Valles, Jean-Paul
name: label: Collection Interviewer
content: Allison, David Kite
label: Collection Interviewer
content: Velasquez, Steve
label: Collection Interviewer
content: Yeingst, William
label: Collection Creator
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Family of Voices Oral History Collection
label: See more items in
content: Family of Voices Oral History Collection / Born-Digital Interviews / Audio Interviews
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 579.91 Megabytes (Total Running Time: 00:57:27, audio/wav)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2014-12-12
container: label: Container
content: Item NMAH-AC1365-BDA0022
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Audio
label: Type
content: Megabytes
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Oral history interview with Jean-Paul Valles, former Chair and CEO of Minerals Technologies, Inc. Originally from France, Valles recounts growing up in Saint-Saens during World War II; studying at Columbia University, New York University and in France; serving in the French Air Force; working for W.R. Grace; working for Pfizer; applying to become an American citizen; the point in time when visiting France no longer felt like returning home; leading Minerals Technologies, Inc.; family and homelife; running paper mills in France; teaching through Junior Achievement; and comparing different immigrant experiences.