H*4815 Session 112 (1997-1998)
H*4815 Resolution, By Wilkins, Allison, Altman, Askins, Bailey, Barfield,
Barrett, Battle, Bauer, J.M. Baxley, Beck, Boan, Bowers, Breeland, G. Brown,
H. Brown, J. Brown, T. Brown, A.W. Byrd, Campsen, Canty, Carnell, Cato, Cave,
Chellis, Clyburn, Cobb-Hunter, Cooper, Cotty, J.L.M. Cromer, Dantzler,
Davenport, Delleney, Easterday, Edge, J.G. Felder, Fleming, Gamble, Gourdine,
Govan, Hamilton, Harrell, Harris, Harrison, Harvin, Haskins, Hawkins, J. Hines,
M. Hines, Hinson, Howard, Inabinett, Jennings, B.L. Jordan, Keegan, Kelley,
Kennedy, M.H. Kinon, Kirsh, Klauber, Knotts, Koon, Lanford, Law, Leach, Lee,
Limehouse, Littlejohn, Lloyd, Loftis, Mack, Maddox, Martin, Mason, J.G. McAbee,
McCraw, McGee, McKay, W. McLeod, McMahand, J.D. McMaster, Meacham, Miller,
Moody-Lawrence, V.T. Mullen, J.H. Neal, Neilson, Phillips, Pinckney, Quinn,
Rhoad, Rice, Riser, Robinson, Rodgers, Sandifer, Scott, Seithel, Sharpe,
Sheheen, Simrill, D. Smith, F. Smith, J. Smith, R. Smith, Spearman, Stille,
E.C. Stoddard, Stuart, Townsend, Tripp, Trotter, Vaughn, Walker, Webb, Whatley,
Whipper, Wilder, Wilkes, Witherspoon, Woodrum, W.J. Young and Young-Brickell
A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO COMMEND AND CONGRATULATE MR. LES G. MCGRAW OF
GREENVILLE, ONE OF SOUTH CAROLINA'S MOST DISTINGUISHED BUSINESS AND CIVIC
LEADERS, FOR HIS FORTY-TWO YEARS OF OUTSTANDING PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SERVICE TO
THE STATE AND NATION, AND TO THE FLUOR CORPORATION AND ITS PREDECESSOR
COMPANIES, UPON HIS RETIREMENT FROM THE FLUOR BOARD.
03/17/98 House Introduced and adopted HJ-46
A HOUSE RESOLUTION
TO COMMEND AND CONGRATULATE MR. LES G. McCRAW
OF GREENVILLE, ONE OF SOUTH CAROLINA'S MOST
DISTINGUISHED BUSINESS AND CIVIC LEADERS, FOR HIS
FORTY-TWO YEARS OF OUTSTANDING PUBLIC AND
PRIVATE SERVICE TO THE STATE AND NATION, AND TO
THE FLUOR CORPORATION AND ITS PREDECESSOR
COMPANIES, UPON HIS RETIREMENT FROM THE FLUOR
BOARD.
Whereas, Les G. McCraw was born November 3, 1934, in Greenville,
South Carolina, graduated from Clemson University in 1956 with a
degree in civil engineering, and, following his first employment as an
engineer with Gulf Oil Corporation in Philadelphia and service as a
commissioned officer in the United States Air Force, Mr. McCraw
joined DuPont in Delaware, and for the next fifteen years rendered
exemplary service to that company while steadily advancing through
the ranks of DuPont's engineering and construction divisions; and
Whereas, Mr. McCraw joined Daniel International in Greenville,
South Carolina, in 1975 and, after Daniel International was acquired
by Fluor Corporation in 1977, was named President of Daniel
International in 1982, and, in keeping with his talents and outstanding
career development, became the Chief Executive Officer, as well as
a Director on Fluor Corporation's Board of Directors in 1984; and
Whereas, when the engineering, construction, and maintenance
responsibilities of Daniel International and the Fluor Corporation
were joined together in 1988, Mr. McCraw was named President and
Chief Executive Officer of the new company, Fluor Daniel,
headquartered in Irvine, California, was later named President of
Fluor Corporation in 1988, and Vice Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer of Fluor Corporation in 1990, and, while also serving as a
Director on the Boards of Allergan, Inc. and New York Life
Insurance Company, Mr. McCraw was named Chairman of the Board
of Fluor Corporation in 1991; and
Whereas, forever loyal to his alma mater, and in keeping with his
spirit of service to his fellowman, Mr. McCraw has rendered sterling
public service in a number of capacities including service on the
Clemson University President's Advisory Counsel and as a life
member of the Board of Trustees for Clemson University, as a sitting
member of the Board of Visitors of the Graduate School of
Management at the University of California, Irvine, and, on a global
basis, for the years 1994 and 1995, Mr. McCraw was appointed by
the President of the United States to co-chair the Pacific Business
Forum, is a Director of the National Committee on United
States-China Relations and the US-China Business Council, and is
also a member of the International Advisory Board of the
British-American Business Council; and
Whereas, Mr. McCraw's national, state and community interests
activities include appointment and service to the President's Export
Council as well as active membership in both The Business Round
Table and the Construction Industry's Presidents Forum, he is also a
member of the California Business Round Table, the Palmetto
Business Forum in South Carolina, and, in 1995, served as Honorary
Chairman of National Engineers Week, board memberships on the
Los Angles World Affairs Council, the National Business Committee
for the Arts, Inc., and he is a member of the Junior Achievement
Orange County Board of Governors, and, in Greenville, South
Carolina, he is a member on the Board for the Peace Center
Foundation; and
Whereas, as one of South Carolina's most distinguished business and
civic leaders, Les G. McCraw's dedication, service, and personal
contributions to our state and the nation, and to the world globally,
is yet another sterling example that South Carolina has been blessed
through the years with the gifts of this talented leader who dedicated
so much of his life to giving freely of his time, talent, money, and
resources for the betterment of all mankind as well as to his
communities, his state, and the nation; and
Whereas, Mr. McCraw is blessed with a wonderful family, including
his lovely wife, Mrs. Mary Earle McCraw, and their three sons,
Leslie III, James, and John, with whom he enjoys golf, travel, and the
arts, it is with a tremendous sense of appreciation that the House of
Representatives takes note of Mr. Les G. McCraw's leadership and
accomplishments throughout his business career and as a devoted
family man upon his retirement from the Fluor board, and the
members of the House of Representatives want to extend their
congratulations to Mr. Les G. McCraw and wish him and his family
the best of health and happiness, on the occasion of his retirement;
and to wish him godspeed and every success in his endeavor in his
retirement years. Now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives:
That the members of the House of Representatives hereby commend
and congratulate Mr. Les G. McCraw of Greenville, one of South
Carolina's most distinguished business and civic leaders, for his
forty-two years of outstanding public and private service to the state
and nation, and to the Fluor Corporation and its predecessor
companies, upon his retirement from the Fluor board.
Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be presented to
Mr. Les G. McCraw of Greenville.
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