Stephen Bechtel Jr

Chairman and CEO, S.D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation

Stephen D. Bechtel Jr., who took over his family’s global engineering and construction company, elevating its already formidable reputation and transforming what had been a hidebound, top-down hierarchy into a modern, if secretive, corporation, died on Monday March 15 2021 at his home in San Francisco. He was 95. In 1960, when Mr. Bechtel was 35, his father asked him to consider taking over as president, just as the elder Mr. Bechtel had taken over from his father, Warren E. Bechtel (1872-1933), the founder. Stephen Davison Bechtel Jr. was born on May 10, 1925, in Oakland, Calif. He enlisted in the Marine Corps Reserve as a senior in high school and was sent by the military to the University of Colorado to study engineering. On graduating from Purdue University in 1946, he married Elizabeth Mead Hogan (known as Betty). They had two sons, Riley, who succeeded Mr. Bechtel as chairman and chief executive, and Gary; three daughters, Shana Johnstone, Lauren Dachs and Nonie Ramsey; and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren. His grandson Brendan Bechtel succeeded Riley Bechtel in 2016. Third-generation leader of firm that built Turkey's Ankara-Gerede Highway and the Hong Kong International Airport. Became Bechtel president at age 35, chairman 13 years later. Son Riley now runs the $27 billion (sales) construction outfit. Father and son each believed to own 20% of the company. In July 2007 celebrated opening of Tacoma Narrows Bridge near Seattle, the longest suspension span built in the world since 1960s. New projects include a $1.9 billion expansion of its Worsley Alumina refinery in Western Australia. Owns stake in money management firm Fremont Group. Mr. Bechtel was believed to hold 20 percent of the company shares, the bulk of a fortune estimated by Forbes this year at $2.9 billion.

