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the OIC
AND GULF

[[image - black and white photograph of a group of men standing in front of a Gulf gas station]]
[[caption]] In 1967, Rev. Sullivan met with E. F. Jacobs, Gulf Marketing Regional Vice President, at opening of Gulf-OIC Training Station in Philadelphia. [[/caption]]

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[[caption]] In 1972, Gulf President B. R. Dorsey presented Rev. Sullivan with check for $50,000 for OIC training projects.  Left is Matthew Moore, OIC's Pittsburgh consultant. [[/caption]]

[[caption]] At the 1972 OIC Convocation in Washington, D.C., Gulf sponsored a breakfast for members of Congress.  It was chaired by Sen. Edward Brooke, right, and attended by Gulf Vice President William Henry, left, and Community Relations Manager, Roy Kohler. [[/caption]]

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[[caption]] An OIC-Gulf training class [[/caption]]

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GULF OIL CORPORATION

Partially as a result of action taken by Reverend Leon Sullivan, Gulf, in 1961, decided to build a more constructive relationship with the black community.

Reverend Leon Sullivan began OIC -Opportunities Industrialization Centers, Inc. - in 1964 in Philadelphia to upgrade and train the unskilled and the underprivileged. Gulf joined his program in 1967 by experimenting with OIC-related training programs in a number of cities.

In 1971, Gulf's top executives were selected by Reverend Sullivan to raise funds for OIC in Pennsylvania, and since Gulf is fully committed to OIC as a minority training vehicle, it pledged $50,000 as its 1972 contribution. Further, B. R. Dorsey, president of the corporation, and William Henry, an executive vice president, personally helped OIC to raise funds in the Pittsburgh area, one of the nation's largest concentrations of corporate headquarters. Gulf also has helped publicize OIC aims by producing a TV commercial which has been shown on Gulf's NBC-TV network News Specials.

Gulf's community relations program with minority groups is well established, but the company feels that it has only scratched the surface of studying employment and minority enterprise investment carefully with high priority concern for implementing even greater future involvement.