Title | Reilly, John |
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Date | October 30, 2002 |
Description | This is an oral history interview with John Reilly conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Mr. John Reilly grew up in Iowa, enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Force in 1943, and served in the Pacific as a radar mechanic. He graduated from Iowa State in 1951 with a degree in geology and joined GSI as a "computer." After working as a seismologist on offshore seismic crews contracted to Union Producing, Reilly went to work for Union in 1957. In 1965, he became district geophysicist in Corpus Christi. After Pennzoil finished its acquisition Union in 1968, Reilly moved to Houston and eventually became chief geophysicist for Pennzoil. |
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Language | English |
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Original Item Location | ID 2006-005, Box 6, HHA 00363 |
Original Collection | Oral Histories - Houston History Project |
Digital Collection | Oral Histories from the Houston History Project |
Digital Collection URL | http://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/houhistory |
Repository | Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries |
Repository URL | http://info.lib.uh.edu/about/campus-libraries-collections/special-collections |
Use and Reproduction | Educational use only, no other permissions given. Copyright to this resource is held by the content creator, author, artist or other entity, and is provided here for educational purposes only. It may not be reproduced or distributed in any format without written permission of the copyright owner. For more information please see the UH Digital Library Fair Use policy on the "About" page of this website. |
File Name | hhaoh_201207_111.mp3 |