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Published: June 6, 2007
McClendon says he's behind Duke ads
Chesapeake CEO purchased ads praising lacrosse team for ‘standing tall'
By Darnell Mayberry
Aubrey McClendon , co-founder, chairman and CEO of Chesapeake Energy Corporation, said Tuesday that he is the anonymous Oklahoma City oilman who purchased several full-page newspaper advertisements along the East Coast praising the Duke men's lacrosse team.

McClendon, a 1981 Duke graduate, said he got the idea from a fellow alumnus who purchased a full-page ad in USA Today immediately following the Blue Devils' na...

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