Born into a log cabin in what was then Indian Territory, the last frontier of America, Robert S. Kerr had a humble origin.
This son of poor tenant farmers had three goals in life:
A family, a million dollars, and the Governorship of Oklahoma.
And despite his meager start, he would go on to...
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Robert S. Kerr realized his three dreams of a family, a million dollars, and the governorship of Oklahoma.
Kerr died of a heart attack on New Year's Day 1963 in Washington. Kennedy and Johnson both attended Kerr's funeral in OKC.
The Wall Street Journal estimated Kerr's fortune around $35 million at the time, roughly $380 million in today's dollars. Kerr-McGee continued as an independent company for decades after his death before Anadarko Petroleum bought it in 2006.
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Born into a log cabin in what was then Indian Territory, the last frontier of America, Robert S. Kerr had a humble origin.
This son of poor tenant farmers had three goals in life:
A family, a million dollars, and the Governorship of Oklahoma.
And despite his meager start, he would go on to...
ALT By Unknown author - https://www.legion.org/distinguishedservicemedal/1959/sen-robert-s-kerr & https://oklahomahof.com/member-archives/k/kerr-robert-s-1956, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=125824124
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I want to help him as much as possible, so I invited him on the podcast to talk about his work studying history’s greatest leaders and what it’s like getting told he’s going to die at 38.
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His work has benefited millions of people all across the world.
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