Oral history interview with Reuben Perin 1974
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- Name
- Perin, Reuben (Interviewee)
- Nackman, Mark E (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with Reuben Perin 1974
- Abstract
- Continental Can career: 1928-1942, sales manager, Cincinnati area; 1942, General Sales Manager, Pacific Coast; 1949 General Sales Manager, New York City, 1950 vice president and general manager, 1952 Executive Vice President, Eastern Division, for manufacturing and sales; vice chairman of board; coordination of sales and manufacturing research, customer services; changes in administrative organizat ion; diversification, competition, changing markets and resources, recycling; impressions of Hans Eggerss and General Lucius Clay.
- Collection Name
- Continental Group project
- Subjects
- Executives; Businessmen; Sales personnel; Containers; Manufacturing processes; Paper industry; Sales management; Perin, Reuben; Continental Can Company
- Format
- oral histories; sound recordings
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1974
- Note (Biographical)
- Business executive.
- Note
- Interviewed by Mark E. Nackman on May 30 and July 18, 1974.
- Note (Provenance)
- Reuben Perin, Gift 1975
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content - Catalog Record
- 13546843
- Also In
- Oral History Archives at Columbia
- Time-Based Media
- Time-Based Media
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-sgxx-5h80
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.