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Summary:

Interview with Herbert Fish, an executive at Caltex Petroleum Corporation, discussing his educational background, the U.S. Army during World War II, his employment with Shell, the Area Petroleum Office, his employment with Caltex, his China experience, his time in Japan (1949-1955), Nippon Oil Company and Koa Oil Company, his re-assignment as supervisor for the West Mediterranean Area in 1955, his promotion to regional director of the Inner Europe Division, and refinery expansion. He also talks about his French experience, Socal's and Texaco's assumption of European operations from Caltex in 1967, and he comments on Phil LeFevre, Shun Nomura, José Alvarez, and Henri Bellande.

Author/Creator:

Fish, Herbert M., 1907-

Contributors:

Marcello, Ronald E.

Business History Oral History Project

North Texas State University > Oral History Collection

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Oral history interview with Herbert M. Fish, 1985 July 31 [by Fish, H.M.]

Related Series:

Oral History; [volume] 660

Subjects:

Fish, Herbert M., 1907- — Oral history

Caltex Petroleum Corporation — Oral history

Petroleum industry and trade — Oral history

Genres:

Oral history — Examples

Business oral history — Examples

Caltex Petroleum Corporation oral history — Examples

General Notes:

Interview conducted in 1985 for the Business History (Caltex Petroleum Corporation) Oral History Project. Interviewer: Dr. Ronald E. Marcello, Professor of History, North Texas State University.

Physical Description:

61 leaves ; 29 cm

Call Numbers:

OH 660

OCLC Numbers:

192075287