Oral History Interview with Stephen E. Van Nostrand, April 20, 1987 Page: 25
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Marcello:
Van Nostrand:
Marcello:
Van Nostrand:the parties at the Voss's house, and I got to know them very
well in those days before I knew I was going to join Caltex.
Then, of course, while I was in Hong Kong, he was assigned
there to replace the hostage in China, so we had an overlap
there.
When I was on Okinawa, he was in Japan. Nobody really
wanted to visit Okinawa in those days, so whenever executives
would come into Japan, we'd fly up there to be part of the
briefings and that sort of thing. We usually stayed with
the Voss's in those days. I think he came down a couple of
times--I know he did--to Okinawa.
But then he went off, as I say, two weeks before we
arrived in Japan for our assignment. He went off to Australia.
Then we didn't see him--except on home leaves and incidental
passings--for many years.
So in 1960, you're assigned to Japan. In what capacity?
As head of marketing.
Head of marketing for Caltex operations in Japan.
That's right. I did this for two years. The department
managers in Japan also filled the slots on the board of
directors for the partnership operations. Half of our
directors were drawn from the local operation, and half were
drawn from New York. So we served as bodies in the capacity
of directors. That started right away. Even though you were
working almost exclusively on Caltex operations--aviation,
bunkering, and things that we were directly involved in--
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Marcello, Ronald E. & Van Nostrand, Stephen E. Oral History Interview with Stephen E. Van Nostrand, April 20, 1987, book, April 20, 1987; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306889/m1/27/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Oral History Program.