Leading a changing Utah construction and mining company : oral history transcript : Utah International, GE-Utah, BHP-Utah, 1954-1987 / 2000

366 Pages·2000·9.4 MB·English

by  Wilson, Alexander M., 1922- ive

UniversityofCalifornia Berkeley

Regional Oral History Office University of California
The Bancroft Library Berkeley, California
Western Mining in the Twentieth Century Oral History Series
Alexander M. Wilson
LEADING A CHANGING UTAH CONSTRUCTION AND MINING COMPANY:
UTAH INTERNATIONAL, GE-UTAH, BHP-UTAH, 1954 TO 1987
With an Introduction by
Keith Wallace
Interviews conducted by
Eleanor Swent
in 1996 and 1997
Copyright c 2000 by The Regents of the University of California
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participants in or well-placed witnesses to major events in the development of
Northern California, the West, and the Nation. Oral history is a method of
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It is recommended that this oral history be cited as follows:
Alexander M. Wilson, a Changing
"Leading
Utah Construction and Mining Company: Utah
International, GE-Utah, BHP-Utah, 1954 to
1987," an oral history conducted in 1996
and 1997 by Eleanor Swent, Regional Oral
History Office, The Bancroft Library,
University of California, Berkeley, 2000.
Copy no.
May 1, 1987, Alexander M. "Bud" Wilson retires as chairman
of Utah International.