Dresser Industries
Dresser Industries was a multinational corporation headquartered in Dallas, Texas
Solomon Robert Dresser (1842-1911), manufactured a product that he devised for drillers to keep oil and water separated underground.
1928 the Wall Street investment-banking firm of W. A. Harriman and Company, Inc., converted the firm into a public company by issuing 300,000 shares of stock.
Future United States president George H. W. Bush worked for the company in several positions after the war. His father, Prescott Bush, had been a W. A. Harriman and Company executive who had been involved in the conversion of Dresser to a public company, and he served on the board of directors for twenty-two years.
In 1988, Dresser Industries acquired M.W. Kellogg.
Solomon Robert Dresser (1842-1911), manufactured a product that he devised for drillers to keep oil and water separated underground.
1928 the Wall Street investment-banking firm of W. A. Harriman and Company, Inc., converted the firm into a public company by issuing 300,000 shares of stock.
Future United States president George H. W. Bush worked for the company in several positions after the war. His father, Prescott Bush, had been a W. A. Harriman and Company executive who had been involved in the conversion of Dresser to a public company, and he served on the board of directors for twenty-two years.
In 1988, Dresser Industries acquired M.W. Kellogg.
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