Background
Oberg, Roger Winston was born on October 5, 1919 in Minneapolis. Son of Ezra Nathaniel and Adele Erika Wilhelmina (Boquist) Oberg.
Oberg, Roger Winston was born on October 5, 1919 in Minneapolis. Son of Ezra Nathaniel and Adele Erika Wilhelmina (Boquist) Oberg.
Student, North Park College, 1937-1938; Bachelor of Business Administration with distinction, University of Minnesota, 1941; Master of Business Administration, Ohio State University, 1947; Doctor of Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1955.
Management trainee, Sears Roebuck & Company, 1941-1943; graduate assistant, Ohio State University, 1946-1947; graduate assistant, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1947-1950; human relations research analyst, Prudential Insurance Company, Newark, 1950-1951; personnel specialist, Esso Research & Engineering Company, Linden, New Jersey, 1952-1957; associate professor management, Michigan State University, 1957-1965; professor management, Michigan State University, 1965-1986; professor emeritus, Michigan State University, since 1986. Visiting professor Leeds U., England, 1959, U. Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, 1959-1961, Stanford University, 1964, North European Management Institute, Norway, 1974-1976. World Bank consultant to Bangladesh universities, 1985.
Served to Second lieutenant United States Army Air Force, 1943-1946, PTO. Member Beta Gamma Sigma, Delta Sigma Rho.
Married Pansy Jane Sherrill, June 29, 1957. Children: Sherrill Katherine, Roger Winston, Keith Eric, Elizabeth Jane.