Background
Wyllie, Malcolm Robert Jesse was born on July 31, 1919 in Cape Town, South Africa. Son of Hugh Macrae and Jeanie Katherine (Jesse) Wyllie.
Wyllie, Malcolm Robert Jesse was born on July 31, 1919 in Cape Town, South Africa. Son of Hugh Macrae and Jeanie Katherine (Jesse) Wyllie.
Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, University Cape Town, South Africa, 1939; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Oxford, England, 1943; Doctor of Science, University of Oxford, England, 1958.
Deputy director, Admiralty Research and Development, India, 1944-1945; director reservoir mechanics division, Gulf Research and Development Company, Pennsylvania, 1955-1964; director exploration and production department, Gulf Research and Development Company, Pennsylvania, 1964-1967; administrative vice president, Gulf Research and Development Company, Pennsylvania, 1967-1968; president, Gulf Research and Development Company, Pennsylvania, 1968-1970; executive vice president, Gulf Oil Corporation Eastern Hemisphere, London, 1970-1973; president, Gulf Oil Corporation Eastern Hemisphere, London, 1973-1975; chairman, Gulf Oil Corporation Eastern Hemisphere, London, 1975; director, Kuwait Oil Corporation, London, 1971-1975; chairman, Kuwait Oil Corporation, London, 1974; vice president exploration and production West Coast and Alaska, Gulf Oil Corporation, 1976-1978; farmer registered Aberdeen Angus cattle farm, Troy, Virginia, since 1980. Director Esso-France, Paris, 1973-1975.
Lieutenant commander Royal Navy, 1942-1946. Member American Institute of Mining, Metallurgy, and Petroleum Engineers (honorary), American Chemical Society (life), Society Professional Well Log Analysts (honorary, gold medal 1968).
Married Margaret Boyd Jones, August 2, 1947. Children: Ashton Robert Jesse, Peta Jean.