Bob Lundeen (1921-2016) graduated from Oregon State College in 1942 with a BS in Chemical Engineering. Lundeen served in the Army Air Corp during World War II as a weather officer stationed in China. After the war, he began working for Dow Chemical Co., eventually rising to the position of Chairman of the Board. Following his retirement from Dow in 1986, he served on the Board of Directors for Tektronix and later became CEO. In retirement Lundeen has made a deep impact at OSU as a donor, an honorary OSU trustee, and a member of the Board of Trustees for the OSU Foundation. In this, the second of four interviews, Lundeen recounts the details of his undergraduate experience at Oregon State College. Topics covered include his first impressions of the college and meeting his future wife during his first class. Lundeen also discusses life experiences in Corvallis and Albany, college classes, ROTC, early experiences at a lumber company in Westport, Oregon, enlistment in the U.S. Army and his initial hire at Dow Chemical.
Life history interview conducted by Chris Petersen for inclusion in the Oregon State University Sesquicentennial Oral History Collection (OH 26), Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Oregon State University Libraries.
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