Frank Seaver

Frank Roger Seaver (April 12, 1883 – October 30, 1964) was an American lawyer, Naval officer, oil executive, and philanthropist.

Early life Frank Seaver was born April 12, 1883, in San Jose, California. He grew up in Claremont, California, graduating from Pomona College in 1905, where he managed the football team and served as the first president of the Associated Students of Pomona College. He later attended Harvard Law School and practiced law in Los Angeles, and helped draft the first charter of Los Angeles County.

Seaver ran the company until his death on October 30, 1964, in

Philanthropy Seaver and his wife, Blanche, were a major contributor to Pomona College, where they served as trustees, and where the Seaver Science Center is named after him and several other buildings are named after his family. They were also the principal benefactors of the Malibu campus of Pepperdine University, which named its College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences after him, and donated portions of their $10.1 million estate (equivalent to $ in ) to other institutions.