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- William_Skelly abstract "William Grove Skelly (June 10, 1878 - April 11, 1957), often known as Bill or William G. Skelly, was an entrepreneur who made a fortune in the oil business. Born in Erie, Pennsylvania, he moved to Kansas in 1916, then to Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1919, where he founded Skelly Oil Company. By 1923, his company was one of the strongest independent producers of oil and gasoline in the United States. He helped organize the first International Petroleum Exposition in Tulsa in 1923, and became president of that organization, a position he held for the rest of his life.Skelly became an active promoter of the aviation industry, though he was not a pilot himself. In 1926, he purchased the financially struggling Mid-Continent Aircraft Company and turned it into the successful Spartan Aircraft Company. In 1928, he led the fundraising to build the Tulsa Municipal Airport. In 1929, he opened the Spartan School of Aeronautics.Skelly was active in other civic projects. He donated funds to Tulsa University for a football stadium in 1930, and for the first FM radio station in Oklahoma in 1947.".
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- William_Skelly comment "William Grove Skelly (June 10, 1878 - April 11, 1957), often known as Bill or William G. Skelly, was an entrepreneur who made a fortune in the oil business. Born in Erie, Pennsylvania, he moved to Kansas in 1916, then to Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1919, where he founded Skelly Oil Company. By 1923, his company was one of the strongest independent producers of oil and gasoline in the United States.".
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