Background
Rawleigh Warner Junior. was born February 13, 1921, in Chicago and growing up in Chicago"s northern suburbs. He attended Lake Forest Academy and graduated from the Lawrenceville School and his father"s alma mater Princeton University.
Rawleigh Warner Junior. was born February 13, 1921, in Chicago and growing up in Chicago"s northern suburbs. He attended Lake Forest Academy and graduated from the Lawrenceville School and his father"s alma mater Princeton University.
Graduate, Lawrenceville (New Jersey) School, 1940; Bachelor of Arts cum laude, Princeton University, 1943.
He was president of Mobil from 1965 to 1969 and chairman and chief executive officer from 1969 to 1986. Graduating in 1943, he served in the United States Army during World World War II as a Field Artillery officer He left the army as a captain.
After a brief stint in finance, Warner was looking for a new career in 1948.
As his father Rawleigh Warner, Senior was chairman of Pure Oil, the oil business seemed like a natural fit. Wishing to avoid the appearance of nepotism, Warner followed his father"s advice and joined the financial staff of Continental Oil Company in Houston, Texas.
Warner served as the assistant to the treasurer and remained with Continental until 1953. In 1953, Warner was recruited to join Socony-Vacuum Oil Company as the assistant to the vice president of finance in one of the company"s divisions based in Fort Lee, New Jersey.
He later transferred to the parent company as its economics department manager.
Later he managed Socony’s Middle East department and was named a regional vice president of Mobil International Oil Company, one of Socony"s divisions. After only twelve years working for Socony, Warner was named president of the renamed Socony Mobil Oil Company in 1965. In 1966, the company again changed its name to Mobil.
Served to captain Field Artillery, Army of the United States, 1943-1945. Member American Petroleum Institute.
Married Mary Ann deClairmont, November 2, 1946. Children: Alison W. Pyne, Suzanne W. Parsons.