Fred Juon – 12th February 2021

[ASLB Webadmin]

Fred Juon passed away today, 12th February 2021, in Houston, following a short illness.
Many of us will have fond memories of Fred following his 40 years in Schlumberger, starting in 1958 in Venezuela, and working much of career in Latin America ultimately as Wireline SAM Unit VP, before moving to Houston as NAM President and later VP for Industrial Affairs. We were most privileged to have his good company at our last ALLIANCE Reunion in Panama in February 2020.

“Fred has been a great man and a great oilman, dedicated to his family, passionate by his work, in love with his ‘blue company” since he joined, very supportive and a true believer in people, technology and ethical values”

Please leave your thoughts and memories of Fred as comments to this forum post.

[Fernando Garcia]

It is sad to know. My condolences to his family.

[Antonio Prince]

Fred has been one of my role models since I met him back in 1985. His example, his motivation, commitment and charm will always be part of my best memories from my 25 years career at Schlumberger.

Rest in peace
Antonio Prince

[Pamir Bursin]

My condolences to his family and friends .

Rest in Peace

Pamir Bursin

[Robert Ramsey]

My condolences to his family and friends. Fred was a great man and manager.
Mike Ramsey

[Peter Bayne]

So sorry to hear, and my sincere condolences to the family. As a young engineer, I remember Fred very fondly in his role as SAM Wireline Mgr and someone who I greatly respected.

Prayers go out to his (and our, SLB) family.

Lester Bayne

[Ernest Collet]

I past my field engineer test with Fred in 1963 in Buenos Aires, then Worked for him in Canadon Seco and in Salvador and finally In Houston in 1994, he was a very good friend and I do mourn him a lot
Ernest Collet

[ASLB Webadmin]

I had the pleasure of working for Fred on a couple of occasions, and he was always the perfect gentleman.

He was a great manager, gave his opinion, but if you disagreed, he left you to manage your way, as long as you produced the results.

As a young manager, I learnt a lot from Fred. He was always superbly organised, and calm as a cucumber, never harassed.

Rest in peace.

kind regards Chris Patel

[ASLB Webadmin]

Fred was an excellent friend and quite a value to Schlumberger. I knew Fred for many years in South America. Being Italian he behaved more as a South American. We are loosing his friendship and can only wish his quiet retirement.

Victor Grijalva

[ASLB Webadmin]

Received the sad news of Fred’s passing. I had the priviledge to have known Fred in Cañadon Seco, Argentina back in 1969. I was Op Sup for DS at the time. I sought his advice on ocassions and he was always most helpful. My condolences to his Family.

John Scott

[ASLB Webadmin]

It is really a sad new that Fred has just let us .

We were together in Rio (Brazil): he as manager of SLB , myself as manager of Dowell Schlumberger during few years at end of 1980 and I only keep good remembering and good times we had together. Please send to his relatives all my condolences .

Attached please find the last photos we had together at the opportunity of the last 50 or 60 years celebration of SLB in Brazil. Photos taken at the Copacabana Palace, Rio de Janeiro. On this photo you could also see John Yearwood.

Fanfan – Alfonso Arlandis.

[Anonymous]

Fred was my Unit Manager in MCA – Mexico Central America – when I transferred from Europe to Latin America in 1982. It was such a pleasure to meet him again at our most recent ALLIANCE reunion in Panama.

Mike Gibbs

[ASLB Webadmin]

Very sad to hear of Fred’s death.We started both about the same time as Schlumberger wireliners, were together in Venezuela and Brazil and had contacts even after I was transferred to Dowell. Fred was one of the real Schlumberger “Blue“. My sincere condolences to his Family.

Heinz Denkl

[Simon Frost]

Fred was a truly lovely man. A great loss and my heartfelt condolences to all his family.

[Roberto Monti]

Susana and I feel very sad about the departure such a good friend. A gentleman in all the sense of the word and an excellent person. We enjoyed Fred in the last few years being all of us retired in Houston. He is going to be missed…

Susana and Roberto Monti

[Gerard Zivy]

He was a great man…
(photo by Jose lacruz)

[ASLB Webadmin]

It is with great sadness that I come to know the death of Fred Juon, whom I had the opportunity to meet in 1977 while I was a SFE and transferred to Brasil where he was the Division Manager, based in Rio de Janeiro, and received me in his office and invited me for lunch (feijoada, typical Brazilian plate) before I took the plane to Aracaju, city of my assignment.

He was an exceptional person and, afterwards, and met him again a few times, 1979 in Paris during a seminar, 1980 in Kuwait when I was transferred to Iraq and in a few more occasions; always a very charming person.

The last time I saw him was in Panama, exactly one year ago and I had the opportunity to share and remember with him some of our encounters.

