Tom Slick
American inventor and businessman (1916ā1962) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Thomas Baker Slick Jr. (May 6, 1916 ā October 6, 1962) was a San Antonio, Texas-based inventor, businessman, adventurer, and heir to an oil business. Slick's father, Thomas Baker Slick Sr., a.k.a. "The King of the Wildcatters", had made a fortune during the Oklahoma oil boom of the 1910s. He was notable for discovering Oklahoma's then-largest oil field, the Cushing Oil Field.[1]
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