

 the Virginia Military Institute in 1943, and 

 an M.S. degree in geology from the University 

 of Virginia in 1954. After serving in the U. S. 

 Marine Corps during World War II, he was 

 employed by Drilling and Exploration Com- 

 pany as an engineer in Venezuela and Texas. 

 In 1952 he terminated his services with this 

 company and formed the Brantly Drilling 

 Company, Inc., with headquarters in Mid- 

 land, Texas. 



Howard R. Breck graduated from the Uni- 

 versity of Missouri with an A.B. degree in 

 geology in 1934. He has been employed by 

 the Seismograph Service Corporation since 

 1937, and at present is Manager of their Con- 

 tinuous Velocity Logging Division. He served 

 as a seismic computer from 1938 through 

 1941, including two years in Trinidad, B.W.I. , 

 and Venezuela. He was made a seismic party 

 chief in 1942 and a seismic supervisor in 

 1945, when he returned to Venezuela for two 

 years. Since 1947, he has resided in Tulsa, 

 Oklahoma, and has served for various periods 

 as supervisor dealing with equipment, person- 

 nel, and SSC's training program; seismic in- 

 terpreter; seismic supervisor in the Mid-Continent Area; and manager of SSC's 

 short-term contract department. Breck was placed in charge of Continuous 

 Velocity Logging operations and interpretation in May 1954. In 1957 he was 

 made an Assistant Vice President of SSC. He is a member of the Society of 

 Exploration Geophysicists, American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Tulsa 

 Geological Society, and Geophysical Society of Tulsa. 



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