Theodore Carlos Combs Oral History Interview
Interviewed by Carol Bugé
Interview Sessions from 1987
- December 8, 1987
- December 17, 1987
Abstract
An interview in three sessions in December 1987 with Theodore C.
Combs, Caltech BS 1927 and former secretary of Caltech’s Board of
Trustees. He recalls his undergraduate years at Caltech, his work as a
civil engineer in Upland, Long Beach, and in the timber industry, and
his wartime work for the 9th Corps Area in California and in purchases
and contracts for the under-secretary of war in Washington, DC.
He retired from the timber industry and returned to Caltech in the
mid-1960s, initially working in corporate relations and later as
secretary of the Board of Trustees (1968-1973). He comments on the
contributions of various trustees and board chairmen over the years and
discusses his longtime involvement with the Alumni Association, the
Gnome Club, the Caltech Y, the Industrial Relations Center, and the
Caltech Associates.
Archival record in collection guide
PDF version of transcript [0.28 MB]
Preferred Citation
Theodore Carlos Combs Oral History Interview, interviewed by Carol Bugé, Caltech Archives Oral History Project, December 8, 1987, December 17, 1987, http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechOH:OH_Combs_T.
Oral history interviews provide valuable first-hand testimony of the past. The views and opinions expressed in them are those of the interviewees, who describe events based on their own recollections and from their own perspective. They do not necessarily reflect the views of the Caltech Archives and Special Collections or of the California Institute of Technology.