![]() It was a very exciting time because NASA was sending probes all over the solar system. I was really happy working for Exxon.īack in the mid-'70s, I was working for NASA. This is a really great place to be working. For somebody who was 22 or 23 years old, I was like, wow, am I really happy here. They weren't going to make any money on it, it was just research for the sake of doing research. So the project that I ultimately ended up working for them on was really blue sky. Each one of them would have teams of five to 10 scientists, and then technicians supporting them. The energy projects that they were doing were very well funded. They were flush with funds-the oil business was doing really well in the '70s, and so they wanted to move into other fields related to energy. ![]() And they had Exxon Solar.Įxxon wanted to become an energy company. There was a new division of the company, Exxon Nuclear. And it had a very good reputation.Īt the time I joined it, they had a company making word processors, fax machines. RICHARD WERTHAMER, Manager, Exxon Research & Engineering, 1979-82:Įxxon was not just the largest oil and gas company in existence, it was the largest company, period, in existence. The salary I got offered was about $18,600, which in those days was a lot of money for somebody fresh out of school. And so when Exxon offered me a position in their research division, and doing environmental monitoring, for me it was a really good fit. They would go to colleges all around the country, and every year they would take the best graduates from my school. So we were a draw for Exxon.Įxxon had a recruiting program. Not to toot my own horn, but you had to be pretty good to get in. I went to Cooper Union, and Cooper Union was very well known. I mean, I grew up in a blue-collar area in Queens. ![]() I was kind of awkward, a little bit reserved. So we were going to get married a year after I graduated from college. In 1978, my wife and I was just engaged six months prior. EDWARD GARVEY, Engineer, Exxon Research & Engineering, 1978-83: ![]()
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