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Ron Cameron	Peter H Coors, Eric Cantor, John Cornyn, Jim DeMint, Elizabeth Hanford Dole, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Connie Mack IV, John McCain, Kevin McCarthy, Mitch McConnell, Paul Ryan, John Thune, George Allen, Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, Rick Lazio, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Florida, Republican Party of Virginia Inc, Republican Party of Iowa, Republican Party of Wisconsin, North Carolina Republican Executive Committee, Bill Cassidy, Majority Committee PAC--MC PAC, Prosperity PAC, Senate Conservatives Fund, Mitt Romney, Mike Rounds, Jon Kyl, Scott P Brown, Jeff Denham, Christopher Gibson, Marco Rubio, Josh Mandel, Steven Daines, Ben Sasse, Joni Ernst
Ken Griffin	Tommy G Thompson, John Boehner, Eric Cantor, Norm Coleman, John Cornyn, Elizabeth Hanford Dole, John McCain, Kevin McCarthy, Mitch McConnell, Denny Rehberg, Paul Ryan, John Thune, George Allen, Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Ohio Republican Party State Central & Executive Committee, Republican Party of Florida, North Carolina Republican Executive Committee, Bill Cassidy, Majority Committee PAC--MC PAC, Prosperity PAC, Mitt Romney, Mike Rounds, Jon Kyl, Carly Fiorina, Scott P Brown, Jeff Denham, Rick Berg, Marco Rubio, Steven Daines, Ben Sasse, Boehner for Speaker Cmte, Prosperity Action Cmte, McCarthy Victory Fund 2014, Freedom Project, Joni Ernst
Woody Johnson	Lamar Alexander, Eric Cantor, Norm Coleman, John Cornyn, Elizabeth Hanford Dole, Kay Bailey Hutchison, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Arlen Specter, John Thune, George Allen, Rob Portman, John Ashcroft, Bill Bradley, Bob Dole, Pete Wilson, Rick Lazio, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, California Republican Party/V8, Ohio Republican Party State Central & Executive Committee, Republican Party of Florida, Republican Party of Virginia Inc, Campaign America Inc, Republican Party of Iowa, Republican Party of Wisconsin, Colorado Republican Federal Campaign Committee, Free and Strong America PAC Inc., North Carolina Republican Executive Committee, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney, Bill Weld, Jon Kyl, William Emerson Brock III, Carly Fiorina, Scott P Brown, Ben Quayle, Marco Rubio
Doris Fisher	Tommy G Thompson, Lamar Alexander, Norm Coleman, John Cornyn, David Timothy Dreier, Dianne Feinstein, Kay Bailey Hutchison, John McCain, Kevin McCarthy, Denny Rehberg, Arlen Specter, John Thune, George Allen, Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, Bill Bradley, Bob Dole, Pete Wilson, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Matthew K Fong, California Republican Party/V8, James F Cunneen, Tom Campbell, Frank Murkowski, Majority Committee PAC--MC PAC, Prosperity PAC, George H W Bush, Linda Lingle, Mitt Romney, Michael Bennet, William Emerson Brock III, Carly Fiorina, Scott P Brown, Rick Berg, Marco Rubio, Josh Mandel, Ricky Gill
Barry S Friedberg	Peter H Coors, John Boehner, Eric Cantor, Norm Coleman, John Cornyn, Dianne Feinstein, Richard Green Lugar, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Denny Rehberg, Paul Ryan, John Thune, Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, Bill Bradley, Bob Dole, Rick Lazio, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Ohio Republican Party State Central & Executive Committee, Republican Party of Florida, Republican Party of Iowa, Republican Party of Wisconsin, Colorado Republican Federal Campaign Committee, Free and Strong America PAC Inc., North Carolina Republican Executive Committee, Bill Cassidy, Prosperity PAC, George H W Bush, Linda Lingle, Mitt Romney, Michael Bennet, Scott P Brown, Marco Rubio, Josh Mandel, Freedom Project, Targeted State Victory, Joni Ernst
George P Shultz	Lamar Alexander, Elizabeth Hanford Dole, David Timothy Dreier, Dianne Feinstein, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Richard Green Lugar, John McCain, Kevin McCarthy, Mitch McConnell, Paul Ryan, Arlen Specter, George Allen, William P Baker, Bob Dole, Michael Huffington, Pete Wilson, Rick Lazio, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Matthew K Fong, California Republican Party/V8, Bill Jones, Bechtel PAC Committee, James F Cunneen, Tom Campbell, Claude B Hutchison Jr, Frank Murkowski, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney, Bill Weld, William Emerson Brock III, Carly Fiorina, Scott P Brown, Ben Quayle, John Hoeven, Marco Rubio, Ricky Gill
Kenneth J Bialkin	John Boehner, Eric Cantor, Norm Coleman, John Cornyn, Jim DeMint, Richard Green Lugar, Connie Mack IV, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Denny Rehberg, Paul Ryan, Arlen Specter, George Allen, Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, Bill Bradley, Bob Dole, Pete Wilson, Rick Lazio, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Tom Campbell, Republican Leadership Council Federal PAC, Majority Committee PAC--MC PAC, George H W Bush, Linda Lingle, Mitt Romney, Jon Kyl, Carly Fiorina, Scott P Brown, Rick Berg, Marco Rubio, Josh Mandel, Ben Sasse, Boehner for Speaker Cmte, McCarthy Victory Fund 2014, Joni Ernst