My sincerely condolences to all his family.

Rodrigo Guerra

[ASLB Webadmin]

Avec toute mon amitié dans ces moments difficile. Mon souvenir de Fred est joyeux

Stephane Chafcouloff

[Rene Vermeer]

I briefly met Fred in Rio de Janeiro when I was assigned to Aracaju in Brazil as a field engineer on February 1976. He was then the Division manager. I had a warm and friendly welcome. My heartfelt condolences to the family may he rest in peace.

[Miguel Ludena Arrocha]

I met Fred in Caracas when he was SAM VP, then later on he visited me in Plaza Huincul, Argentina, in one of his many field visits, 1985. Great person and great manager to work for. Very sad to hear the news of his passing….My heartfelt condolences to the family, may he rest in peace.
Miguel Ludena

[James (Douglas) Aitken]

A very sad news for all who knew Fred. He managed me for many years in Surenco and I greatly admired his elegant command of every situation. He understood better than any how to deal with the clients there, and created a positive work atmosphere for all of us who were privileged to work with him. He epitomized the best of what it was to be part of the “Surenco Mafia” – often misunderstood by those who came from outside (!), but created by a common bond of “doing more with less”. He understood the meaning of, and the need for a strong “esprit de corps”, and knew how to promote it among all who worked with him. I admired his kindness and humanity, which was evident to all who met him. It was always a pleasure to see him from time to time with him in Houston after his retirement and especially enjoyed our time together in Panama. He will be greatly missed by all who knew him. Here is an picture of him from our Panama trip

[ASLB Webadmin]

So happy to have had the opportunity to spend some time with Fred Juon in Panama in February last year at Alliance Schlumberger meeting. Fred was a towering presence in Schlumberger SAM. I first met him in Argentina while General Counsel for SAM – Latin America and Caribbean. I recall his hospitality and ease to obtain information required to do my job. Later, I worked with Fred in Mexico when we had some serious issues with taxes and potential currency changes in payment of invoices for offshore work. We came up with the brilliant and practical implementation of payment in Balboas because SURENCO was a Panamanian company. The Balboa is the US Dollar and we received our payments rapidly and with even a small uptick as the Mexican Central Bank for some reason considered the Balboa more valuable than the US Dollar. Later, I worked directly with Fred in Caracas when he became SAM General Manager for Latin America and Caribbean. At a time that resources were becoming more limited due to oil price changes, Fred always provided the necessary staff and resources for SAM Legal to do its job. I will always remember him as a gentleman and a reasonable and dedicated manager who gave us the support and encouragement to do our job to the best of our ability. When I left Caracas in 1985, Fred provided an unexpected Fiesta de Despedida at his home with SAM Office Staff. It was a thoughtful and friendly send off from SAM by a respected SAM leader and personality.

Randolph “Randy” Linehan
SAM General Counsel – Latin America and Caribbean 1980-1985

[ASLB Webadmin]

RIP Fred Juon.
Putu Partiawan Inggas

[ASLB Webadmin]

RIP Fred, deep condolences for the family.
Riaz Razi

[ASLB Webadmin]

So sorry
My deepest condolences
Saludos Cordiales
Ing Geólogo Jorge Luis Medina Yaraure

[ASLB Webadmin]

THE GREAT “TRUE – BLUE” OILMAN FRED JUON
Glory be to God for your life and we thank God for ALL those lives you touched positively during your years in Schlumberger. You were solid, dependable, amiable, peaceful good character and Truely Blue Oilman.

My opportunity to meet you came in 1986 when I was transferred from EUR/OGY to SAM/TRT as District Manager, and then Division Manager Serge Lenoir brought me to YOU, as the then SAM-VP for formal introduction. You were very receptive, convincing, and frankly a gentleman.

The re-organization of SAM in 1987/88 put TRT as direct report to SAM-VP which led to my more direct contacts with Fred Juon. It was obvious to most of Fred’s direct reports that he was friendly, balanced, transparent and a good listener. He was respected and loved by his subordinates and superiors as evident during his field visits/ trips.
I was privileged in 1988/89 to have Fred visit TRT first with Victor Grijalva (Exec VP) from SL New York to be followed few months later by another visit with Roberto Monti (President Wireline) from Paris. It was obvious to me then that Fred was pleased with my performance and took the decision to give me some visibility hence this high level visitors to TRT.

My wife and I were very happy to see Fred Juon at SLB Alliance Reunion held in Panama in February 2020 and we, like many others, retain very good memory of our relationship with him.

We pray God to give your immediate family the fortitude to bear the loss. You have played your part.
Rest In Peace. Adieu.

Yemi & Kate Esan

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