Monroe Spaght

Monroe Edward Spaght, born 9 Dec 1909, died 27 Jun 1993, was a research chemist who became president and chairman of the Shell Oil Company. In 1965, he became the first American managing director of the Royal Dutch Petroleum Company, Shell's parent company.

Early life

He earned his BS, MA, and PhD degrees from Stanford University; and he studied physics at the University of Leipzig.

1965 -- The Bright Key: Thoughts on the Relation of Business to Research and Education. New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts. OCLC 177921. 1978 -- The Multinational Corporation: Its Manners, Methods and Myths.. Pittsburgh: Carnegie-Mellon University Press. OCLC 6001392. Order of Orange-Nassau (Netherlands), 1970.