Duke R. Ligon
Civil War Trust Board of Trustees
Graduate of Westminster College in 1963; University of Texas Law School, 1969; represents many businesses in the oil and gas industry; formerly General Counsel and Senior Vice President of Devon Energy, Oklahoma City; partner with Mayer, Brown & Platt, NYC; Senior Vice President, Bankers Trust Company; partner with Hardesty, Whyte, Hemphill & Ligon, Washington, DC; partner, Bracewell & Patterson, Washington, DC; director with BlueKnight Energy Partners, Heritage Trust Company, Panhandle Oil and Gas, Post Rock Energy Partners and Pre-Paid Legal Services; U.S. Army, Captain, Military Intelligence, Vietnam; avid Civil War buff since he was 10; three ancestors with Civil War lineage.









