The Salt Lake Tribune
July 17, 1997
page A9
M. Dean Williams died Saturday, July 12, 1997 in Anchorage, Alaska at the age of 84.
Dean was born January 9, 1913 in Salt Lake City to Florence D. and E. Henry Williams. He was raised in Salt Lake City and Gooding, Idaho. He attended the University of Utah, graduating with a Bachelors degree in Geology and Civil Engineering in 1941. In 1947, he met June Maxwell in New York City, where they were married in Lima, Peru in December of that year.
Following college and during World War II, he served as a geologist for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the Panama Canal, where he also became fluent in Spanish and developed a love for things Hispanic. After two years with the U.S. Geological Survey, he began a 23-year career in "This Fascinating oil Business."
Dean worked for various exploration subsidiaries of Exxon in Ecuador, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, and Pakistan. He ended his career as Vice President of Exxon's exploration subsidiary in the Philippines, where he worked for eight years. Following his retirement, he worked as a mining and geological consultant for many years. For his role in conducting the preliminary geological survey of the upper Amazon Basin, he was listed in Who's Who of American Geologists.
Surviving are his wife of almost 50 years, June, Yuma, AZ; daughter, Tamara, Palmer, AK; and son and daughter-in-law, Benjamin and Paula, Draper, UT
Dean was an intelligent and knowledgeable, yet humble and self-effacing person who frequently and silently went out of his way to help people in need. His life was characterized by virtue, integrity and compassion as well as an undying interest in the details of the world he explored.
Graveside service will be held at Mt. Olivet Cemetery on Thursday, July 17 at 11 a.m. Friends wishing may make contributions to Guadalupe Center, Salt Lake City, UT. Funeral Directors, Evans & Early.
July 17, 1997
page A9
M. Dean Williams died Saturday, July 12, 1997 in Anchorage, Alaska at the age of 84.
Dean was born January 9, 1913 in Salt Lake City to Florence D. and E. Henry Williams. He was raised in Salt Lake City and Gooding, Idaho. He attended the University of Utah, graduating with a Bachelors degree in Geology and Civil Engineering in 1941. In 1947, he met June Maxwell in New York City, where they were married in Lima, Peru in December of that year.
Following college and during World War II, he served as a geologist for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the Panama Canal, where he also became fluent in Spanish and developed a love for things Hispanic. After two years with the U.S. Geological Survey, he began a 23-year career in "This Fascinating oil Business."
Dean worked for various exploration subsidiaries of Exxon in Ecuador, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, and Pakistan. He ended his career as Vice President of Exxon's exploration subsidiary in the Philippines, where he worked for eight years. Following his retirement, he worked as a mining and geological consultant for many years. For his role in conducting the preliminary geological survey of the upper Amazon Basin, he was listed in Who's Who of American Geologists.
Surviving are his wife of almost 50 years, June, Yuma, AZ; daughter, Tamara, Palmer, AK; and son and daughter-in-law, Benjamin and Paula, Draper, UT
Dean was an intelligent and knowledgeable, yet humble and self-effacing person who frequently and silently went out of his way to help people in need. His life was characterized by virtue, integrity and compassion as well as an undying interest in the details of the world he explored.
Graveside service will be held at Mt. Olivet Cemetery on Thursday, July 17 at 11 a.m. Friends wishing may make contributions to Guadalupe Center, Salt Lake City, UT. Funeral Directors, Evans & Early.
The Salt Lake Tribune
July 17, 1997
page A9
M. Dean Williams died Saturday, July 12, 1997 in Anchorage, Alaska at the age of 84.
Dean was born January 9, 1913 in Salt Lake City to Florence D. and E. Henry Williams. He was raised in Salt Lake City and Gooding, Idaho. He attended the University of Utah, graduating with a Bachelors degree in Geology and Civil Engineering in 1941. In 1947, he met June Maxwell in New York City, where they were married in Lima, Peru in December of that year.
Following college and during World War II, he served as a geologist for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the Panama Canal, where he also became fluent in Spanish and developed a love for things Hispanic. After two years with the U.S. Geological Survey, he began a 23-year career in "This Fascinating oil Business."
Dean worked for various exploration subsidiaries of Exxon in Ecuador, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, and Pakistan. He ended his career as Vice President of Exxon's exploration subsidiary in the Philippines, where he worked for eight years. Following his retirement, he worked as a mining and geological consultant for many years. For his role in conducting the preliminary geological survey of the upper Amazon Basin, he was listed in Who's Who of American Geologists.
Surviving are his wife of almost 50 years, June, Yuma, AZ; daughter, Tamara, Palmer, AK; and son and daughter-in-law, Benjamin and Paula, Draper, UT
Dean was an intelligent and knowledgeable, yet humble and self-effacing person who frequently and silently went out of his way to help people in need. His life was characterized by virtue, integrity and compassion as well as an undying interest in the details of the world he explored.
Graveside service will be held at Mt. Olivet Cemetery on Thursday, July 17 at 11 a.m. Friends wishing may make contributions to Guadalupe Center, Salt Lake City, UT. Funeral Directors, Evans & Early.
July 17, 1997
page A9
M. Dean Williams died Saturday, July 12, 1997 in Anchorage, Alaska at the age of 84.
Dean was born January 9, 1913 in Salt Lake City to Florence D. and E. Henry Williams. He was raised in Salt Lake City and Gooding, Idaho. He attended the University of Utah, graduating with a Bachelors degree in Geology and Civil Engineering in 1941. In 1947, he met June Maxwell in New York City, where they were married in Lima, Peru in December of that year.
Following college and during World War II, he served as a geologist for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the Panama Canal, where he also became fluent in Spanish and developed a love for things Hispanic. After two years with the U.S. Geological Survey, he began a 23-year career in "This Fascinating oil Business."
Dean worked for various exploration subsidiaries of Exxon in Ecuador, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, and Pakistan. He ended his career as Vice President of Exxon's exploration subsidiary in the Philippines, where he worked for eight years. Following his retirement, he worked as a mining and geological consultant for many years. For his role in conducting the preliminary geological survey of the upper Amazon Basin, he was listed in Who's Who of American Geologists.
Surviving are his wife of almost 50 years, June, Yuma, AZ; daughter, Tamara, Palmer, AK; and son and daughter-in-law, Benjamin and Paula, Draper, UT
Dean was an intelligent and knowledgeable, yet humble and self-effacing person who frequently and silently went out of his way to help people in need. His life was characterized by virtue, integrity and compassion as well as an undying interest in the details of the world he explored.
Graveside service will be held at Mt. Olivet Cemetery on Thursday, July 17 at 11 a.m. Friends wishing may make contributions to Guadalupe Center, Salt Lake City, UT. Funeral Directors, Evans & Early.
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