Eugene Holman

Eugene Holman
Born	(1895-05-02)May 2, 1895 San Angelo, Texas
Died	August 12, 1962(1962-08-12) (aged 67) New York City
Education	Simmons College (AB 1916) University of Texas (MA 1917)
Spouse	Edith Carver Reid ​ (m. 1923)​
Military career
Service/branch	United States Army
Years of service	1918
Rank	Corporal
Unit	United States Army Signal Corps
6th President of the Standard Oil Company (New Jersey)
In office June 12, 1944 – December 31, 1953
Preceded by	Ralph W. Gallagher
Succeeded by	Monroe J. Rathbone
7th Chairman of the Standard Oil Company (New Jersey)
In office January 1, 1954 – April 30, 1960
Preceded by	Frank W. Abrams
Succeeded by	Leo D. Welch

Eugene Holman (May 2, 1895 – August 12, 1962) was an American geologist and oilman. Holman's career began in 1917 when he worked briefly for Texaco. After serving in the United States Army in World War I, Holman joined the United States Geological Survey. In early 1919, he was hired by Humble Oil and by 1926 had become the company's head geologist. Humble's majority shareholder, the Standard Oil Company (New Jersey), transferred Holman to its headquarters in New York in 1929. Holman spent the 1930s as an executive with Standard affiliate companies in South America. In 1940 he was elected a director of Standard, in 1942 was appointed a vice-president, and in 1944 became president of the company. Holman served as president for a decade, and then in 1954 was elected chairman of the board. During his time as head of Jersey, he negotiated its purchase of 30 per cent of the Arabian-American Oil Company and its outright acquisition of Humble. He remained chairman until his retirement in 1960. During his career, Holman earned the reputation as "the world's outstanding oilman."^[1]