January 24, 2005 -- Overland Park, Kan. -- Bradley O. Dixon has been named the new president of Kansas Gas Service, a division of ONEOK, Inc., effective February 1. He replaces Phyllis S. Worley who will become the president of Oklahoma Natural Gas, another division of ONEOK, Inc.
Dixon, 51, joined Kansas Gas Service in 1979. His career includes management positions in accounting, office operations, customer billing and gas supply. Most recently he served three years as vice president of the Western region in Wichita.
Dixon grew up in Kingman, Kansas, and graduated from Washburn University in 1975 with a degree in business administration.
Among other changes, Teryl C. Rose, 42, will become vice president of the Western region, reporting to Dixon. Most recently, Rose served as vice president of Oklahoma Natural Gas Company's Eastern region. Prior to that, he served as KGS's manager of human resources. Dixon will office out of the KGS division headquarters in Overland Park, and Rose will office in Wichita.
To obtain an electronic photo file of Dixon or Rose, contact Al Walker at awalkerjr@kgas.com or at 913-319-8702.
KGS provides clean, reliable natural gas to more than 642,000 customers in 341 communities in Kansas. Kansas Gas Service is a division of ONEOK, Inc., a diversified energy company involved primarily in oil and gas production, natural gas processing, gathering, storage and transmission primarily in the mid-continent areas of the United States. The company's energy services operations provide service to customers in most states. The company is the largest natural gas distributor in Kansas and Oklahoma, and the third largest in Texas, operating as Kansas Gas Service, Oklahoma Natural Gas and Texas Gas Service, serving almost 2 million customers.
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