[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...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: REO Centennial (Project)
Other Authors: Trieweiler, Dick (Interviewee), Bradley, Shirley J. (Interviewer)
Language:English
Published: [2004]
Subjects:
Trieweiler, Dick > Interviews.
Trieweiler, Dick.
Trieweiler, Dick > Childhood and youth.
Reo Motor Car Company > Interviews.
Diamond REO Trucks, Inc. > Interviews.
Automobile industry workers > Michigan > Lansing > Interviews.
Automobile industry and trade.
Trucks > Testing.
Engineering > Study and teaching (Higher)
Work-life balance.
Promotions.
Oral histories.
Genre:
Interviews.
Oral histories.
Online Access:
Listen to sound recording - All users (Michigan State University Libraries)
Physical Description:1 electronic audio file (35 min., 24 sec.) : digital, WAV, MP3 files.
Format: Audio Software
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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.
Note:Title supplied.
Electronic resource.
Call Number:Voice 16309
Playing Time:00:35:24
System Details:Mode of Access: World Wide Web.
Event Details:
Interviewed and recorded by Shirley J. Bradley, May 4, 2004.