Background
Sinclair,, John Taylor was born on March 14, 1918 in Paterson, New Jersey, United States. Son of John Taylor and Anne (Bolte) Sinclair.
Sinclair,, John Taylor was born on March 14, 1918 in Paterson, New Jersey, United States. Son of John Taylor and Anne (Bolte) Sinclair.
AB, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, 1939. Master of Science in Physical Science, University Southern California, 1943.
Trainee Tide Water Associate Oil. Company, Los Angeles, 1939-1941, assistant district petroleum engineer, 1941-1945. Division engineer, geologist Pantepec Oil Corporation, Eastern Venezuela, 1945-1948, field superintendent, 1948-1949, chief engineer, geologist, 1949-1951, assistant secretary-treasurer, 1951-1953, director, since 1951.
Chief engineer, geologist Pancoastal Oil Corporation, Caracas, Venezuela, 1949-1951, secretary treasurer, 1951-1953, director, 1949-1953. President, director United Canso Oil & Gas Ltd., and predecessors, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Houston, 1954-1969. Director Coastal Caribbean Oils, 1968.
Operations coordinator Catawba Corporation, Houston, 1958-1965.
Member American Institute of Mining, American Petroleum Institute, American Association Petroleum Geologists, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi, Chi Psi.
Married Ethel Mae Edwards, September 18, 1941. Children– John Taylor III, Lawrence Glenn.