OBIT/Augustus C. Long, Retired Texaco Chairman, Dies.City Desks OBIT... NOTE TO MEDIA: Photo is available in a Smart News Release(TM) on Business Wire's Home Page at www.businesswire.com and at www.newstream.com WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 16, 2001 Augustus "Gus" C. Long, former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Texaco Inc., died on November 15 at his home in North, Virginia. He was 97. Current ChevronTexaco Vice Chairman and former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Texaco Inc. Glenn F. Tilton, noted, "Gus Long's leadership and business acumen were recognized throughout the industry. He led the company during a period of growth and expansion, and met head-on the challenges of running a worldwide integrated oil company in the 1950s and 1960s." During his 41 years with Texaco, Long served as President from 1953 to 1956, as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer from 1956 to 1965, and as Chairman of the Executive Committee and Chief Executive Officer from 1970 to 1971. He was a Director of the company for 27 years, from 1950 through 1977. James W. Kinnear, former President and Chief Executive Officer of Texaco Inc., who will deliver a special eulogy memorializing Long's life remarked, "Gus Long was a towering figure among the business leaders of his day. He reveled in competition, he inspired his associates and he set an example of unswerving ethical behavior with his own sure moral compass." Long joined The Texas Company (the original name of Texaco Inc.) in 1930 as a service station supervisor in Miami. Two years later, he was appointed General Manager of Texaco's marketing company in Ireland, and became manager in the Netherlands in 1934. A graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, he was recalled to duty as a Lieutenant after the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. entered World War II. He served in London as Coordinator of Petroleum Supplies for the Allied forces. After the war, he was named Vice President in charge of Marketing (West of Suez) for Caltex Petroleum Corporation, jointly owned by Texaco and Standard Oil Company of California (the original name for Chevron Corporation “CVX” redirects here. For the United States Navy future aircraft carrier program, see United States Navy CVN-21 program. Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) is one of the world's largest global energy companies. ). He was elected Vice President of Texaco in charge of International Operations Internal Operations (I.O., IO or I/O) is a fictional American Intelligence Agency in Wildstorm comics. It was originally called International Operations. I.O. first appeared in WildC.A.T.S. volume 1 #1 (August, 1992) and was created by Brandon Choi and Jim Lee. (Eastern Hemisphere Eastern Hemisphere Part of the Earth east of the Atlantic Ocean. It includes Europe, Asia, Australia, and Africa. Longitudes 20° W and 160° E are often considered its boundaries. ) in 1949, Executive Vice President in 1951, and President of the Company in 1953. Following his election as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer in 1956, Long's first major step was the acquisition by Texaco of the Trinidad Oil Company, Limited (now called Texaco Trinidad, Inc.). In 1958, Texaco increased its oil and gas reserves in the United States, Canada, and Venezuela by acquiring the Seaboard Oil Company. Texaco then bought the Paragon group of fuel and heating oil companies in 1959, and the White Fuel companies in the Boston area in 1962. Long further expanded Texaco's producing interests in 1962 by acquiring from TXL TXL - Tree Transformation Language Oil Corporation the mineral rights in almost two million acres in West Texas, and in 1964 by acquiring Superior Oil Company of Venezuela. On January 1, 1965, Long retired as an employee of the company, but continued to serve as a member of the Board of Directors and its Executive Committee. On September 10, 1970, at the Board's request, he returned to active service as an employee and was elected Chairman of the Executive Committee and Chief Executive Officer. He again retired from active management as an employee effective December 31, 1971, but remained a Director and Chairman of the Executive Committee until April 1977. Long was born on August 23, 1904, in Starke, Fla., the son of a U.S. Federal District Judge, Augustine V. Long, and of Ruby Brownlee Long. He was graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis in 1926 and thereafter served at sea in the Navy for four years. Throughout his business career, Long filled leadership roles in a large number of public service activities. He was active for 20 years (1955-1975) with the Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , serving four years as Chairman of the Board of Trustees board of trustees Politics The posse of thugs who oversee an institution's administration. See Board of directors. . In addition, he served as a board member of the Miami Heart Association. He was a strong supporter of Texaco's sponsorship of the Saturday afternoon radio broadcasts of the Metropolitan Opera, which began in 1940 and continue today. Long also served at various times as a Director of Freeport Minerals Company, Chemical Bank N.Y. Trust Company, Arabian American Oil Company and The Equitable Life Equitable Life may refer to:
Long was married to Elizabeth Walsh, the daughter of the late John Walsh, Chief Counsel of the Federal Trade Commission, from 1927 until her death in 1963. They had three children: Elizabeth (Mrs. Nicholas P. D. Smyth) of Naples, Florida, Ellen Walsh Long of Washington, D.C., and Sheila, who died at the age of 20 following a vehicle accident in New York in 1956. In 1964 he was married to the late Doris Ann Penrose and had one daughter, Dorothy Sara Long of New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . Funeral services will be held at noon Monday, November 19, at St. Therese Catholic Church, Main Street, Gloucester Point, Virginia Gloucester Point is a census-designated place (CDP) in Gloucester County, Virginia, United States. The population was 9,429 at the 2000 census. Geography Gloucester Point is located at (37.269907, -76. . Burial will be at Gate of Heaven Cemetery The Gate of Heaven Cemetery, approximately 25 miles north of New York City, was established in 1917 at 10 West Stevens Ave. in Hawthorne, Westchester County, New York as a Roman Catholic burial site. in Valhalla, New York Valhalla is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) located in the town of Mount Pleasant in Westchester County, New York, United States. The population was 5,379 at the 2000 census. at noon on Tuesday, November 20. NOTE: A full transcript of Mr. Kinnear's eulogy remarks is available upon request. Note: A Photo is available at URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. : http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.111601/bb6 |
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