Learned, Stanley, 1902-1995.

Samuel Stanley Learned, Jr. was born in Lawrence (Douglas County), Kansas on November 5, 1902 to Samuel Stanley and Alice (Preisach) Learned. He earned a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from the University of Kansas at Lawrence in 1924 and a master's degree in 1936.

In 1924, Learned joined the staff of Phillips Petroleum Company (Bartlesville, Oklahoma). He was appointed chairman of the company's corporate operating committee in 1944, and was named a vice president of the company in 1949. Learned became president of Phillips Petroleum Company in 1962 and its chief executive officer in 1964. He retired from the company in 1967, but remained on its board of directors until 1970. In his forty-three years with Phillips Petroleum Company, Learned was instrumental in its becoming one of the nation's leading international oil companies.

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