Bill Elmer retired as chairman of Texas Gas Transmission Corp. on April 30, 1980.
During his 23 years at the company’s helm, he had built Texas Gas into a national player and was instrumental in keeping the headquarters in Owensboro.
There were more than 9,000 employees then.
They said that in Owensboro an atheist was a man who didn’t believe in Bill Elmer.
He and J.R. Miller were the most powerful men in town.
And I was assigned to interview Elmer about his life and career.
Interviewing powerful people is always a little scary.
You do not want to mess up.
But Elmer was gracious and fun to talk with in his big office in the…
