Background
Tobin, Roger Lee was born on October 11, 1940 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States. Son of Wendell R. and Marion L. (Kaechele) Tobin.
Tobin, Roger Lee was born on October 11, 1940 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States. Son of Wendell R. and Marion L. (Kaechele) Tobin.
Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering, University Michigan, 1964. Master of Science in Industrial Engineering, University Michigan, 1969. Master of Arts in Mathematics, University Michigan, 1972.
Doctor of Philosophy in Industrial Engineering, University Michigan, 1973.
Industrial engineer, Hoover Ball and Bearing, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1964-1966; senior industrial engineer, process engineer, Hoover Ball and Bearing, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1966-1968; associate senior research engineer, General Motors Research laboratories, Warren, Michigan, 1973-1978; senior research engineer, General Motors Research laboratories, Warren, Michigan, 1978-1980; environmental systems engineer, Argonne (Illinois) National Laboratory, 1980-1982; transportation systems analyst, Argonne (Illinois) National Laboratory, 1982-1985; principal member technical staff, GTE laboratories Inc., Waltham, Massachusetts, since 1985. Adjunct assistant professor of University Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1983-1985, adjunct associate professor, 1985-1991.
Member American Economics Association, Mathematics Programming Society, Regional Science Association, Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences, Phi Kappa Phi.
Married Ilona L. Kotyuk, August 22, 1966 (divorced December 1976). Married Barbara A. Payne, May 20, 1985. Children: Anna, Thomas.