Background
Garda, Robert Allen was born on February 10, 1939 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Arthur and Joan (DuPlessis) Garda.
Garda, Robert Allen was born on February 10, 1939 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Arthur and Joan (DuPlessis) Garda.
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Duke University, 1961. Master of Business Administration, Harvard University, 1963.
Marketing manager, production foreman, assistant to treasurer, Aladdin Industries, Nashville, 1963-1967; associate consultant, McKinsey & Company, Inc., Cleveland, 1967-1972; principal, McKinsey & Company, Inc., Cleveland, 1972-1978; director, McKinsey & Company, Inc., Cleveland, since 1978; head marketing practice, McKinsey & Company, Inc., Cleveland, 1982-1987. Interim general manager Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority, 1987-1988;trustee Cleveland Citizens League, 1991-1992, Cleveland Citizens League Research Institute, since 1988.
Trustee John Carroll University, Cleveland, since 1979, Marketing Science Institute, since 1988. Board visitors Fuqua School Business, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, since 1979, chairman, since 1992. Board visitors Case Western Reserve University Dental School, Cleveland, since 1986, member university council, since 1986.
Member dean's council Duke Engineering School, Durham, North Carolina, since 1988. Member Duke University Alumni Association (trustee 1990-1992), The Country Club (Pepper Pike, Ohio), Deer Valley Club, South Seas Plantation Club, Harvard Business School Club Cleveland (trustee since 1986).
Married Annie Lewis Johnston, June 24, 1961. Children: Mary Lynn, Rob, Helen Christine.