Background
Kalb, Roland Jay was born on June 6, 1916 in Vienna, Austria. Son of Oskar and Helen K. Kalb.
Kalb, Roland Jay was born on June 6, 1916 in Vienna, Austria. Son of Oskar and Helen K. Kalb.
Electrical Engineer, Technology Lehranstalt, Vienna, 1938. Postgraduate, Ecole Radio Technique Paris, 1938—1939.
Manager quality control Minerva Radio, Vienna, 1937—1938, chief engineer Paris, 1938—1939. Plant manager Air King Products, New York City, 1941—1947. General mgr Teletone Radio, 1947—1950.
Chairman board Herold Radio and Electronics, Yonkers, New York, 1950—1961. Group vice president Fairbanks Morse & Company, 1961—1963. Chief executive Pilot Radio Corporation, 1963—1965.
Group vice president Fairbanks Morse & Company, Yonkers, 1961—1963. Chief executive Pilot Radio Corporation, 1963—1965. President Roland electronics corporation, New York City, from 1965.
President Roland Radio Corporation, 1950—1961. Group vice president Harmon Kardon & Jerrold Corporation, 1963—1965. President Roland J. Kalb Associate, Inc., from 1965, management consultant, New York, from 1965.
Consultant to president, acting executive vice president St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York City. Vice chairman board trustees Center for Preventive Psychiatry, 1968—1972, chairman, 1973—1978. President Oskar Kalb Memorial Foundation, from 1964.
Member of Weitzman Institute of Science, American Public Health Association, American Hospital Association, American Management Association, International Consultant Association.
Married Lore Weil, February 3, 1953. Children: Linda Susan, Richard Oskar.