Columbia Center for Oral History Portal > Oral history interview with George E. Prokupek, 1975.Biographical NoteChemical engineer.
Scope and ContentsFamily and educational background; recycling of waste paper; northern vs. southern paper mills; boxboard manufacture; Robert Gair Company management and investment policies; merger of Gair and Continental Can; environmentalist and profit influences on Continental Can decision on boxboard mills; sale and leasing of paper mills and effect on employees; personnel incentives and inter-mill organization.
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