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 William Larimer Mellon - Pittsburgh PA Posted by:  Don.Morfe
N 40° 26.604 W 079° 54.492
17T E 592591 N 4477544
William Larimer Mellon was sometimes referred to as W. L., was a founder of Gulf Oil.
Waymark Code: WM12WWV
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 07/28/2020
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He is buried in Homewood Cemetery in Section 14, Lot 97. His remains are in the family mausoleum.
Description:
From Wikipedia: Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on June 1, 1868, to James Ross Mellon, second son of Judge Thomas Mellon, and Rachel Larimer Mellon, daughter of railroad and land baron William Larimer Jr. He spent part of his childhood in the West with his uncle Andrew Mellon, who deeply influenced him. In the 1880s he developed an interest in the burgeoning petroleum industry in Pennsylvania, but his nascent oil company was bought out by John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil in 1895.
When oil was discovered in Spindletop, Texas, in 1901, the Mellon family invested in the well. When the well began to decline in 1902, W.L. was dispatched to investigate, and took on a progressively larger role in management. In January 1907 he established the Gulf Oil Corporation, which proceeded to build a pipeline from Oklahoma to Port Arthur, Texas and was shipping Oklahoma crude oil to port by September. It expanded steadily thereafter, becoming one of the largest oil companies in the United States.
He later became active in Republican Party politics, and served as chairman of the Pennsylvania Republican Party from 1926 to 1928.
In 1949 Mellon established the graduate school of industrial administration at the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh, which is today the David A. Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University. He died in October of that year at the age of 81 and was interred in Homewood Cemetery.
Date of birth: 06/01/1868
Date of death: 10/09/1949
Area of notoriety: Science/Technology
Marker Type: Tomb (above ground)
Setting: Outdoor
Fee required?: No
Web site: [Web Link]
Visiting Hours/Restrictions: Not listed
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