| Interviewee | KIRCHHOFER, Robert J. (b. 1911) |
| Professions | Executive |
| Employers | Caltex Petroleum Corporation |
| Interview ID # | OH 0670 |
| Date(s) of interview | |
| Description | 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. |
| Interviewer(s) | Ronald E. Marcello |
| Physical Description | 84 pp. |
| Terms of Use | Open |
