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OH 0675

About the Interviewee

IntervieweeDITTUS, Frederick W. (b. 1897)
ProfessionsExecutive
EmployersCaltex Petroleum Corporation

About this oral history

Interview ID #OH 0675
Date(s) of interview
DescriptionExecutive. Education; early job experience with Standard Oil Company of California; Dittus-Boelter equation; pre-World War II experiences in Nazi Germany; construction of the Bahrain refinery for Bapco; formation of Caltex, 1936; transfer to Caltex; activities during World War II; postwar refinery expansion; evolution of Technical Services Division.
Interviewer(s)Ronald E. Marcello
Physical Description63 pp.
Terms of UseOpen