Frank Seaver

Frank Roger Seaver (April 12, 1883[1]–30 October 1964) was an American lawyer, Naval officer, oil executive, and philanthropist.

[2] He served in the Navy during World War I and helped establish the California Naval Militia.

[2] He met Edward L. Doheny on a weekend yachting trip in 1919, who hired him to work for his oil enterprise.

[2] He later founded the Hydril Company, a producer of oil drilling equipment.

[7][8] They were also the principal benefactors of the Malibu campus of Pepperdine University, which named its College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences after him,[9][10] and donated portions of their $10.1 million estate (equivalent to $99.2 million in 2023) to other institutions.