He was a vice president and associate general counsel for the Amerada Hess Corporation from 1969 to 1972.

In 1930, he bought the domestic gasoline production facilities of Amerada Hess Corporation.

The Amerada Hess Corporation said its first-quarter profit plummeted 82 percent.

But a fourth company, the Amerada Hess Corporation, showed a loss for the quarter.

They included his son, John, who recently succeeded him as the titular head of the Amerada Hess Corporation.

The Shell Oil company reported a 71.7 percent increase in earnings, while the Amerada Hess Corporation suffered a big loss.

The company was sold to the Amerada Hess Corporation in 1977.

But the Amerada Hess Corporation said it earned $8.7 million, in contrast to a loss of $7.5 million in the 1991 quarter.

Hess stepped down only two years ago as the day-to-day head of the Amerada Hess Corporation, but is still in the office daily.

The bridegroom is an associate general counsel for the Amerada Hess Corporation, the oil and gas company.