Name
Heaviside, Robert D (Interviewee)
Nackman, Mark E (Interviewer)
Title
Oral history interview with Robert D. Heaviside 1975
Abstract
Vice president and general manager, Food Division, metal operations; Continental Can's New York plants; sales trainee program; Navy aide World War II duty; qualities of a good salesman; pressure during packing season; competition with American Can; beer vs food product cans; Thomas Fogarty; duties as general sales manager; separation of manufacturing and sales line people; problems with company reo rganization, transition.
Collection Name
Continental Group project
Subjects
Executives; Container industry; Sales management; Heaviside, Robert D; Continental Can Company
Format
oral histories; sound recordings
Genre
Interviews
Date
1975
Note (Biographical)
Business executive.
Note
Interviewed by Mark E. Nackman on January 31, 1975.
Note (Provenance)
Robert D. Heaviside, Gift 1976
Language
English
Library Location
Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Catalog Record
13539914
Persistent URL
https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-y70e-7f77
Related URLs
Available digital content for this interview.