Dick Trierweiler discusses his career at REO Motor Car Company and Diamond REO Trucks, Inc

Description:
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.
Date Issued:
2004-05-04T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Michigan State University. Libraries
Collection:
G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Place:
Michigan and Lansing
Subject Topic:
Career in automobile industry and trade, Childhood and youth, Automobile industry workers, Trucks, Testing, Engineering, Study and teaching (Higher), Work-life balance, and Promotions
Subject Name:
Trieweiler, Dick, Trieweiler, Dick, Trieweiler, Dick, Reo Motor Car Company, and Diamond REO Trucks, Inc
Subject Genre:
Interviews, Interviews, Interviews, and Interviews
Language:
English
Rights:
In Copyright
URL:
https://n2t.net/ark:/85335/m5z31np58