ANDREW L. GABORIAULT

GABORIAULT--Andrew L., a retired petroleum industry executive, died on September 17 in Redding, Connecticut. He was 87 years old and had resided in Wilton, Connecticut. The cause of death was congestive heart failure. Mr. Gaboriault was born in Cleveland, Ohio on May 19, 1923, the son of Aloysius and Agnes Gaboriault. He graduated from St. Ignatius High School in Cleveland and Catholic University in Washington, D.C. from which he graduated as class valedictorian in 1945 with a Bachelor of Chemical Engineering Degree. He joined Mobil Oil Corporation in 1946 and remained with the company until his retirement in 1988. After several years of petroleum research and a year in the U.S. Army where he worked on guided missile research, he transferred to the Patent and Licensing Division of Mobil's Legal Department in 1950. He graduated first in his class from the New York University School of Law in 1954 with a Juris Doctor degree and became a member of the New York bar. He was also a member of the Connecticut bar. In 1967 he completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School. He progressed through positions of increasing responsibility in Mobil's legal function and in 1968 he was appointed General Patent Counsel. In 1974 he was promoted to General Counsel for Mobil's North American Division and in 1979 became General Counsel of the Worldwide Marketing and Refining Division, one of Mobil's two major operating divisions. Subsequently he became Associate General Counsel of the Corporation and in 1985 he was elected Vice President. He was also the President of Mobil Foundation the Corporation's principal gift giving entity and he was a Director of Montgomery Ward. He is survived by his daughter Diane Gaboriault of Redding, a son Peter Gaboriault of Wilton, two grandchildren, Jessica and Thomas Gaboriault of Wilton, Connecticut and a brother Paul of Ann Arbor, Michigan. A Memorial to celebrate Andrew's life will be held on October 2, 2010, please contact Peter for details. Contributions in memory of Mr. Gaboriault may be made to Visiting Nurse & Hospice of Fairfield County or to the New York University School of Law.