S*1134 Session 112 (1997-1998)
S*1134 Resolution, By Drummond
A SENATE RESOLUTION TO COMMEND AND CONGRATULATE MR. LES MCCRAW, A NATIVE SOUTH
CAROLINIAN, FOR HIS DISTINGUISHED SERVICE TO HIS STATE AND HIS NATION AS A
DEDICATED ENGINEER, BUSINESSMAN, AND PUBLIC SERVANT, UPON THE OCCASION OF HIS
RETIREMENT FROM THE FLUOR CORPORATION.
03/19/98 Senate Introduced and adopted SJ-5
A SENATE RESOLUTION
TO COMMEND AND CONGRATULATE MR. LES MCCRAW, A
NATIVE SOUTH CAROLINIAN, FOR HIS DISTINGUISHED
SERVICE TO HIS STATE AND HIS NATION AS A DEDICATED
ENGINEER, BUSINESSMAN, AND PUBLIC SERVANT, UPON
THE OCCASION OF HIS RETIREMENT FROM THE FLUOR
CORPORATION.
Whereas, the members of the Senate have learned with deep regret
that Leslie "Les" G. McCraw II, retired from Fluor
Corporation as Chairman on March 10, 1997, and Chief Executive
Officer January 1, 1998; and
Whereas, Mr. McCraw was born November 3, 1934, in Anderson,
South Carolina; and
Whereas, Mr. McCraw earned a degree in civil engineering,
graduated from Clemson University in 1956, and is a licensed,
professional engineer; and
Whereas, Mr. McCraw and his loving and devoted wife, Mary Earle,
have raised three outstanding sons, Leslie III, James, and John; and
Whereas, Mr. McCraw began his long and distinguished career as an
engineer with Gulf Oil in Philadelphia after which he served as an
officer in the United States Air Force and then joined DuPont in
Delaware where, during a successful fifteen-year career, he advanced
quickly through the ranks of the company's engineering and
construction divisions; and
Whereas, Mr. McCraw joined Daniel International in Greenville,
South Carolina in 1975 in what was the beginning of many happy
and prosperous years of positive change and growth for Les McCraw
and the Daniel International family; and
Whereas, Daniel International was purchased by Fluor Corporation,
a global engineering, construction, and diversified services company,
in 1977 and, subsequently, Mr. McCraw was named President of
Daniel in 1982 and became Chief Executive Officer and a Director
on Fluor Corporation's Board of Directors in 1984; and
Whereas, Mr. McCraw's professional and keen business skills were
further utilized when in 1986 he was named President and Chief
Executive Officer of the new company called Fluor Daniel which
combined the engineering, construction, and maintenance capabilities
of two existing companies and headquartered in Irvine, California;
and
Whereas, Mr. McCraw was named President of Fluor Corporation in
1988, Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer in 1990, and
Chairman of the Board in 1991; and
Whereas, Mr. McCraw has been and continues to be a selfless and
devoted public servant whose leadership and professionalism sets an
example for others to follow; and
Whereas, Mr. McCraw is a life member of the Board of Trustees for
his alma mater, Clemson University, serves on the Clemson
University President's Advisory Council, and sits on the Graduate
School of Management Board of Visitors at the University of
California, Irvine; and
Whereas, Mr. McCraw has made extraordinary and invaluable
contributions in the business arena with membership in the California
Business Round Table and the Palmetto Business Forum in South
Carolina and sits on the boards of Allergan Inc., New York Life
Insurance Company, the National Committee on United States-China
Relations and the US-China Business Council, and the International
Advisory Board of the British-American Business Council; and
Whereas, Mr. McCraw has been active and prominent on a national
level with membership in The Business Round Table and the
Construction Industry's Presidents Forum, and by serving as the 1995
Honorary Chairman of National Engineers Week; and
Whereas, Mr. McCraw prestigiously serves our Country globally as
a director of the National Committee on United States-China
Relations and the US-China Business Council, as a member of the
International Advisory Board of the British-American Business
Council, and was appointed by the President of the United States to
co-chair the President's Export Council in 1994 and 1995; and
Whereas, Mr. McCraw has devoted time to his community as a
member of the Los Angeles World Affairs Council, the national
Business Community of the Arts, Inc., Junior Achievement Orange
County Board of Governors, and is a director of the Peace Center
Foundation in Greenville, South Carolina; and
Whereas, Mr. McCraw has many other affiliations and associations
too numerous to mention in this resolution. Now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the Senate:
That the members of the South Carolina Senate commend and
congratulate Mr. Les McCraw for his distinguished service to his
State and his Nation as a dedicated engineer, businessman, and public
servant, upon the occasion of his retirement, and wish him much
success and happiness in all of his future endeavors.
Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to
Mr Leslie G. McCraw.
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