Bob Anthony

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Bob Anthony is currently the longest serving utility commissioner in the United States. He is a member of the board of directors for the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners and past chair of the National Regulatory Research Institute. The US Secretary of Energy appointed Anthony to a sixth term on the National Petroleum Council, and he currently serves on the Public Interest Advisory Committee of the Gas Technology Institute. He holds a bachelor’s degree from the Wharton School of Finance at the University of Pennsylvania; a Master of Science from the London School of Economics; a Master of Arts from Yale University; and a Master of Public Administration from Harvard University. Bob served as staff economist for the US House of Representatives Interior and Insular Affairs Committee (now called the Natural Resources Committee), Oklahoma City Council Ward 2 council member, vice mayor, and president of C.R. Anthony Company retail stores, then the largest privately-owned firm headquartered in Oklahoma. All four of Anthony’s grandparents came to Oklahoma before statehood. His father was born in Cleveland, Oklahoma, and his mother grew up in Enid. Bob and his wife, Nancy,
were married in 1975. They are the parents of four daughters and have five grandchildren.