Dean Mesnard's Oral History

Dean Mesnard's Oral History

Dean Mesnard
Betty Turnell
oral history
recording
interview
insurance office
Decatur Club
Life Insurance
financial planning
Decatur, IL
childhood
Decatur Memorial Hospital
contractor
painting business
Great Depression
broken family
Lincoln Apartments
Mary French School
Roosevelt Junior High School
Woodrow Wilson Junior High School
mow lawns
rake leaves
shovel snow
swimming
Texaco Light House
Texaco Tower
Steven's Creek
Pythian Home
Fairview Park
Lake Decatur
beach house
Decatur High School
Millikin University
World War II
G.I. Bill
business major
accounting
Prof. Glen Smith
salesmanship
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
heating engineer
Williamson Heating Company of Cincinnati
"Home Service Companies"
Charter Life Underwriter
insurance examination
Life Underwriter's Training Council
College of Life Underwriters
Bryn Mawr, PA
Dr. Beadles
inflation
workmen's compensation
mutual companies
stock companies
universal life policy
changes to Decatur
Lincoln Hotel
Brintlinger Funeral Home
Bazley's Meat Market
Shinner's Meat Market
Piggly-Wiggly
Transfer House
Empress Theater
Avon Theater
Bijou Theater

This is the oral history of Dean Mesnard. He was interviewed by Betty Turnell on April 9, 1986. The interview includes his childhood, career in insurance, and changes to Decatur.

Interviewee: Dean Mesnard
Interviewer: Betty Turnell

Dean Mesnard

Decatur Public Library, Decatur, IL

April 9, 1986

Betty Turnell

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life insurance

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oral history

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oral history, recording, Dean Mesnard, Betty Turnell

Betty Turnell

Dean Mesnard

Decatur Club, Decatur, IL

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