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William W. Weston

Director of Corporate Public Relations, Sun Oil Company

June 16, 1975
University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa

Mr. Weston joined Sun Oil Company in 1944 as assistant director of public relations. He was appointed director of public relations in 1965 and director of corporate public relations in 1970.

Previously, he worked as a reporter and news editor for Platt's Oilgram and National Petroleum News, and as petroleum editor of the New York Journal of Commerce.

Mr. Weston is active in a number of professional and civic organizations. A member of the Public Relations Society of America, he is a past president of the Society's Philadelphia chapter. He is also a member of the Committee on Public Affairs of the American Petroleum Institute and recipient of its Gold Award for outstanding contributions to the petroleum industry, public relations and public affairs programs.

He is chairman of the board of managers of the Christian Street Branch of the YMCA and member of the Greater Philadelphia-Southern New Jersey regional board of the National Conference of Christians and Jews.

Mr. Weston was born in New London, Ohio in 1918 and studied at the Cleveland College of Western Reserve University. He and Mrs. Weston, who have five children, live in Cherry Hill, New Jersey.