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vice-president in charge of crude oil production. Early in his time with Jersey, Holman became interested in crude oil production in South
America and spent most of the 1930s as an executive of affiliate companies in this region. During this time he served as president of the Pan American Foreign Corporation, Creole Petroleum Corporation, Lago Petroleum Corporation, Huasteca Petroleum, and Mexican Petroleum. As head of these affiliate companies, Holman placed an emphasis on employee relations and prioritized the hiring of foreign nationals wherever possible.
343:. There, by his Scottish wife Ann Cummins (1819–1864), James Jr. was born. In 1864, age 10, James Jr. was orphaned. In 1870, he moved to Argentina as a colonist. In 1875, Holman married Geneva Moore, whose father William Tandy Moore (1824–1833) had been an early member of the California Colony in Argentina. After the situation in Argentina became unstable and Geneva's brother was killed, in 1877 James and Geneva returned to the United States and settled in Texas. Eugene Holman was born in San Angelo but grew up in
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He was a leader of unimpeachable integrity, wide horizons, and a long time-perspective. With his appreciation of the logistics of oil, he showed great foresight in appraising the company's future needs. He was also cognizant of, and sympathetic with, the worldwide movements of the time for social and
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Washington, D.C., Oklahoma, and Texas. In March 1919, Holman got a job as a geologist with Humble Oil through Wallace E. Pratt, the company's chief geologist. His initial assignments included geological scouting in
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America Geneva Moore (1859–1933). James Riley Holman Sr. (1811–1861) was raised in Missouri and went west early in the
469:, Holman married Edith Carver Reid (1902–1975). The Holmans had two children, Catherine Geneva and Eugene Jr. (1933–2013). Holman died on August 12, 1962, in New York City at age 67. He was buried in
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