Mark E. Andrews

Mark Edwin Andrews (October 17, 1903 – August 22, 1992)[1] was an American oil executive, who also served as an official in the United States Department of the Navy.

As Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Andrews was responsible for procurement, supplies, civilian personnel, shipyards, oil reserves, budgeting and expenditures.

Upon retiring from the United States Department of the Navy, Andrews bought and reorganized an oil equipment company, Dixel Manufacturing.

In addition to his work as a businessman, Andrews served as a part-time law school instructor; as a director of the English-Speaking Union; as advisory chairman of the Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens; and as a trustee of the Houston Museum of Fine Arts.

He purchased Knappogue Castle and its surrounding lands in County Clare, Ireland in 1966, and together with his wife Lavone Dickensheets Andrews (a prominent American architect), in collaboration with what was then Shannon Free Airport Development Company (today Shannon Heritage) and Bord Failte Eireann, carried out an extensive restoration of the area around 1969.