George F. Getty II, son of the oil billionaire John Paul Getty, The oldest of four sons of one of the world's richest man, Mr. Getty served as executive vice president and chief operating officer of the Getty Oil Company since 1967. He began his career in the oil business in 1947 as an independent oil producer with the Pacific Western Oil Company, which later became the Getty Oil Company, and he eventually served in different positions with Getty‐owned companies around the country and the world. George Franklin Getty II was the grandson and name sake of the Minneapolis lawyer who started the family's oil business in 1903, when he founded the Minnehoma Oil Company, an ancestor of the Getty Oil Company. Mr. Getty was born in Los Angeles July 9, 1924, and attended Princeton University. He enlisted in the Army in 1942 and received a second lieutenant's commission in the Infantry in 1944. He spent 16 months in the Philippines, and Japan as a war‐crimes investigator in the legal section of the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers. After his discharge in 1947, Mr. Getty entered the oil business and discovered the South Crane Field in West Texas the following year. With the Pacific Western Oil Corporation, he served as manager of the Saudi Arabian division through 1950 and then was manager of the company's midcontinent division in Texas. He also served as an officer with various subsidiaries of the company, including the Spartan Aircraft Company of Tulsa, Okla., and the Minnehoma Financial Company and Minnehoma Insurance Company. In 1955, Mr. Getty became executive vice president and director of Pacific Western but resigned the following year to join the Tidewater Oil Company, rising team post of president there before the company was merged with Getty Oil in 1969. Mr. Getty was also a director of Getty Oil, the Bank of America and the Mission Corporation. He was a director as well of the American Petroleum Institute and the Southern California Symphony Hollywood Bowl Association. Over the years, Mr. Getty also came to own several race horses and took a deep interest in breeding. But a racing news paper once referred to him as "a very small player."
Bio by: Bobby Kelley
Bio by: Bobby Kelley
George F. Getty II, son of the oil billionaire John Paul Getty, The oldest of four sons of one of the world's richest man, Mr. Getty served as executive vice president and chief operating officer of the Getty Oil Company since 1967. He began his career in the oil business in 1947 as an independent oil producer with the Pacific Western Oil Company, which later became the Getty Oil Company, and he eventually served in different positions with Getty‐owned companies around the country and the world. George Franklin Getty II was the grandson and name sake of the Minneapolis lawyer who started the family's oil business in 1903, when he founded the Minnehoma Oil Company, an ancestor of the Getty Oil Company. Mr. Getty was born in Los Angeles July 9, 1924, and attended Princeton University. He enlisted in the Army in 1942 and received a second lieutenant's commission in the Infantry in 1944. He spent 16 months in the Philippines, and Japan as a war‐crimes investigator in the legal section of the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers. After his discharge in 1947, Mr. Getty entered the oil business and discovered the South Crane Field in West Texas the following year. With the Pacific Western Oil Corporation, he served as manager of the Saudi Arabian division through 1950 and then was manager of the company's midcontinent division in Texas. He also served as an officer with various subsidiaries of the company, including the Spartan Aircraft Company of Tulsa, Okla., and the Minnehoma Financial Company and Minnehoma Insurance Company. In 1955, Mr. Getty became executive vice president and director of Pacific Western but resigned the following year to join the Tidewater Oil Company, rising team post of president there before the company was merged with Getty Oil in 1969. Mr. Getty was also a director of Getty Oil, the Bank of America and the Mission Corporation. He was a director as well of the American Petroleum Institute and the Southern California Symphony Hollywood Bowl Association. Over the years, Mr. Getty also came to own several race horses and took a deep interest in breeding. But a racing news paper once referred to him as "a very small player."
Bio by: Bobby Kelley
Bio by: Bobby Kelley
Gravesite Details
The Getty Garden is a private, locked garden that holds the Getty Mausoleum, an underground type of mausoleum. It holds only 3 Getty Family Members, J. Paul Getty, George Franklin Getty II & Timothy Ware Getty.
