OH 0670 | Oral History

OH 0670

Executive. Educational background; early career with Texaco in Jamaica; transfer to Caltex; marketing assistant, India, 1937; marketing Caltex products in India; lifestyles for Caltex employees in India; World War II and Indian market; assignment to Petroleum Ordnance Committee, 1941-43; return to India as Bombay district manager, 1943; partition into India and Pakistan, effect on Caltex; Vizagapatam refinery; transfer to the Netherlands, 1953; relationships between Caltex and shareholders (Texaco and Standard Oil of California); Caltex marketing in Europe; assignment to Caltex (New York) as assistant general manager, North Europe, 1961; appointment as regional director, South European Area; reentry of Socal and Texaco into European market, 1967; appointment as director of Mediterranean and Mid-East Region, 1964-76; OPEC and its effects on Caltex.

About this Oral History

Physical Description 84 pp.
Terms of Use Open
Interviewer(s) Ronald E. Marcello
Date of Interview January 17, 1986

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