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Otto Neil Miller
Otto Neil Miller
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corporation west of the Rocky Mountains, San Francisco-based Chevron grew in assets and gIobal stature under the astute guidance of Otto Miller. During his thirty-nine years with Chevron, Otto Miller demonstrated a rare combination of qualities: technical expertise, a visionary's insight into broad industry trends, a keen sense of when to capitalize on change, and leadership traits that enabled him to advance meteorically into positions of increasing responsibility.
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and natural gas in the outer continental shelf of the U.S., expanded direct operations into Europe for the first time, and became one of the worId's leading operators of supertankers. The San Francisco resident and native of Harlan, Iowa, was educated at Iowa State College and the University of Michigan, where he received a Ph.D.
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In 1957 he was assigned new and broadening responsibilities natural gas utilization, crude pricing, and east coast marketing activities. In 1959 he was elected to the board of directors and assumed responsibility for eastern hemisphere operations.
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Chevron responded by redoubling its efforts to locate new sources of oil, often in remote areas of the world. In order to effect greater economies and safety in the worldwide transportation of crude oil, Otto Miller launched the company on a ten-year marine expansion program, which more than tripled the capacity of the company's international tanker fleet.
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He was also a director of the California State Chamber of Commerce, National Center for Voluntary Action, the San Francisco Opera Association, ant! the United Nations Association of the Uniter} States of America.
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He received a distinguished achievement citation from his undergraduate alma mater, Iowa State University, in 1982, and in 1983 was awarded the Anson Marston Medal at Iowa State. Earlier, he was honored with a distinguished alumnus citation from the University of Michigan, as well as a number of other recognitions from the University of Michigan and Iowa State University.
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