HRL.2020.0001: W. Corey Trench, 2020 May
[identification of item], "Coming to Russia: 1992" by W. Corey Trench, SPEC.HRL.0011, Hilandar Research Library, Ohio State University
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In the 1970s, William Corey Trench worked under William Ditman at the environmental consulting firm, WAPORA Incorporated. Trench established his own environmental consulting firm, PRECOR Corporation, in Sacramento, California in the 1980s, where Ditman served as a business advisor for the company. In 1992, Trench was invited on a two-week trip to Russia by an American political consulting company known as First Tuesday, where he was asked to propose a plan for improving the country's water and waste management. Following the initial visit, Trench returned to Russia several times, including a trip to Orenburg with William Ditman in 1993. In his memoir, "Coming to Russia," Trench outlines his several decades of experience in environmental consulting. As of 2020, Trench is the co-founder and president of Hope Family Village, an organization that provides support to those affected by mental illness.
"Coming to Russia: 1992" by W. Corey Trench is a working draft of Trench's memoir about his career in environmental consulting, his relationship with William "Bill" Ditman, and their travels in Orenburg, Russia in the early 1990s. Trench describes his experiences during his first trip to Russia in 1992, the year after the Soviet Union was dissolved, where he was invited to propose a plan for improving the country's water and waste management. The 93-page draft is dated May 12, 2017, and divided into 30 chapters. This version of the PDF file was generated on January 16, 2020.