Dick Trierweiler discusses his career at REO Motor Car Company and Diamond REO Trucks, Inc
Dick Trierweiler talks about his career at REO Motor Car Company/Diamond-Reo Trucks, Inc, in Lansing, MI, from 1960 to 1975. Trierweiler describes his youth, early jobs, hiring into REO, and the jobs he held with the company, including test driving trucks. Trierweiler tells of his struggles to earn an engineering degree while working full-time and later becoming a Technical Service manager and engineering trouble-shooter. The interviewer is Shirley Bradley. Recorded as part of the commemoration of REO Motor Car Company’s 100th Anniversary.
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- In Collections
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G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Copyright Status
- In Copyright
- Date
- 2004-05-04
- Interviewees
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Trieweiler, Dick
- Interviewers
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Bradley, Shirley J.
- Contributors
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REO Centennial (Project)
- Subjects
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Trieweiler, Dick
Reo Motor Car Company
Diamond REO Trucks, Inc
Automobile industry workers
Engineering--Study and teaching (Higher)
Promotions
Trucks--Testing
Work-life balance
Michigan--Lansing
- Material Type
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Sound recordings
- Language
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English
- Extent
- 00:35:24
- Venue Note
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Interviewed and recorded by Shirley J. Bradley, May 4, 2004.
- Holding Institution
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Vincent Voice Library
- Call Number
- Voice 16309
- Catalog Record
- http://catalog.lib.msu.edu/record=b8679796
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