1. Lee Roy Raymond was born on August 13,1938 and is an American businessman and was the chief executive officer and chairman of ExxonMobil from 1999 to 2005.
13 Facts About Lee Raymond
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Lee Raymond had previously been the CEO of Exxon since 1993.
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Lee Raymond joined the company in 1963 and served as president from 1987 and a director beginning in 1984.
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Lee Raymond was born in Watertown, South Dakota, on August 13,1938.
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Lee Raymond went on to earn his PhD in chemical engineering from the University of Minnesota.
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Lee Raymond was awarded an honorary doctorate from the same university in 2001.
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Lee Raymond became a director of Exxon in 1984 and in 1987 he became the president of the company.
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Lee Raymond negotiated the merger with Mobil that became effective on January 1,2000, and gave birth to the new ExxonMobil company.
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Lee Raymond was chair of the National Petroleum Council, when it was asked to produce a report on the future of oil supply and demand.
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Lee Raymond was one of the most outspoken executives in the United States against regulation to curtail global warming.
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Lee Raymond was at the helm of Exxon while it remained one of the last large companies to omit gay employees in its anti-discrimination policy.
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Lee Raymond was at the helm during the takeover of Mobil, when the new Exxon-Mobil corporation rescinded Mobil's pre-existing anti-discrimination policy.
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Lee Raymond received the Woodrow Wilson Award from the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars of the Smithsonian Institution for Corporate Citizenship during a dinner held in his honor in Dallas, Texas, in early 2003.