LOS ANGELES COUNTY - News from March 29, 1988

John H. Vautrain was named manager of the Los Angeles office of Purvin & Gertz, oil and gas industry consultants. Vautrain, who joined the firm in 1981, will supervise all of Purvin & Gertz’ consulting activities on the West Coast and in the Pacific Rim.

He worked originally in the company’s Dallas headquarters but moved to the Los Angeles office in 1983, shortly after it was opened.