COMPANY

Founded as the Union Oil Company of California on 17 October 1890 in Santa Paula. Formerly owned the Union 76 brand of filling stations, sold to Conoco-Phillips. In 1983 the company was restructured under a holding company, Unocal. It merged with Chevron in late 2005.

Official Website:
http://www.unocal.com/

Industry:
Energy

Ticker:
NYSE:UCL (defunct)

Corporate headquarters:
El Segundo, CA

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Claude S. Brinegar	Business	16-Dec-1926	13-Mar-2009	US Secretary of Transportation, 1973-75
Terry G. Dallas	Business	c. 1950		CFO of Unocal, 2000-05
Neal E. Schmale	Business	c. 1947		President and COO of Sempra Energy
William L. Thacker	Business	c. 1945		Texas Eastern Products Pipeline Co.
Charles R. Williamson	Business	1948		CEO of Unocal, 2001-05

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Claude S. Brinegar	Business	16-Dec-1926	13-Mar-2009	US Secretary of Transportation, 1973-75
James W. Crownover	Business	c. 1943		Retired Partner, McKinsey
Frank C. Herringer	Business	c. 1943		CEO of Transamerica, 1991-99
Ferrell P. McClean	Business	c. 1947		JP Morgan Global Energy Group
Richard D. McCormick	Business	4-Jul-1940		CEO of US West, 1992-98
Donald B. Rice	Business	4-Jun-1939		Secretary of the US Air Force, 1989-93
Neal E. Schmale	Business	c. 1947		President and COO of Sempra Energy
Kevin W. Sharer	Business	2-Mar-1948		CEO of Amgen
Mark A. Suwyn	Business	c. 1942		CEO of Louisiana Pacific, 1996-2004
Marina v.N. Whitman	Economist	6-Mar-1935		Council of Economic Advisers, 1972-73
Charles R. Williamson	Business	1948		CEO of Unocal, 2001-05

EMPLOYMENT

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Peter J. Robertson	Business	1947		Vice Chairman of Chevron

EXTRANEOUS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Hamid Karzai	Head of State	24-Dec-1957		President of Afghanistan
Zalmay Khalilzad	Diplomat	22-Mar-1951		US Ambassador to the UN, 2007-09

CELEBRITY ENDORSEMENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Marilyn Monroe	Actor	1-Jun-1926	5-Aug-1962	Some Like It Hot

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