Formal head shot of Stephen P. Farish. From 1916 to 1922 he was in charge of one of the major divisions of Humble Oil & Refining Co. He left Humble to form the partnership of Farish, Watts and Collins of which he was president until it was sold in 1945. Farish next joined Reed Roller Bit Co., and retired in 1957, but remained as a director until 1960. He served the University of Houston as both a regent and a governor from 1937 to 1962.