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Augustus Long

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Augustus Calvin Long
Born(1904-08-23)23 August 1904
Died15 November 2001(2001-11-15) (aged 97)
Burial placeGate of Heaven Cemetery
EducationUS Naval Academy, (1926)
Spouses
Elizabeth Walsh
(m. 1927; died 1963)
Doris Ann Penrose
(m. 1964)
Military career
Allegiance United States
Service/branch United States Navy
Years of service1926–1930
RankLieutenant

Augustus Calvin Long (23 August 1904 – 15 November 2001) was a director of Texaco from 1950 to 1977, serving as President 1953–1956, chairman and CEO 1956–1965, and Chairman of the executive committee and CEO 1970–1971. He was also a director of Freeport Sulphur Co., Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States, and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

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The son of a U.S. Federal District Judge he graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1926 and served at sea for four years before becoming a Texaco service station supervisor in 1930. Appointed as Texaco's marketing General Manager for Ireland in 1932 and manager for the Netherlands in 1934, he was recalled to Navy duty as a Lieutenant during World War II coordinating petroleum supplies for the Allied forces.

On 29 November 1926, Long married Elizabeth Walsh. They had three daughters: Elizabeth, Ellen, and Sheila. His first wife died in October 1963. On 19 December 1964 Long remarried to Doris Ann Penrose. They had one daughter, Dorothy.

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