The 1941 Babsonian. - Babson College

· .. ~"
.
~! , H
WILLIAM JAMES CO~NELL Y
2134 East 27th Street, Tulsa, Oklahoma
() bjec ti ve:
Crudt' Oil Production
FXj)aie!lcc :
Sinclair Prairie Oil (:ompany
Special Training:
Production; Statistics; Accounting; Distribution;
Markt'ting; Salt's; Ad\'e rtising
Fducation:
Cascia Hall; Amherst Collegt'; Summer school at
University of California; Harvard l:niversity; Tulsa
University; Babson Institute of Business Administration,
Babson Park, iVIassachusetts
FxtracurriruLar Activities:
Chi Phi, Swimming, Intramural Sports, Babson
Institute
Pasol/al Dala:
Age 22; Singk; Ht'ight 5' I [If; Weight 155
BACKGROCND
Connelly comt's from a long lint' of oil men. He was
born in California but has spent the greater portion of his
life in and around the oil fields of Tulsa, Oklahoma. He
has attended various private schools most of his life and
vvas a student at Amherst tor three years before coming to
Babson Institutr. Hr also attended summer s,i1oo1 at the
l rniversity of California, Harvard l Tniversity, and Tul.~a
Lniversity.
PRACTIC:\L TR:\I~ I~(;
(:onn('lly spent the summer or 1940 in th(' oil ('rlds as a
junior enginec>r for the Sinclair Prairie Oil Co. :\t Babson
Institute, he has been deeply interestcd in all production
problems.
While studying in the Production Division, he prepart'd
a compkte analysis of crude oil production over a
period of years, and adjusted this analysis for seasonal
variation. This important statistical survry has givcn him
a hroad insight into the scope of the petroleum industry
and its relation to National Production and Defense.
THE BUSI NESS M.'\.l\
Sincerity is a necessary asset for anyont' who dcsirt's to
"sell" himself, whf'thn to his frit'nds or future business
associates. Connt'lly has that knack of makin,g people
know he means everything he says. Socially and m('ntally
mature, he has a pleasing personality and makes friends
easily, These trails, plus the training he has accumulated
over the last tCw years, make Connelly a desirable applicant
(or a position in the petroleum industry.
I 39 ]