William K. Tell Jr.'s House

William K. Tell, Jr. was a senior vice president for Texaco Inc. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1956 with a B.A. in government. Tell also earned his J.D. from the University of Michigan in 1959.

In 1963, Tell joined the legal department at Texaco. By 1970, he became the Associate General Counsel and was later appointed a corporate vice president in 1973, serving as a liaison between the company and the federal government. Tell was a senior vice president between 1989 and 1997, specializing in global affairs, media relations, advertisement, and sales promotion. In that capacity, Tell helped to spearhead Texaco’s sponsorship of national radio broadcasts of the Metropolitan Opera.

Upon retirement in 1998, Tell involved himself in public policy issues, particularly with higher education. In 2006, he wrote Bridges Burning, raising an alarm about various cultural trends including Americans’ growing historical literacy.