J Steven Hart	Peter H Coors, Lamar Alexander, Eric Cantor, Norm Coleman, John Cornyn, Larry Edwin Craig, Jim DeMint, Elizabeth Hanford Dole, John McCain, Kevin McCarthy, Mitch McConnell, Denny Rehberg, Paul Ryan, Arlen Specter, John Thune, Todd Tiahrt, George Allen, Charles Christopher Cox, Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, John Ashcroft, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Ohio Republican Party State Central & Executive Committee, Campaign America Inc, Prosperity PAC, George H W Bush, Linda Lingle, Mitt Romney, Mike Rounds, Jon Kyl, Carly Fiorina, Ben Quayle, Marco Rubio, Steven Daines, Rand Paul Victory Cmte
Joseph Petrone	Lamar Alexander, John Boehner, Norm Coleman, John Cornyn, Larry Edwin Craig, Jim DeMint, Elizabeth Hanford Dole, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Richard Green Lugar, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Paul Ryan, John Thune, George Allen, Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Pat Toomey, John Ashcroft, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, California Republican Party/V8, Ohio Republican Party State Central & Executive Committee, Republican Party of Florida, Republican Party of Virginia Inc, Bill Jones, Campaign America Inc, Republican Party of Iowa, Frank Murkowski, Senate Conservatives Fund, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney, Bill Weld, Jon Kyl, William Emerson Brock III, President's Dinner/Aka 1992 Republican Senate-House Dinner Committee, Carly Fiorina, Marco Rubio
Eric M Javits	Lamar Alexander, John Boehner, Elizabeth Hanford Dole, Richard Green Lugar, Connie Mack IV, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Denny Rehberg, Arlen Specter, John Thune, George Allen, Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, John Ashcroft, Bob Dole, Pete Wilson, Rick Lazio, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Matthew K Fong, Ohio Republican Party State Central & Executive Committee, Republican Party of Florida, Campaign America Inc, Tom Campbell, Free and Strong America PAC Inc., Frank Murkowski, Prosperity PAC, Senate Conservatives Fund, George H W Bush, Linda Lingle, Mitt Romney, Bill Weld, William Emerson Brock III, Carly Fiorina, Scott P Brown, Marco Rubio, Josh Mandel
Edyth Bailey Lindner	John Boehner, Norm Coleman, Elizabeth Hanford Dole, Richard Green Lugar, Connie Mack IV, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Denny Rehberg, Paul Ryan, Arlen Specter, John Thune, George Allen, Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, John Ashcroft, Bill Bradley, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, California Republican Party/V8, Ohio Republican Party State Central & Executive Committee, Republican Party of Florida, Republican Party of Virginia Inc, Campaign America Inc, Tom Campbell, Republican Party of Iowa, Bill Cassidy, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney, Bill Weld, William Emerson Brock III, Scott P Brown, Rick Berg, Marco Rubio, Josh Mandel, Boehner for Speaker Cmte, Freedom Project, Joni Ernst
Ronald Weiser	Lamar Alexander, John Boehner, Eric Cantor, Norm Coleman, Elizabeth Hanford Dole, Richard Green Lugar, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Denny Rehberg, John Thune, Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, John Ashcroft, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Matthew K Fong, California Republican Party/V8, Ohio Republican Party State Central & Executive Committee, Republican Party of Florida, Republican Party of Virginia Inc, Republican Party of Wisconsin, Colorado Republican Federal Campaign Committee, North Carolina Republican Executive Committee, Frank Murkowski, Republican Leadership Council Federal PAC, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney, Bill Weld, Mike Rounds, Jon Kyl, Scott P Brown, Marco Rubio, Josh Mandel, Steven Daines, Ben Sasse, Boehner for Speaker Cmte, Joni Ernst
Marc Goldman	Peter H Coors, John Boehner, Eric Cantor, Norm Coleman, John Cornyn, Jim DeMint, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Richard Green Lugar, John McCain, Kevin McCarthy, Mitch McConnell, Denny Rehberg, Paul Ryan, Arlen Specter, John Thune, George Allen, Rob Portman, Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Pat Toomey, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Ohio Republican Party State Central & Executive Committee, Republican Party of Florida, Bill Cassidy, Linda Lingle, Mitt Romney, Mike Rounds, Carly Fiorina, David Jeffrey Harmer, Scott P Brown, Rick Berg, Christopher Gibson, Marco Rubio, Josh Mandel, Steven Daines, McCarthy Victory Fund 2014, Joni Ernst
