Background
Shaeffer, Ruth Gilbert was born on April 10, 1923 in Cleveland. Daughter of Homer Elsworth and Eleanor Jane (Irwin) G.
Foundation administrator consultant
Shaeffer, Ruth Gilbert was born on April 10, 1923 in Cleveland. Daughter of Homer Elsworth and Eleanor Jane (Irwin) G.
Bachelor, College Wooster, Ohio, 1943. Doctor of Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1946.
Senior consultant McMurry Company, Chicago, New York City, 1946-1960. Executive director Permanent Administrative Committee, New York City, 1960-1963. Associate research director Nowland and Company, Greenwich, Connecticut, 1963-1965.
Manager adult learning systems education division Xerox Corporation, New York City, 1965-1968. Senior research associate human resources management Conference Board, 1968-1988. Human resources consultant, 1988-1990.
President Living and Learning Institute, 1996—1998. Board directors Oberlin History and Improvement Organization. Pro bono consultant Mgnt.
Assistance Nonprofit Agencies, since 2003. President Kendal at Oberlin Residents Association, 1998—1999, board directors.
President Roosevelt Island Council of Orgns., Inc., 1990-1995. Vice president RooseveltIsland Residents Association, New York City, 1981-1989, secretary, 1976-1981. Member Human Resource Planning Society, Management Development Forum (vice president 1969-1975), Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Robert Edwin Shaeffer, December 26, 1949 (deceased 1969). Children: George, Susan Ulanowsky, Mary Carol Fogg, Barbara Schmitt.