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KennethLay_timeline.appHeader = "timeline|A look at Kenneth Lay's life";
KennethLay_timeline.appFooter = "SOURCES: Associated Press, MSNBC.com";
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KennethLay_timeline[i-1].body = "Born April 15. Son of a Baptist minister. Grew up in Rush, Mo.";

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KennethLay_timeline[i-1].body = "Earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Missouri.";

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KennethLay_timeline[i-1].body = "Earned a master’s degree in economics from the University of Missouri. Worked as an economist at Humble Oil in Houston until 1968.";

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KennethLay_timeline[i-1].body = "Served in the Navy.<br>Worked at the Pentagon on a study about the economic impact of pulling out of Vietnam. Was a technical assistant at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.";

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KennethLay_timeline[i-1].body = "Earned a doctorate degree in economics from University of Houston.";

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KennethLay_timeline[i-1].body = "Deputy undersecretary for energy matters at Interior Department in Washington.";

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KennethLay_timeline[i-1].body = "In Florida, was the president of Continental Resources Co., formerly Florida Gas Co., and executive vice president of the Continental Group, the parent company of Continental Resources Co.";

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KennethLay_timeline[i-1].body = "President and chief operating officer and a director of Transco Energy Co.";

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KennethLay_timeline[i-1].body = "Joined Houston National Gas as chairman and chief executive officer.";

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KennethLay_timeline[i-1].body = "Named chairman and chief executive officer of Enron Corp. following the merger of Houston Natural Gas and InterNorth Inc.";

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KennethLay_timeline[i-1].body = "Enron announces president and chief operating officer Jeffrey Skilling will take over as chief executive from Kenneth Lay in February. Lay will remain as chairman.";

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KennethLay_timeline[i-1].body = "Skilling resigns after six months; Lay named CEO again.";

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KennethLay_timeline[i-1].body = "Enron files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.";

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KennethLay_timeline[i-1].body = "Lay resigns as chairman and CEO.";

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KennethLay_timeline[i-1].body = "Lay surrenders to FBI. Indictment unsealed, accusing him of participating in a conspiracy to manipulate Enron's quarterly financial results, making false and misleading public statements about the company's financial performance and omitting facts necessary to make financial statements accurate and fair. Lay pleads innocent. <br>";

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KennethLay_timeline[i-1].body = "A federal judge grants Lay a trial separate from Skilling and Causey on charges of bank fraud and lying to banks about using loans to buy Enron stock on margin, but rules the trio will be tried together on other charges.";

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KennethLay_timeline[i-1].body = "Opening statements in the Lay/Skilling criminal trial begin in Houston. ";

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KennethLay_timeline[i-1].body = "Lay is convicted of all six counts against him, including conspiracy to commit securities and wire fraud, and he is convicted in a separate bank fraud case. <br>";

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KennethLay_timeline[i-1].body = "Ken Lay dies of a heart attack in Colorado. He was 64.";

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