George Ade's Common-Sense Advice on Business, Investment, Real Estate, Law and Life: Practical Wisdom from 'America's Warm-hearted Satirist' 'Indiana'

Ade, William C.: - William C. Ade is an independent petroleum geologist specializing in international new ventures. He was born and raised on a small family farm in Indiana where he worked his way through Ball State University earning degrees in geology (B.S. honors), physics and geology (M.S.) and an MBA. In 2008 he received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the BSU Department of Geology. Will also serves on the BSU Geology Alumni Board.Will began his career in 1975 as a field geologist and geophysicist for Phillips Petroleum in the western U.S. Since 1978 his work has been mostly in Asia. In 1986 he founded his own consulting company in Singapore generating "wildcat" exploration prospects, new ventures, and also mergers and acquisitions for publicly-held companies and private investors. Over the course of his career as a geologist, he has found commercial oil and gas with an estimated recovery of over 1 billion barrels of oil equivalent. He holds royalties on several of the oil and gas fields he discovered.Will is a past-president of the Southeast Asia Petroleum Exploration Society (SEAPEX), former long-time member of the Singapore Scout Check and also served as a delegate to the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG). He has authored papers on exploration for oil and gas in Southeast Asia published in SEAPEX, Indonesia Petroleum Association, Geological Society of Malaysia, AAPG and other journals. He has spoken at many industry conferences and his comments have appeared in Forbes, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and Barron's.In 1997 Will was named Jasper County Farmer of the Year and in 2017 received the River Friendly Farmer Award from the Newton County Soil and Water Conservation Division. In 2013, he was given Ball State University's Founders Alumnus Award. Will funds several scholarships and ongoing research projects at BSU, also contributing to the Boy Scouts of America and the Mayo Clinic (Jacksonville).Will divides his time between international travel and his homes in Indiana and Florida. He was a member of the TIGER 21 Investment Group (South Florida) for more than ten years and is a founding partner of R360 as well as a member of the Columbia Club of Indianapolis. He is the author of The Artworks of LuEthel Davis Ade (2005), Plays Worth Remembering: A Veritable Feast of George Ade's Greatest Hits (2020), A Pioneer in the Fullest Sense: The Wit and Wisdom of George Ade's Father (2020) and Wildcat Road Vols. I and II (2021, 2022).