Stephen Bechtel Jr., 95, Dies; Led Familyâs Giant Engineering Firm
He modernized the Bechtel Group as it oversaw construction on scores of megaprojects, including the Bay Area transit system and Saudi Arabiaâs Jubail Industrial City.
Stephen D. Bechtel Jr. and a Boy Scout, Garvin Hoffman, held a time capsule at the 2013 national Boy Scout jamboree at the Summit Bechtel Family National Scout Reserve in southern West Virginia. His foundation donated $50 million to create the reserve. Credit.Rick Barbero/The Register-Herald, via Associated Press
March 15, 2021
Stephen D. Bechtel Jr., who took over his familyâs global engineering and construction company, elevating its already formidable reputation and transforming what had been a hidebound, top-down hierarchy into a modern, if secretive, corporation, died on Monday at his home in San Francisco. He was 95.