| Interviewee | ARCHER, William L. (b. 1913) |
| Professions | Former Executive |
| Employers | Caltex Petroleum Corporation |
| Interview ID # | OH 0681 |
| Date(s) of interview | |
| Description | Former executive, Caltex Petroleum Corporation. Education; employment with Texaco at the Port Arthur refinery; second-hand information on formation of Caltex; transfer to Caltex, 1938; assignment to Philippines, 1938, as a lube engineer; servicing Caltex’s commercial accounts in the Philippines; lubrication surveys in Philippines; competition with Shell and Standard Vacuum; “case-and-can” market in Philippines; Caltex expansion in Philippines; comments about Christian Roesholm; Caltex (Philippines) sales organization; living standards for Caltex employees; Japanese invasion of Philippines and his flight to the interior of Negros; rescue by submarine, 1944; reassignment to Philippines, 1945; reestablishment of Filipino market; comments about Robert Monical, Gene Menefee, and Ray Johnson; establishment of bulk terminals; construction of the Batangas refinery; head of Technical Services, Philippines; training of Filipinos; special assignment to Repesa in Spain; appointment as Caltex technical representative in the Far East; his decision to spend his career in the Philippines. |
| Interviewer(s) | Ronald E. Marcello |
| Physical Description | 103 pp. |
| Terms of Use | Open |
