EL DORADO, Ark. -- The chairman of Murphy Oil Corp., William C. Nolan Jr., died Monday following a brief illness. Nolan died at the Medical Center of South Arkansas in El Dorado. He was 72 years old.
Nolan had been a Murphy director since 1977 and served as chairman since July 15, 2002. In December 2011, the company announced that Nolan would retire as chairman effective May 1, 2012, but would remain on the board. Claiborne P. Deming was elected to succeed Nolan as chairman effective May 1, 2012.
Nolan received his undergraduate degree from Yale University in 1961, and his law degree from Yale Law School in 1964. After graduation he worked in Murphy's Law Department until 1969 when he left to found the Nolan and Alderson law firm. He was also president of Noalmark Broadcasting Corp., which owns radio stations in Arkansas and New Mexico.
Nolan was the nephew of Charles Murphy Jr., who founded Murphy Oil.
Murphy Oil Corp is an international oil and gas company that conducts business through various operating subsidiaries. Murphy USA Marketing Co. (Murphy Oil USA Inc.) operates retail gasoline stations under the Murphy USA brand across 23 states in the United States. These are high-volume, low-cost retail gasoline stations, primarily in the parking areas of Wal-Mart Supercenters.
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