Joseph H. Ellender
Joseph H. Ellender, vice president of Public Relations, died last Wednesday, June 26, in Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, Mass, He had been affiliated with the oil industry most of his life, the last 16 years of which were with Aramco. All this week cabled messages of condolence have been coming into the office of Board Chairman T. C. Barger from friends and former associates of the late company executive who had followed his career eastward from New York City to Saudi Arabia.
Before moving to Dhahran in 1965 to head the company's public relations activities, Mr. Ellender had centered his career interests around the field of oil economics. He was Aramco's chief economist based in New York City, from 1952 until named to the company vice presidency. Mr. Ellender was a petroleum economist with Lehman Corp. for five pre-war years, and from 1941-1945 served as section chief in charge of research and analysis of petroleum consumption and marketing in the U. S. Government's Petroleum Administration for War.
Born in Galveston, Tex., Mr. Ellender received his early education in Port Arthur schools. He later attended a number of higher institutions in Texas and in New York, studying business administration and economics while pursuing a career in petroleum which had begun with a summer job as an oil tester at the age of 16. Mr. Ellender moved to Aramco from what is now Texaco Inc., where he was successively a sales analyst, economist, and assistant manager of that firm's Economics Department.
Mr. Ellender's widow is the former Lucille Rugo of New York City. There are two Ellender children, Mrs. Janet Ross, who lives in Manhattan, and Miss Nancy Ellender of Union City, N.J. Memorial services were held for Mr. Ellender June 28 in St. Bartholomew's Church, New York City. [Photograph]
Memorial services for the late vice president of Aramco Public Relations, Mr. Joseph H. Ellender, will be held in Dhahran Saturday, July 13. The service will begin at 10 a.m. in the Dhahran Theater.