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| led the strike by coal miners. Made the U.S. find an alternative to coal and switch to oil |
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| In New Jersey, he had a vision of a turnpike and eventually the New Jersey Turnpike became the busiest toll road in the U.S.- landmarks were the rest areas |
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| signed the Interstate Highway Bill which provided for a 41,000 mile superhighway system crisscross the nation |
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| In Egypt, he had no oil to assert his will. Instead he had military force |
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| economic advisor to the Coal Board |
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| Charged with providing the intellectual fodder for the coal industry in its great struggle against the oil industry |
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| Strongest minds on the losing side of the battle and thought coal was the universal aid |
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| Argued for the use of coal to supply the world’s energy needs |
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| Warned about dependence on Middle Eastern oil |
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| Wrote a book that was entitled “Bigger is Better”- not before long he would look less like a party pooper and more like a prophet- book challenged hydrocarbon age |
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| 1948, they started restaurant in San Bernardino, CA |
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| Ray Kroc & McDonald Brothers |
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| 1954- Era of fast food started with them opening new outlets called McDonald’s started in suburb of Chicago |
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| Starting point was 1946 when a family of builders acquired land in Long Island and built a neighborhood (Levittown)- Became a prototype for postwar suburb |
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| Continental Oil Company- used to be an American regional company until there was a new president |
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| Beginning in 1960- he turned Continental into an integrated company |
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