Chief Executive Officer, Bechtel, Incorporated, San Francisco, CA;

B.S., Civil Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 1946; M.B.A., Stanford University, Graduate School of Business, Stanford, CA, 1948.

His father was Stephen D. Bechtel, Sr., and his grandfather was Warren A. Bechtel (1872-1933), founder of the Bechtel Corporation, the world's largest construction firm.

His son, Riley P. Bechtel (b. 1952), would succeed him as CEO of Bechtel.