John Girard Drosdick (born August 9, 1943) is an American businessman who served 8 years as president,

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and

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of the

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of Sunoco Inc. As of 2006, he was the fifteenth-highest-paid chief executive officer in the United States. In 2008, he was replaced by Lynn Laverty Elsenhans.

Career

He is also chairman of the Board of Trustees of

Villanova University Villanova University is a Private university, private Catholic Church, Catholic research university in Villanova, Pennsylvania, United States. It was founded by the Order of Saint Augustine in 1842 and named after Thomas of Villanova, Saint Thom ...

and serves on the boards of directors of H. J. Heinz Company and

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Philanthropy

Drosdick provided a $2.5 million commitment to Villanova University, as part of the University's $600 million Comprehensive Capital Campaign.

Personal life

Drosdick received a Bachelor of Science degree in chemical engineering from Villanova and a Master of Science degree in chemical engineering from the

University of Massachusetts Amherst The University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass Amherst) is a public land-grant research university in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States. It is the flagship campus of the University of Massachusetts system and was founded in 1863 as the ...

References

Living people Villanova University alumni American chief executives of Fortune 500 companies Sunoco LP people American chairpersons of corporations University of Massachusetts Amherst College of Engineering alumni 1943 births {{US-CEO-stub