Meren also discusses his extensive international travel during his career – working with nations such as Taiwan, Israel, Spain, Germany, Korea, Mexico, Egypt, Chile and Finland – and the complexities involved with globally promoting Westinghouse products like airships and the TPS-70. Issues of design and working with customers – such as the FAA or military – are also covered, as are competition with other companies like GE, and cooperation with others like McDonnell Douglas. He discusses his time in the military, his decision to become an engineer, and the draw of Westinghouse because it was ‘heavily oriented toward electronics.’ Meren talks about the many projects he was involved in over the years, the process of proposing and bidding for projects, and the successes and failures involved. In this interview, Meren gives in-depth detail about his career at Westinghouse. He worked on many important projects while at Westinghouse such as BOMARC, Deep Submergence Systems, FAA Scan Converter, ARSR-3/ARSR-4, Hawk Digital Processor, TPS-70 and NAAWS. Over the course of nearly 40 years, Meren was promoted through management – he was supervisor, project engineer, engineering manager, design supervisor – and was in charge of various divisions and sections, including Power Generation Section manager (1974), Equipment Design Engineering Department manager (1978), Tactical Radars engineering manager, Surveillance Radar Division engineering manager (1982), Westinghouse Airships, Incorporated President (early 1990s), and CCCI&M Division chief engineer.

He was later transferred to the Electronics Division where he spent most of career. In 1957, Meren began his long career at Westinghouse, starting as an associate engineer in Missile Ground Control. While serving in the Navy, Meren decided he wanted to be an engineer, and after leaving the military he attended the University of Scranton for two years before transferring to the University of Detroit, where he earned his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering. After graduating from high school, Meren joined the Navy and served four years during the Korean War. Lou Meren was born in West Wyoming, Pennsylvania in 1931. 4.39 Chief Engineer of CCCI&M Divisions, Taiwan, Symposium, Raytheon.4.38 Bangkok Gridlock, Chilean Air Show, Mexico.4.37 President of Westinghouse Airships, Incorporated.4.36 Business Unit Reorganization, Israel.4.34 Systems Engineering Department, Export Regulations.4.31 More Proposal Work, NFR90 and NAAWS, Paris Air Show.4.30 Caribbean Basin Radar Network, Management Changes.4.24 Surveillance Radar Division, Tokyo.

4.23 NATO Air Defense Ground Environment, More Travel.

4.22 Ground Radar Department, Yugoslavia.

4.21 International Travel, German ASR-9.

4.19 Moroccan Air Defense Program, Section Workloads in 1979.

4.16 Point Defense Radar, Power Supplies.

4.15 Long Range Radar and Iran, Proposal Writing.

4.14 Power Generation Section, Laser Pulsar, FAA and Lincoln Labs.

4.13 ARSR-3 Radar, ADS-4, Proposal Work.

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