From Poverty to Caterpillar President | The Untold Story of B.C. Heacock

www.caterpilar... ... B.C. Heacock may not be a name many people recognize, but his influence and vision is still felt today at Caterpillar. Corporate Archivist Lee Fosburgh digs into history with Rusty Dunn to tell the untold story of B.C. “Claude” Heacock.
Find out how Heacock - who grew up in abject poverty and with no formal education - overcome huge obstacles to become company president in 1930, leading Caterpillar through some of its most historically-significant developments.