Background
Klaerner, Curtis Maurice was born on September 7, 1920 in Fredericksburg, Texas, United States. Son of Elgin and Irene (Wagner) Klaerner.
Klaerner, Curtis Maurice was born on September 7, 1920 in Fredericksburg, Texas, United States. Son of Elgin and Irene (Wagner) Klaerner.
Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, University Texas, 1942. Graduate program senior executives, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1956.
Process engineer, then chief process engineer, Magnolia Petroleum Company, 1942-1953; refinery manager, then manager Eastern region manufacturing, Socony Mobil Oil Corporation, 1953-1959; regional executive, then regional vice president, Mobil International Oil Corporation, 1959-1961; president, Mobil Inner Europe, Geneva, Switzerland, 1962-1965; corporation vice president charge marine transportation and international sales, Socony Mobil Oil Corporation, 1965-1969; executive vice president international division, Mobil Oil Corporation, 1969-1972; president, Mobil Oil Corporation, 1972-1979; also executive vice president, director, member Executive Committee corporation, Mobil Oil Corporation vice chairman, director, Commonwealth Oil Refining Company, San Antonio, 1979; president, chief operating officer, Commonwealth Oil Refining Company, 1979-1983; retired, 1983; president, Klaerner Enterprises, since 1984; vice chairman, Weed Instrument Company director, Belgian Refining Corporation director, West Indies Oil Corporation director, National Petroleum Ltd. Member of advisory county Engineering Foundation, University Texas, Austin.
Member Phi Eta Sigma, Omega Chi Epsilon, Phi Kappa Sigma. Clubs: Circumnavigators (New York City). Oak Hills Country, Optimists, Exchange, Petroleum (San Antonio), Country Club San Antonio.
Married Aileen E. Eitt, September 4, 1942 (deceased October 1998). Children: Sherilyn Kay, Curtis Elgin. Married Jean L. Patton, August 26, 2000.