Robert Mullin — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Founded the Calmut Oil Company in 1917.
Served as city alderman, responsible for the founding of the El Paso Airport in 1928.
Worked as an executive at Gulf Oil for two decades.
Authored books and journal articles on Billy the Kid and the Lincoln County War.
Became a leading scholar and historian of the American West.

Biography

Robert Norville Mullin (August 10, 1893 – June 27, 1982) was born in Lincoln, Nebraska, and moved to El Paso, Texas, in 1900. His father was an educator, and his mother was the daughter of Captain William N. Norville, who served in the Union Army. Mullin graduated from El Paso High School in 1912, where he wrote a children's play.

Mullin established himself as a businessman and public figure in El Paso, founding the Calmut Oil Company (COC) in 1917.