Frank Criner Love, Jr. (April 29, 1908 – December 2, 1978)[1] was an American lawyer and president of the Kerr-McGee oil company.

Early life

Love Hotel, Purcell

Frank Criner Love, Jr.[2] was born in Purcell, Oklahoma, the son of Frank C. Love, Sr. and Louanna Edwards Love,[3] and graduated in Law from the University of Oklahoma in 1930.[4][5]

In 1895, his father built the historic landmark in downtown Purcell, Hotel Love and, according to his great-granddaughter Jenny Love Meyer, he owned a bank and several other businesses in Purcell.[6]

Career

In 1950, it was reported in the Daily Oklahoman, that "Frank C. Love, vice-president of Kerr-McGee Oil Industries, Inc., this week takes over as president of the new Deep Rock Oil Co. Love is a native of Purcell, graduated in law at University of Oklahoma and practiced in Oklahoma City in 1930-34, then joined Shell Oil."[4]

In 1963, it was reported in the Daily Oklahoman, that "City industrialist Frank C. Love, 54, executive vice president of Kerr-McGee Industries, Inc., is a candidate for councilman in Ward 3 with the backing of the Association for Responsible Government."[7]

Love was president of Kerr-McGee Corporation in, at least, 1968[8] and 1969.[9]

Personal life

On December 29, 1931, he married Margaret Eugenia Vessels (November 12, 1910 – January 31, 2005), the daughter of Tom and Kathryn Hoehn Vessels, who had been a fellow student at the University of Oklahoma, and they settled in Oklahoma City where they resided until his death in 1978.[2] She was an ardent Catholic and converted her husband after eight years of marriage. In 1967, she was made a Lady of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre by the Pope, for her many years on the Pastoral Board of the Catholic Archdiocese of Oklahoma City.[2]

They had seven children:[2]

He died at the age of 70 on December 2, 1978,[2] and is buried at the Resurrection Memorial Cemetery, Oklahoma City.

References

  1. ↑ https://www.fold3.com/record/56843250/f-love-social-security-death-index
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Margaret Eugenia Vessels Love". NewsOK. February 3, 2005. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  3. ↑ "Pauline Love 'Polly' Johnson". Oklahoman. March 14, 1986. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
  4. 1 2 "Photograph 2012.201.B0363B.0389". Gateway to Oklahoma History. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  5. ↑ "Roll Call" (PDF). University of Oklahoma. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  6. ↑ Sutter, Ellie (July 30, 2000). "From humble beginnings". NewsOK.com. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
  7. ↑ "Photograph 2012.201.B0363B.0402". Gateway to Oklahoma History. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  8. ↑ "Company plans still firm on coastal phosphate". Rome News-Tribune. October 4, 1968. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  9. ↑ "Transworld Announces Four Key Appointments". Maritime Reporter and Engineering News. 15 August 1969. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  10. ↑ Shottenkirk, Marcia (April 9, 2007). "The Century Club: Tom Love, CEO of Love's Country Stores". The Journal Record. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
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