William L. Friend

Education

Master of Science, U. Delaware.

Career

Member of staff, Lummus Company president, Executive officer, J.F. Pritchard member technical staff, Bechtel Group, Inc., Washington, 1977-1980; manager, Bechtel Petroleum, San Francisco, 1980-1983; president, director, Principal Oper. Company, 1983-1986; general manager San Francisco & Houston Petroleum division, president, Bechtel National, 1986-1989; executive vice president, Bechtel Group Inc., Washington, 1991-1996; director, Bechtel Group Inc., Washington, since 1996.

Achievements

• William L. Friend has been listed as a noteworthy Oil industry executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow AIChE; member National Academy Engineers, American Nuclear Society, American PetroleumInst., American Chemical Society, Sigma Xi.