Background
Savage, Michael John Kirkness was born on October 28, 1934 in Birmingham, England. Arrived in the United States, 1962, naturalized, 1981. Son of Leonard W. H. and Hilda C. (Fletcher) Savage.
Oil company and arts management executive
Savage, Michael John Kirkness was born on October 28, 1934 in Birmingham, England. Arrived in the United States, 1962, naturalized, 1981. Son of Leonard W. H. and Hilda C. (Fletcher) Savage.
Master of Arts in Economics and Law with honors, Cambridge University, 1958. Postgraduate, Manchester Business School, England, 1965. Diploma in Arabic, Middle E. Center for Arab Studies, Shemlan, Lebanon, 1967.
Various positions, The British Petroleum Company Ltd., England, Kuwait, Lebanon, Abu Dhabi, Alaska, Canada, United States, 1958-1982; president, BP Alaska Inc., San Francisco, 1977; president, Sohio Petroleum Company, San Francisco, 1978-1982; international director, The British Petroleum Company Ltd., London, 1982; president, Merlin Petroleum Company, San Francisco, 1983-1988; president, Savage Petroleum Company, Sausalito, California, 1992-1995; board directors, managing director, San Francisco Opera, since 1994. Board directors High School Resources, Inc., San Francisco.
Trustee San Francisco Conservatory Music, since 1983, chairman, 1990—1994, lifetime trustee, since 2008. Owner Sarafornia Cellars LLC, since 1997. Trustee Alaska Pacific University, 1982—1986.
Director Napa Valley Mustard Festival, 2005—2008.
Married Elisabeth Karl, June 21, 1965 (divorced). Married Virginia Hooper, August 31, 1978. 1 child, Matthew Nicholas.