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OH 0681

About the Interviewee

IntervieweeARCHER, William L. (b. 1913)
ProfessionsFormer Executive
EmployersCaltex Petroleum Corporation

About this oral history

Interview ID #OH 0681
Date(s) of interview
DescriptionFormer 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 Description103 pp.
Terms of UseOpen