Chesapeake Announces the Appointment of Burns Hargis to Chesapeake’s Board

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Chesapeake Energy Corporation Announces
the Appointment of V. Burns Hargis to
Chesapeake’s Board of Directors

OKLAHOMA CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK) today announced the appointment of V. Burns Hargis to the Chesapeake Board of Directors effective September 15, 2008, to serve until the 2009 annual meeting of shareholders when he will stand for election by Chesapeake’s shareholders. Mr. Hargis currently serves as the President of Oklahoma State University and the OSU System.

Mr. Hargis was named the 18th President of Oklahoma State University and the OSU System in December 2007 and took office on March 10, 2008. OSU is one of the nation’s most preeminent land-grant university systems with more than 32,500 students, 7,400 employees and campuses located in Stillwater, Tulsa, Oklahoma City and Okmulgee. Before being named OSU President, Mr. Hargis had a long and distinguished legal and business career. He was Vice Chairman of the Bank of Oklahoma from 1997 to 2008 and before joining the Bank of Oklahoma, he practiced law in Oklahoma City for 28 years, most recently with the firm of McAfee & Taft.

Mr. Hargis graduated from Oklahoma State University in 1967 with a degree in accounting and received his juris doctorate degree from the University of Oklahoma School of Law in 1970. In 1967, Mr. Hargis entered the United States Army as a Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant, Military Intelligence, and was honorably discharged as a Captain, U.S. Army Reserves, in 1977. Mr. Hargis is a former president of the Oklahoma County Bar Association, former president of the Oklahoma Bar Foundation and is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation.

Mr. Hargis previously served as vice-chairman of the Oklahoma State Election Board, the Oklahoma Constitutional Revision Commission, chairman of the Oklahoma Commission for Human Services, chairman of the Board of Regents for the Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical Colleges of Oklahoma State University and a member of the Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. Mr. Hargis was a candidate for the Republican nomination for Governor of Oklahoma in 1990 and is also familiar to many Oklahomans for his role on the award-winning television program “Flashpoint.”

With the addition of Mr. Hargis, Chesapeake’s Board now has nine members. Management is represented by Aubrey K. McClendon, the company’s co-founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Other Board members are Richard K. Davidson of Bonita Springs, Florida; Frank Keating of Washington, D.C.; Breene M. Kerr of Blue Hill, Maine; Charles T. Maxwell of Bronxville, New York; Pete Miller of Houston, Texas; Don Nickles of Washington, D.C. and Frederick B. Whittemore of New York City. Mr. Hargis will serve on the Audit Committee of the Board.

John McCain's 2008 Campaign Announces Oklahoma Coordinators

John McCain's 2008 Campaign
Announces Oklahoma Coordinators
Tuesday, January 22, 2008

ARLINGTON, VA -- U.S. Senator John McCain's presidential campaign today announced new additions to its Oklahoma Leadership Team. Chad Alexander and State Representative Trebor Worthen will lead the growing grassroots organization on behalf of John McCain’s candidacy leading up to Oklahoma’s February 5th Primary. Alexander and Worthen join State Chairman, Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn and Honorary State Chairman, Oklahoma Governor Frank Keating.

"There is no greater champion of fiscal responsibility and government reform than John McCain,” said Alexander. "John McCain's conservative convictions and principled leadership are what our nation needs right now, and that’s why I am proud to back him for the Republican nomination.”

“I am honored to work for a man like Senator McCain whose integrity and character is unmatched. Oklahomans, like all Americans, will choose a President who has the experience to lead on day one, and John McCain is that man,” said Representative Worthen.

Senator John McCain spoke to his appreciation for his Oklahoma team. "I am pleased to have the backing and support of these veteran Republican leaders. My campaign will benefit from their hard work and energy as we work towards a victory in Oklahoma.”

Chad Alexander previously worked to elect J.C. Watts, Jr. as the first African American to serve in Congress from Oklahoma. After managing the re-elections of Congressman Watts, Alexander was elected chairman and executive director of the Oklahoma Republican Party.

Representative Trebor Worthen was elected in 2004 to the Oklahoma legislature as its youngest member. He previously served as political director of the Oklahoma Republican Party. Worthen currently serves as chairman of the House Taxpayer Protection Caucus and chairman of the House Elections and Redistricting committee.

Keating Leads 'Catholics For McCain'

Former Governor Frank Keating is the co-chairman of "Catholics for McCain," formed to support Arizona Senator John McCain's Republican presidential bid.

Said Keating: "John McCain can uniquely appeal to Catholics with his strong, 24-year pro-life record, his stand for traditional values and school choice, his proven leadership in defending America, and his demonstrated ability to appeal to independent-minded voters. These are exactly the type of qualities that Catholic voters will be looking for in 2008."

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