Legendary energy industry pioneer Cortlandt (Cort) S. Dietler, the founder of TransMontaigne Inc., and a former chairman of Hart Energy Publishing LP, died July 10 at his home in Denver. He was 86. A native of Denver, Dietler grew up in Tulsa, Okla. He served in the Army during World War II, and in 1947, graduated from the University of Tulsa with a degree in history and political science. His first job after college was with the Trans-Arabia Pipeline Co., where he was stationed in Beirut. Dietler is best known for founding more than a dozen oil and gas companies, many of which he successfully sold, including Platte Transport Corp. (later Western Crude Marketers Inc.), which he sold to Permian Corp., Western Crude Oil Inc., which was sold to Getty Oil Co., and Associated Natural Gas Corp. which sold to Panhandle Eastern Corp. For more on Dietler and to sign a guestbook, visit OilandGasInvestor.com.