Lawrence Rawl

He enlisted in the Marine Corps near the end of World War II and graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 1952 with a degree in petroleum engineering. He then worked as a drilling engineer in southern Texas for the Humble Oil and Refining Company, a predecessor to the Exxon Company USA, a unit of the Exxon Corporation. Promotions took him to New York, Houston and London. He became a director and senior vice president of Exxon Corporation in 1980. He was named president in 1985 and became chairman and chief executive two years later. Mr. Rawl is survived by his wife, Gail Williamson Rawl; two daughters, Jana Nichols and Kelly Guziejka, both of Austin, Tex.; a son, L. Vincent Rawl, also of Austin; three stepchildren, Kimberly Darden, Annette Williamson and Philip, all of Fort Worth; three sisters, Virginia Wald of Haddon Heights, N.J.; Frances Unser of Blaine, Wash.; and Patricia M. Rawl of Las Cruces, N.M.; a brother, James W. Rawl of Eastham, Mass.; five grandchildren; and seven step-grandchildren. His first wife, Betty E. Rawl, and a son, M. Michael Rawl, died before him.