Bill Myers discusses his career at REO Motor Car Company and Diamond REO Trucks, Inc

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Description:

Bill Myers talks about his career at REO Motor Car Company/Diamond-Reo Trucks, Inc., in Lansing, MI, from 1963 to 1975. Myers discusses his youth and early jobs before coming to REO, and describes how officers from the Detroit Arsenal would come to the plant to talk about military vehicle specifications during the war years. Meyers also talks about how he was recruited, with other REO employees to go to the Capital Area Transportation Authority (CATA), Lansing's transit system, as REO declined. He comments on legendary REO manger Clare Loudenslager’s style at REO and later at CATA and says that REO was a great place to work. The interviewer is Shirley Bradley. Recorded as part of the commemoration of REO Motor Car Company’s 100th Anniversary.

Date Issued:

2004-06-24T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Michigan State University. Libraries

Collection:

G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection

Place:

Michigan, Lansing, Michigan, Lansing, and United States

Subject Topic:

Career in automobile industry and trade, Childhood and youth, Automobile industry workers, Vehicles, Military, Employees, Recruiting, Armed Forces, and Procurement

Subject Name:

Myers, William W., Myers, William W., Myers, William W., Loudenslager, Clare, Reo Motor Car Company, Diamond REO Trucks, Inc, and Captial Area Transportation Authority (Lansing, Mich.)

Subject Genre:

Interviews, Rules and practice, Interviews, Interviews, Interviews, and Specifications

Language:

English

Rights:

In Copyright

URL:

https://n2t.net/ark:/85335/m5nk3656f