John Schnautz received his doctorate in chemical engineering in 1958 and spent 30 years working with Exxon and its affiliates around the world as a process and project engineer in technical services and facilities planning, and in management.
He spent three years in Qatar helping the government there establish a training center for government companies. For ten years, Schnautz served at Exxon headquarters in New York City as Advisor to the Exxon Board on Mid-East Affairs, the Exxon Management Representative for Exxon's Egyptian Operations, and the Exxon Technical Representative for Exxon operations in Abu Dhabi and Qatar.
He was also the company representative on a 5-member team that planned the $20 billion Master Gas Project in Saudi Arabia. He spent a year studying at the MIT Center for Advanced Engineering Studies, and served as vice president of Aramco. Schnautz now serves as director of the Service Corps of Retired Executives in Asheville, North Carolina.
Degrees
- PhD, ChE 1958 - CBEE