Frank Seaver Explained

Frank Roger Seaver (April 12, 1883[1] –30 October 1964) was an American lawyer, Naval officer, oil executive, and philanthropist.[2] [3]

He grew up in Claremont, California, graduating from Pomona College in 1905,[2] where he managed the football team and served as the first president of the Associated Students of Pomona College.[4] He then attended Harvard Law School[5] and practiced law in Los Angeles, and helped draft the first charter of Los Angeles County.[2] He served in the Navy during World War I and helped establish the California Naval Militia.[2]

He met Edward L. Doheny on a weekend yachting trip in 1919, who hired him to work for his oil enterprise.[2] He became General Counsel and Managing General Agent for Doheny's operations in Mexico from 1921 to 1927, and convinced the Mexican government to hire him for an ambitious road paving project.[2]

He later founded the Hydril Company, a producer of oil drilling equipment.[2] He and his wife, Blanche, were a major contributor to Pomona,[6] where they served as trustees, and where the Seaver Science Center is named after him and several other buildings are named after his family.[7] [8] They were also the principal benefactors of the Malibu campus of Pepperdine University, which named its College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences after him,[9] [10] and donated portions of their $10.1 million estate (equivalent to $ in) to other institutions.[11] [12]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Seaver (Blanche Ebert and Frank R.) Papers . www.oac.cdlib.org . Online Archive of California . 27 August 2020.
  2. Web site: Marshall . Colonel Norman S. . Californians and the Military: Frank Roger Seaver: A Hero's Life . California Center for Military History . 26 August 2020.
  3. Book: Who's who in the Pacific Southwest: a compilation of authentic biographical sketches of citizens of Southern California and Arizona . 1913 . Times-Mirror Print. & Binding House . Los Angeles, California . 332 .
  4. Web site: 1904 . Pomona College Timeline . Pomona College . 27 August 2020 . en . 7 November 2014.
  5. Web site: Seaver . Randall J. . Seavers in the News - Frank R. Seaver Leaves a Legacy . Genea-Musings . 27 August 2020 . 22 March 2017.
  6. News: Blackstock . Joe . Missed flight helped college take off . 30 August 2020 . . 18 July 2011.
  7. Web site: Campus Facilities - Pomona College Catalog . Pomona College . 27 August 2020.
  8. Book: Lyon . E. Wilson . E. Wilson Lyon . The History of Pomona College, 1887-1969 . 1977 . The Castle Press.
  9. News: Oliver . Myrna . Blanche E. Seaver, Major Donor to Colleges, Dies . 27 August 2020 . Los Angeles Times . 13 April 1994.
  10. News: Blanche E. Seaver, Philanthropist, 102 . 27 August 2020 . The New York Times . Associated Press . 14 April 1994.
  11. News: Dolezal . Cormac . A look through the history of Seaver . 27 August 2020 . Los Angeles Loyolan . 5 December 2018 . en.
  12. News: School to Benefit from Estate . Pasadena Star-News . 14 December 1964 . 24.

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