Columbia Center for Oral History Portal > Oral history interview with Robert D. Heaviside, 1975.Biographical NoteBusiness executive.
Scope and ContentsVice president and general manager, Food Division, metal operations; Continental Can's New York plants; sales trainee program; Navy aide World War II duty; qualities of a good salesman; pressure during packing season; competition with American Can; beer vs food product cans; Thomas Fogarty; duties as general sales manager; separation of manufacturing and sales line people; problems with company reorganization, transition.
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