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Bill Oldenburg graduated from the University of Washington in Communications in 1964. After a short stint in the reserves, Oldenburg graduated from Stanford Commerce, Industry, and Labor School in 1971. He then spent fifteen years at Levi Strauss and Company, where he was a Vice President and General Manager. In 1985, Oldenburg was recruited to be the Vice President of Manufacturing, working closely with John Thomason. After leading the operations integration of Nestlé and Dreyer’s, as well as over-seeing the manufacturing of all of Dreyer’s products, and Nestlé and Häagen-Dazs branded products, Oldenburg retired in 2006 as Executive Vice President of Operations.

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Title
William Oldenburg: The Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream Oral History
Creator
Oldenburg, Bill, interviewee
Geraci, Victor, interviewer
Published
Berkeley, CA, Regional Oral History Office, 2013
Full Collection Name
Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream Oral Histories
Subject (Topic)
Food and Agriculture
Commerce, Industry, and Labor
Type
Text
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Oral histories.
Archive
The Bancroft Library Oral History Center
Note
Oldenburg, Bill. "William Oldenburg: The Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream Oral History." Interview by Victor Geraci in 2011. Oral History Center, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 2013.
Interview date(s) 2011
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