Oral history interview with George E. Prokupek 1975
Oral history interview with George E. Prokupek 1975
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- Name
- Prokupek, George E (Interviewee)
- Nackman, Mark E (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with George E. Prokupek 1975
- Abstract
- Family and educational background; recycling of waste paper; northern vs. southern paper mills; boxboard manufacture; Robert Gair Company management and investment policies; merger of Gair and Continental Can; environmentalist and profit influences on Continental Can decision on boxboard mills; sale and leasing of paper mills and effect on employees; personnel incentives and inter-mill organization .
- Collection Name
- Continental Group project
- Subjects
- Engineers; Paper industry; Paper containers; Factory management; Waste paper--Recycling; Consolidation and merger of corporations; Prokupek, George E; Continental Can Company
- Format
- oral histories; sound recordings
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1975
- Note (Biographical)
- Chemical engineer.
- Note
- Interviewed by Mark E. Nackman on April 4, 1975.
- Note (Provenance)
- George E. Prokupek, Gift 1975
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content - Catalog Record
- 13546887
- Also In
- Time-Based Media
- Oral History Archives at Columbia
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-wedw-ts11
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.