Background
Wachtell, Thomas was born on March 27, 1928 in Crestwood, New York, United States. Son of Theodore and Carolyn (Satz) Wachtell.
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Wachtell, Thomas was born on March 27, 1928 in Crestwood, New York, United States. Son of Theodore and Carolyn (Satz) Wachtell.
Graduate Choate School, 1946. Bachelor of Science, Syracuse University, 1950. Bachelor of Laws., Cornell Univercity, 1958.
Bar: New York.1958. Association Livingston, Wachtell & Company, Certified Public Accountants, New York City, 1958-1960. President Allied Homeowners Association, Incorporated., White Plains, New York, 1960-1963, president General Factoring Company, White Plains, New York, 1960-1963. Executive assistant to president Occidental Petroleum Corporation, Los Angeles, 1963-1965, vice president, executive assistant, Chairman of the Board, 1965-1972, executive vice president, 1972-1973, officer, director numerous subsidiary.
President Hydrocarbon Resources Corporation, 1973-1981.
Chairman Oriental Petroleum Corporation, 1982-1986. President Petroleum Power Corporation, 1989-1991.
Chairman, president MSR Exploration, Limited., 1990-1991. Executive vice president Frontier Oil and Refining Company, Denver, 1985-1987, also board directors.
Chairman of the Board Frontier Oil International, 1985-1987.
President, chief Executive officer, director Nuclear magnetic resonance Centers, Incorporated., 1982-1983. President, director Cayman Petroleum Corporation, 1974-1975, Ridgecrest Energy Corporation, 1979. Director Tanglewood Consolidated Resources, 1982-1984.
Board directors Paramount Petroleum Corporation, Los Angeles, 1989, chairman, Chief Executive Officer 1990.
Board directors World TradeBank, Beverly Hills, California, 1985. Panelist, lecturer National Industrial Conference Board.
Board of Governors The Los Angeles Music Center, 1973-1988. Chairman, chief Executive officer, board directors Los Angeles Music Center Opera Association, 1972, chairman, chief Executive officer, 1981-1986.
Trustee Good Hope Medical Foundation, Los Angeles, 1974.
Member of Choate Alumni Association Southern California (chairman since 1969), Los Angeles World Affairs Council, American Management Association, Confrerie des Chevaliers du Tastevin, Phi Delta Phi, Beta Theta Pi.
Married Esther Carole Pickard, January 27, 1957. Children: Roger Bruce, Wendy Ann, Peter James.