Background
Pierce, Shelby Crawford was born on May 26, 1932. Son of William Shelby and Iris Mae (Smith) Pierce.
consultant oil industry executive
Pierce, Shelby Crawford was born on May 26, 1932. Son of William Shelby and Iris Mae (Smith) Pierce.
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas, 1956. Graduate program for senior executives, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1980.
With Amoco Oil Corporation, Texas City Refinery, from 1956, electrical engineer, electrical foreman, area foreman, 1956—1960, zone supervisor, general foreman, maintenance, 1961—1967, operating superintendent, 1967—1969, coordinator results management, 1969—1972. Director results management Amoco Oil Corporation Corporation Headquarters, Chicago, 1972-1975. Manager operations Amoco Oil Corporation, Whiting (Indiana) Refinery, 1975—1976, assistant refinery manager, 1977-1979.
Director crude replacement program Amoco Oil Corporation Corporation Headquarters, Chicago, 1979-1981, manager corporation refining and transportation engineering, 1981—1991, general manager engineering and construction, 1992, vice president international business development, 1993-1994, retired, 1994. President, director Amoco Eurasia Oil Corporation, Amoco Mexico Oil Corporation, Amoco India, Inc., Amoco Technology Assistance Company, Trinidad. Chairman, director Amoco Orient Oil Corporation.
Vice president Amoco Corporation Development Company, Latin American, 1994. President Pierce Consultant Service, from 1995. Chief Executive Officer, president Environmental Construction Company, 1996—1998.
Member steering committee contractor safety United States Department Labor, 1989.
Trustee Lamar University Foundation, from 1994. Member of American Institute of Chemical Engineers (member executive board 1985-1989, chairman engineering construction contracting division 1988, Division Man of Year award 1995), Northwest Indiana Business Roundtable (organizer and user council chairman 1986, chairman executive board 1986-1987), The Business Roundtable (construction committee, advisory board, chairman construction cost effectiveness task force 1992-1994), Construction Industry Institute (chairman Business Roundtable council, member strategic planning committee 1991-1993), Flossmoor Country Club, Sigma Tau.
Married Marguerite Ann Grado, April 2, 1954. Children: Cynthia Dawn, Melissa Carol.