Robert Stuart Jr	Peter H Coors, Eric Cantor, Elizabeth Hanford Dole, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Richard Green Lugar, John McCain, Denny Rehberg, John Thune, George Allen, Charles Christopher Cox, Rob Portman, Amory Houghton Jr, John Ashcroft, Bob Dole, Rick Lazio, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Matthew K Fong, California Republican Party/V8, Ohio Republican Party State Central & Executive Committee, Republican Party of Florida, Republican Party of Virginia Inc, Campaign America Inc, Tom Campbell, Republican Party of Iowa, Republican Mainstreet Partnership PAC, Free and Strong America PAC Inc., Republican Leadership Council Federal PAC, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney, Bill Weld, Jon Kyl, William Emerson Brock III, Pres Dinner Aka 91 Rep S/H Dinner - Nonfederal Acct, Carly Fiorina, Scott P Brown, Marco Rubio
Miriam Adelson	John Boehner, Eric Cantor, Norm Coleman, John Cornyn, Elizabeth Hanford Dole, John McCain, Kevin McCarthy, Mitch McConnell, Denny Rehberg, Paul Ryan, Arlen Specter, Todd Tiahrt, Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, Rick Lazio, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, California Republican Party/V8, Ohio Republican Party State Central & Executive Committee, Republican Party of Virginia Inc, Republican Party of Iowa, Republican Party of Wisconsin, Colorado Republican Federal Campaign Committee, Bill Cassidy, Prosperity PAC, Mitt Romney, Mike Rounds, Jon Kyl, Carly Fiorina, Scott P Brown, Jeff Denham, Rick Berg, Marco Rubio, Ben Sasse, Boehner for Speaker Cmte, Freedom Project, Joni Ernst
Andrew Sabin	Lamar Alexander, Eric Cantor, John Cornyn, John McCain, Kevin McCarthy, Mitch McConnell, Paul Ryan, Arlen Specter, George Allen, Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, Bill Bradley, Rick Lazio, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Matthew K Fong, California Republican Party/V8, Ohio Republican Party State Central & Executive Committee, Republican Party of Florida, Republican Party of Virginia Inc, Republican Party of Iowa, Republican Party of Wisconsin, Colorado Republican Federal Campaign Committee, North Carolina Republican Executive Committee, Bill Cassidy, Mitt Romney, Bill Weld, Mike Rounds, Scott P Brown, Rick Berg, John Hoeven, Marco Rubio, Steven Daines, Jon M Huntsman Jr, McCarthy Victory Fund 2014, Targeted State Victory, Joni Ernst
Tom C Korologos	Lamar Alexander, John Boehner, Norm Coleman, John Cornyn, Larry Edwin Craig, Jim DeMint, Elizabeth Hanford Dole, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Richard Green Lugar, Connie Mack IV, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Arlen Specter, John Thune, George Allen, Charles Christopher Cox, Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, John Ashcroft, Bob Dole, Rick Lazio, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Campaign America Inc, Free and Strong America PAC Inc., Frank Murkowski, Prosperity PAC, George H W Bush, Linda Lingle, Mitt Romney, Jon Kyl, William Emerson Brock III, Carly Fiorina, Scott P Brown, Ben Quayle, Marco Rubio, Josh Mandel, Steven Daines
Shawn Smeallie	John Boehner, Norm Coleman, John Cornyn, Jim DeMint, Elizabeth Hanford Dole, John McCain, Kevin McCarthy, Mitch McConnell, Denny Rehberg, Paul Ryan, Arlen Specter, John Thune, Todd Tiahrt, George Allen, Rob Portman, Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Pat Toomey, John Ashcroft, Steven T Kuykendall, Bob Dole, Rick Lazio, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Matthew K Fong, Majority Committee PAC--MC PAC, Mitt Romney, Jon Kyl, Carly Fiorina, Scott P Brown, Ben Quayle, Christopher Gibson, John Hoeven, Marco Rubio, Josh Mandel, Ben Sasse, Boehner for Speaker Cmte, Joni Ernst
Mark Isakowitz	Tommy G Thompson, Lamar Alexander, John Boehner, Eric Cantor, Norm Coleman, John Cornyn, Larry Edwin Craig, Jim DeMint, Richard Green Lugar, Connie Mack IV, John McCain, Kevin McCarthy, Mitch McConnell, Paul Ryan, Arlen Specter, John Thune, George Allen, Rob Portman, Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Pat Toomey, Steven T Kuykendall, Rick Lazio, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Ohio Republican Party State Central & Executive Committee, North Carolina Republican Executive Committee, Majority Committee PAC--MC PAC, Prosperity PAC, Linda Lingle, Mitt Romney, Bill Weld, Scott P Brown, John Hoeven, Josh Mandel, Ben Sasse, Boehner for Speaker Cmte, McCarthy Victory Fund 2014
Bryce L Harlow	Lamar Alexander, John Boehner, Norm Coleman, John Cornyn, Larry Edwin Craig, Jim DeMint, Elizabeth Hanford Dole, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Richard Green Lugar, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Paul Ryan, Arlen Specter, John Thune, George Allen, Charles Christopher Cox, Rob Portman, Amory Houghton Jr, Pat Toomey, John Ashcroft, Bob Dole, Rick Lazio, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Tom Campbell, Frank Murkowski, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney, Mike Rounds, Jon Kyl, William Emerson Brock III, Scott P Brown, John Hoeven, Josh Mandel, Steven Daines, Boehner for Speaker Cmte, Freedom Project

Types	Person, Business Person
Gender	Male
Birthday	May 10 '25
Date of death	Mar 15 '21
Aliases	Mr Stephen D. Bechtel Jr., Steve Bechtel, Steven D Bechtel Jr

Stephen Bechtel Jr

Chairman and CEO, S.D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation

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