COMPANY

Founded 1887 as the Ohio Oil Company.

Part of the Standard Oil trust from 1889 until its break-up in 1911.

Acquired by US Steel in 1981, which existed as USX Corporation from 1991 to 2001 before spinning off US Steel and assuming the identity of Marathon Oil.

Official Website:
http://www.marathon.com/

Industry:
Energy

Ticker:
NYSE:MRO

Corporate headquarters:
Houston, TX

Sales:
$65.2B (2007)

Employees:
30,000

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Gary R. Heminger	Business	c. 1954		EVP at Marathon Oil
Clarence P. Cazalot Jr.	Business	1951		CEO of Marathon Oil
John P. Surma, Jr.	Business	25-May-1954		CEO of US Steel

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Charles F. Bolden, Jr.	Astronaut	19-Aug-1946		Four-time shuttle astronaut
Gregory H. Boyce	Business	c. 1954		CEO of Peabody Energy
David A. Daberko	Business	c. 1945		CEO of National City, 1995-2007
William L. Davis	Business	c. 1943		CEO of RR Donnelley, 1997-2004
Shirley A. Jackson	Physicist	5-Aug-1946		NRC Chairman, 1995-99
Clarence P. Cazalot Jr.	Business	1951		CEO of Marathon Oil
Philip Lader	Government	1946		US Ambassador to the UK, 1997-2001
Charles R. Lee	Business	c. 1941		CEO of Verizon, 2000-02
Dennis H. Reilley	Business	1953		Chairman of Praxair, 2000-07
Seth E. Schofield	Business	c. 1940		CEO of US Airways, 1991-96
John Snow	Government	2-Aug-1939		US Secretary of the Treasury, 2003-06
Thomas J. Usher	Business	11-Sep-1942		CEO of US Steel, 1995-2004

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Douglas C. Yearley	Business	c. 1936	8-Oct-2007	CEO of Phelps Dodge, 1989-99

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