Houston - 1982

INROADS/Houston opened with 53 interns sponsored by 29 companies in 1982.

The founding Board members were:
Charles Beall Jr., President, Texas Commerce Bank
Dr. William Gordon, Provost, Rice University
George Hansen, Group VP, Armco
Randal McDonald, Managing Partner, Arthur Andersen

The initial sponsoring companies were:
Armco/Midwest Steel Division
Armco/National Drilling Equipment
Armco/National Product and Equipment
Armco/Strata Energy
Armco/Tubular Division
Arthur Andersen
AT&T/Long Lines
Brown & Root
Browning-Ferris Industries
Cameron Iron Works
Deloitte, Haskins& Sells
Dow Chemical/Dowell
Dresser Industries
The El Paso Company
Entex
Exxon
First City National Bank
Gulf Oil/Chemical Co.
Gulf Oil/Refining and Marketing
Houston Natural Gas
Trunkline Gas
Price Waterhouse
Republic Bank Houston
Superior Oil
Sysco Food Services
Tenneco/Exploration & Production
Tenneco/Tennessee Gas Transmission
Texas Commerce Bank
Union Carbide

By the year 2000, INROADS/Houston had 202 interns.