Stephen Chazen

He was born in 1946. He earned a bachelor's degree in geology from Rutgers University, a master's degree in finance from the University of Houston, and a PhD in geology from Michigan State University. ==Career==

He worked as a managing director in corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions at Merrill Lynch. He was executive vice president-corporate development at Occidental Petroleum from 1994 to 1999, and as its executive vice president-corporate development from 1999 to 2004. He replaced Ray R. Irani, who went on to serve as chairman. He was on the board of directors of the American Petroleum Institute, Lyondell Chemical Company, Premcor and Washington Mutual. He was on the board of trustees of the Aquarium of the Pacific and Catalina Island Conservancy. == Death ==

Chazen died on 22 September 2022. ==References==