Background
Gortner, Robert Vanderbilt was born on January 20, 1930 in Davidsville, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Maurice Rynerson and Ruth Runyan (Vanderbilt) Gortner.
administrator Management educator
Gortner, Robert Vanderbilt was born on January 20, 1930 in Davidsville, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Maurice Rynerson and Ruth Runyan (Vanderbilt) Gortner.
Stepchildren— Ted, Beth. Bachelor of Science in Commerce and Engineering, Master of Business Administration, Drexel U.Cert. management consultant Industrial engineer Eastman Kodak Company Rochester, New York, 1955-1959. Superintendent Hercules, Incorporated., Rocky Hill, New Jersey, 1959-1965.
Production manager Polymer Corporation, Reading, Pennsylvania, 1965-1968.
Plant manager Thiokol Corporation, Trenton, New Jersey, 1968-1970. Senior manager (consultant) Price Waterhouse & Company.
New York City, 1970-1980. Professor management, associate dean, department chairman business, economics & accounting Taylor University, Upland, Indiana, since 1980.
Adjunct Professor Drexel University, Philadelphia, 1963-1965, Union Community College, Westfield, New Jersey, 1979-1980, Rochester Institute Technology, (New York), 1958.
President Parent-Teachers Association, Wyomissing Hills, Pennsylvania, 1967. Supervisor township Northampton Township, Buckinghamshire County, Pennsylvania, 1963-1965. Coach and manager LittleLeague and Babe Ruth Baseball, Lower Makefield, Pennsylvania and Summit, New Jersey, 1968-1980.
Board directors Junior Achievement, Marion, Indiana, 1981-1983, Leadership/Grant County, Marion, 1983.
Industrial engineer Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, New York, 1955—1959. Superintendent Hercules, Inc., Rocky Hill, New Jersey, 1959—1965. Production manager Polymer Corporation, Reading, Pennsylvania, 1965—1968.
Plant manager Thiokol Corporation, Trenton, New Jersey, 1968—1970. Senior manager Price Waterhouse & Company, New York City, 1970—1980, consultant, 1970—1980. Professor management, associate dean, chairman department business, economics & accounting Taylor University,, Upland, Indiana, since 1980.
Adjunct professor Drexel University, Philadelphia, 1963—1965, Union Community College, Westfield, New Jersey, 1979—1980, Rochester Institute of Technology, New York, 1958. Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1952-1955.
President Parent-Teachers Association, Wyomissing Hills, Pennsylvania, 1967. Supervisor township Northampton Township, Bucks County, 1963—1965. Coach & manager Little League & Babe Ruth Baseball, Lower Makefield, Summit, New Jersey, 1968—1980.
Board directors Junior Achievement, Marion, Indiana, 1981—1983. Leadership Grant County, Marion, 1983. Member of Association Private Enterprise Education, Institute Management Consultant, American Production & Inventory Control Society, Academy Management, Institute Industrial Engineers, Blue Key, Rotary, Phi Kappa Phi.
Married Aileen Melva Kraekel, February 15, 1952 (deceased April 1981). Children: Deborah, Susan, William, David. Married Jane Elaine Le Master, May 22, 1982.
Stepchildren: Ted, Beth.