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Oral history interview with Wayne T. Chiappe, 1975.

Creator: Chiappe, Wayne T.
Project: Continental Group project.
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Phys. Desc. :Transcript 159 pages Sound recording 2 reels
Location: Columbia Center for Oral History
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Biographical Note

Vice President and General Manager.

Scope and Contents

Family members at American Can; millwright, machine apprentice, Army Air Corps during World War II, Burma; engineering degree; Continental Can: master mechanic for West Coast Division; production engineering and standardization; General Manager of Operations Engineering for Metal Division; interdivisional organization; development of Conoweld process and American Can's Miraseam; employment of minorities; recollections of Continental personnel; technological developments.

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