Stephen Bechtel Jr., 95, Dies; Led Familyâs Giant Engineering Firm
He modernized the Bechtel Group as it oversaw construction on scores of megaprojects, including the Bay Area transit system and Saudi Arabiaâs Jubail Industrial City.
Stephen D. Bechtel Jr. and a Boy Scout, Garvin Hoffman, held a time capsule at the 2013 national Boy Scout jamboree at the Summit Bechtel Family National Scout Reserve in southern West Virginia. His foundation donated $50 million to create the reserve. Credit.Rick Barbero/The Register-Herald, via Associated Press
March 15, 2021
Stephen D. Bechtel Jr., who took over his familyâs global engineering and construction company, elevating its already formidable reputation and transforming what had been a hidebound, top-down hierarchy into a modern, if secretive, corporation, died on Monday at his home in San Francisco. He was 95.
Stephen Bechtel Jr., former CEO of family construction firm and San Francisco philanthropist, dies at 95
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Stephen D. Bechtel, Jr. 1960, Steven D. Bechtel, jr., becomes president of Bechtel Corporation.courtesy BechtelShow MoreShow Less
3of4Bechtel Group Inc. construction co. chmn. Steve Bechtel Jr.Matthew Naythons / The LIFE Images Collection via Getty ImagesShow MoreShow Less
4of4President Nixon called leaders of the construction industry to the White House and asked them to report to him in 30 days on ways of halting the wage price spiral in the building industry. Left to right: Secretary of Labor James D. Hodgson; Nixon; Peter T. Shoemann, president of United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry; Stephen D. Bechtel, Jr., president of Bechtel Corporation; and John A. Stastny, vice president of Stone and Webster Engineering Corporation, representing National Constructors Association. Bechtel died Monday, Ma
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