Baytown Briefs (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 08, Ed. 1, August 1974 Page: 1 of 8
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BAYTOWN BRIEFS
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No. 8
August, 1974
Vol. 22
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Baytown Mayor Tom Gentry drives backhoe to break ground at Fuels Expansion site early in August.
"These are some of the things teamwork.” says E. II. "Buckel"
Foley
Groundbreaking Held, Work Started
At Site Of Fuels Expansion Project
purpose of the O.I.L. is to dem-
onstrate the power of effective
EXON
CHEMICALS
Wednesday. September 4.
Friday, September 6 . ...
Saturday, September 7. ..
Tuesday, September 10. .
Wednesday, September 11
Thursday, September 12. .
Saturday, September 14. .
Exxon Company, U.S.A.
Baytown Refinery
Exxon Research and Engineering Company
Exxon Research Center
8 a.m. & 6 p.m.
.........8 a.m.
.........9 a.m.
.........8 a.m.
.........6 p.m.
8 a.m. & 6 p.m.
.........9 a.m.
UF Drive In Plants Begins September 18
rhe United Fund drive among employees at the Baytown plants
will begin September 18. The goal for employees will be $105,700.
Heading the plants’ drive will be Glenn Wilson, Chemical Plant;
Leonard Stasney, Refinery; Walt Morgan, ER&E; and Carl Northcutt,
Exxon Marine.
Exxon Chemical Company U.S.A.
Baytown Chemical Plant
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il is all about. A fundamental Oliver. Refinery Safety, leader of
von Rosenberg
listening ability,” “. . . can ap-
ply what we have learned to off-
the-job situations.”
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the laboratory recently completed.
”The basic goal of the course
is to improve individual and team
skills in effectively solving prob-
lems,” he points out.
Normally, 32 employees par-
ticipate in one of the five-day
O.I.L. sessions. They are divided
into four teams, and each team
works together for the entire
week.
(See O.I.L., Page 5)
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eluded in M&C are cost estimat-
ing and project scheduling, con-
tract administration, and material
procurement.
J. C. Aylor, Leo Rizzuto, and
E. V. “Mac” McLean continue to
have responsibility for field su-
Test results and applications will be screened by the companies.
Prospective employees will be contacted and scheduled for inter-
views.
Hendrix says that about one out of every 20 candidates for wage
employment in the plants is added to the rolls.
So far this year, a total of 132 wage employees have been hired
at the Refinery and 79 have been hired at the Chemical Plant.
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den in 1970.
Von Rosenberg, a chemical
engineer, received bachelor and
master degrees from the Uni-
versity of Texas and a Ph.D. de-
gree from the University of Dela-
ware. He joined the company at
Baytown in 1954. His research
work has been in catalytic crack-
ing, lubes and specialties, and,
since 1967, in the area of syn-
thetic fuels.
'Eye Opener/ Employees Say About O.I.L
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Construction on the Baytown
Fuels Expansion Project got un-
der way officially August 8 when
Baytown Mayor Tom Gentry, op-
erating a backhoe, broke ground
at a site south of Park Street.
Attending the groundbreaking
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formerly a member of the syn-
thetic fuels research organization
at Baytown, has been promoled
to head of the maintenance and
construction section.
The reorganization of the Re-
search Services function was
made to give additional support
to expansion of the synthetic
fuels research organization at
Baytown, according to Max
Mosesman, head of Research Ser-
vices.
As head of business services,
Foley has responsibility for pro-
ER&E Reorganizes, Expands
Research Services Functions
Reorganization and expansion fessional recruiting, personnel ad- pervision of maintenance and
of the Research Services function ministration, technical informa- construction work.
at the Baytown Research and lion, accounting and budget, and A native of New Jersey, Foley
Development Division of Exxon associated activities. has a bachelor’s degree from
Research and Engineering Com- In the maintenance and con- Dickinson College and a master’s
pany has been announced. st ruction section headed by von degree from Syracuse University.
Kenneth F. Foley, Jr., formerly Rosenberg, Walt Morgan is in He joined the company’s Em-
of ER&E’s Employee Relations charge of instrumentation, Gerry ployee Relations Division at Lin-
During October, November
Refinery, Chemical Plant Will Hire
Approximately 150 New Employees
Testing will begin September 4 for candidates to fill approxi-
mately 150 process, mechanical, and laboratory job openings in
the Refinery and Chemical Plant.
The Refinery plans to hire about 80 men and women as Main-
tenance and Construction trainees and about 40 as Process trainees,
according to Tom Hendrix, employment coordinator in Employee
Relations. These trainees will go on the payroll about November 1.
Approximately 25 Chemical Plant Mechanical trainees and six
Laboratory trainees will be hired about mid-October, A. E. “Sandy”
Sanders, employment coordinator for the Chemical Plant, says.
Applications will be accepted from both men and women. Appli-
cants must be 18 years of age or older and have a high school
diploma or its equivalent in training or related work experience.
Previous experience in the types of work where the openings exist
is not necessary. The companies are equal opportunity employers.
Applications will be received and pre-employment tests will be
given in the Main Office, 2800 Decker Drive. Completion of the
application and testing requires approximately three hours.
Tests will be given and applications will be received at the
following times:
were approximately 50 Bay town sulfur fuel oil to large volume
civic and community leaders, users.
union officials, contractors’ repre- “Often when we discuss ex-
sentatives, and Exxon employees pansion like this, we get carried
associated with the project. away by size and complexity of
In remarks at the occasion, hardware, and tend to forget that
Mayor Gentry said, “We are nothing will happen on these fa-
glad to have this kind of expan- cilities until human hands make
sion here, and the city will be them happen,” Graves remarked,
glad to cooperate in any way we “This is where our employees
can.” (See EXPANSION, Page 4)
Refinery Manager Jo Graves
said at the groundbreaking, D /• py •
“This project represents the larg- KQTinery Planning
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ment ever built at the Refinery, -"P--55 OUFVey
and is close to being the biggest Refinery employees will be
of any single Exxon project in asked within several weeks to
the world. ’ complete a survey regarding their
He noted that start-up of the jobs, Refinery supervision, and
new facilities is expected by the the company. The survey, similar
end of 1976 or early 1977, con- to the one conducted in the Re-
tingent on delivery of materials. finery late in 1971. will contain
The expansion will result in 100 questions with multiple
the addition of 300 employees to choice answers.
the Refinery payroll, Graves said, Results will be tabulated by
and at the peak of construction computer at Headquarters, and
late in 1975 will require approxi- the survey forms will be dis-
mately 3,000 contract employees, carded to assure anonymity for
When completed, the project respondents. Composite results
will increase the Refinery’s ca- will be reviewed with employees
pacity by 60 percent—250.000 in department meetings.
barrels a day. The expansion will Refinery employees will re-
substantially increase the Refin- reive the forms through depart-
cry’s capability to supply low- ments.
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Division at Linden, has transfer- Bookmeyer and Ed Sawberger
red to Baytown and has been arc responsible for engineering
promoted to head of the business design, and Gene Coker is re-
services section. sponsible for safety and asso-
Hermann E. von Rosenberg, ciated training. Other services in-
“A real eye-opener,” was one
of the comments from employees
evaluating the Organization Im-
provement Laboratory held dur-
ing the week of August 12-16.
Other evaluations included such
comments as, “We learned to
quit fooling ourselves,” “. . . de-
veloped confidence and convic-
tion,” “. . . got a new look at
myself,” “. . . saw how team
results are greater than individual
contributions,” “. . . develops
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Lee, O. B. Baytown Briefs (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 08, Ed. 1, August 1974, newspaper, August 1974; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1433595/m1/1/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.