Carl L. Randolph was the president of the United States Borax and Chemical Corporation from 1957 to 1986. He was born in Pasadena, California in 1922 and moved to Arcadia shortly after with his family. Randolph attended Whittier College and received a degree in Chemistry and continued with his studies at the University of Southern California. During this period he continued to defer enlistment during WWII until 1944 when he volunteered for the US Navy and served on the tanker USS Sebec in the South Pacific. Upon the war's conclusion he returned to USC and received his PhD in 1949. Randolph began working as a research chemist for Aerojet before moving to the U.S. Borax & Chemical Corporation as a research manager. He worked his way through the ranks and became president in 1957. In this interview, Randolph discusses his childhood in Arcadia, education, winning a trip to Japan, interest in chemistry, decision to attend Whittier College, WWII, his marriage, USC, Aerojet, becoming president of U.S. Borax & Chemical Corp., the fifty-four day strike at Boron, CA plant in 1968, environmentalist opposition to Quartz Hill, AZ, the molybdenum mine, 1977-1987, his service as trustee and chairman at Whittier College, becoming president of the Southern California Assn. of Independent Colleges and his involvement with the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary.