Steven DeWolf
Wind Tex Energy, LP
Dallas, TX USA
"[You] are not the center of the world. There are people with so many different lives. Appreciate the differences and learn from them."
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Day In The Life
Skills &
Education
Advice for getting started
Study hard and do well in your classes. Be prepared for obstacles, but keep your mind open to different paths. Then, focus on one and go for it!
Here's the path I took:
High School
Bachelor's Degree
Did Not Complete
United States Naval Academy
Bachelor's Degree
History, General
The University of Texas at Dallas
Doctorate
Law
The University of Texas at Dallas
Graduate Degree
Law
University of Cambridge, England
Life & Career Milestones
I've taken a lot of twists and turns
1.
Born in France—his father’s military service meant that he grew up living all over the world.
2.
After graduating high school, he attended the Naval Academy, but left only two years later because problems with his eyesight disqualified him from becoming a Navy pilot.
3.
Received his bachelor’s and law degrees from the University of Texas and later received an advanced law degree from the University of Cambridge in England.
4.
To pursue his love of flying, he received his pilot's license and took up the hobby of flying vintage World War II-era planes.
5.
In 2002, he got inspired to study wind farm development after writing an article for the Dallas Morning News on how we can limit our dependence on foreign oil.
6.
Started Wind Tex Energy, a wind-farm development company that now produces five percent of the total wind energy produced in the entire state of Texas and wrote the first book on wind energy law.
7.
He also went on to form his own law firm and write a novel.
8.
Sadly, in 2018, shortly after the filming of this interview, Steven died tragically in a plane crash while flying his World War II-era T-6 Texan aircraft at Naval Air Station Kingsville in Texas.
Defining Moments
How I responded to discouragement
THE NOISE
Messages from Parents:
If you want to be a pilot, then forget law school, you need to go get flight hours.
How I responded:
My dad was a pilot and gave me this advice early in my college career. To a certain extent, he was right, but I had other ambitions for myself and knew that going to law school would be good for me. I also got support for my decision from others in my life.