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Eugene
Arthur Fortine
1930 - 2005
Eugene Arthur Fortine was born in Maracaibo,
Venezuela, the oldest son of Dwight Hugh Fortine and
Alice Frances Wilson. He returned to the United
States with his family, and grew up living on or near
oil fields in California. Mr. Fortine attended
Stanford University
where he was graduated with both a B.S. in Petroleum
Engineering and an M.S. in Petroleum Engineering.
While at Stanford, Mr. Fortine met his future wife,
Patricia Ann Jones. They have been married for
over fifty years, and have four children, (Alan David
Fortine; Judith Lee Tillar; Linda Jean Yale; and Terri
Fortine Baker) and eleven grandchildren.
Mr. Fortine worked as a petroleum engineer for
Richfield Oil Company (now ARCO), and then for the
United States Army with the Corps of Engineers,
working at the Engineer Research and Development Labs
at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. Mr. Fortine also
worked in the architectural aluminum business, as a
partner in industrial hardware sales, and as a
construction estimator for roof-framing and glass and
glazing companies. He retired from full-time
employment in 1996. Gene passed away in Waco,
Texas on December 1, 2005.
Society Memberships
* National Gavel Society
* Order of First Families of Virginia
*
General Society of Mayflower Descendants (former
Governor General)
* Order
of Scions of Colonial Cavaliers 1640-1660
* Hereditary Order of Descendants of Colonial
Governors
*
Jamestowne Society (former Councilor of the First
California Company)
* Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of
Massachusetts
* Welcome Society of Pennsylvania
* Society of the Descendants of the Colonial Clergy
(former Councilor)
* Order of Americans of Armorial Ancestry
*
National Huguenot
Society (Treasurer of the California Society)
* Huguenot Society of the Founders of Manakin in the
Colony of Virginia
*
Sons and Daughters of the
Colonial & Antebellum Bench & Bar
1565-1861
*
National Society Sons of Colonial New England
* National Society Descendants of Early Quakers
(former Keeper of the
Common Fund)
* Order of the First
Families of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
* Descendants of Founders of New Jersey
*
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
* Order of First Families of North Carolina
* Elder William Brewster Society
Other Notes
Mr. Fortine enjoyed wine tasting and collecting fine
California wines. He was an avid tennis player, and indulged in watching
American Football. He enjoyed duplicate bridge,
as well. Mr. Fortine secured a patent from the
United States Patent Office for the mudsill anchor.
He was a Kentucky Colonel and member of the Stanford
Alumni Association; Phi Sigma Kapp Fraternity; and
North Hollywood High School Alumni Association. Mr.
Fortine also maintains membership in Plimoth
Plantation (Overseer); Pilgrim Society; American-French
Genealogical Society; Lake Elsinore Genealogical
Society; Foulke Family Association; and Platt Family
Association.
He and his wife are members of the First Presbyterian
Church of Berkeley, where Mr. Fortine served as an
elder.
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