William John Odgers Roberts

Background

Roberts, William John Odgers was born on November 19, 1920 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of William Carrie and Mildred Cook (Klunk) Roberts.

Education

Bachelor of Arts in Economic summa cum laude, Brown University, 1942. Student, Oxford University, 1978. Student, Cambridge University, 1981.

Career

Sales representative, western syndicate manager, western sales manager, Partner, Glore, Forgan & Company, 1946-1965; senior vice president in charge investment research, Glore Forgan, Staats, Inc., 1965-1968; with investment management department, Glore Forgan, Staats, Inc., 1968-1970; vice president in charge Mid-American investment management department, Kidder, Peabody & Company, Inc., 1970-1976; investment banker, Bacon, Whipple division subsidiary Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Inc., 1976-1984; senior vice president, C.F. Glore, Roberts and Tilden, Loucks & Grannis, 1976-1984.; managing director, Roberts, Loucks & Company, Chicago, since 1984. Member panel of arbitrators New York Stock Exchange and National Association of Securities Dealers. Visiting committee University of Chicago Oriental Institute, since 1961.

Guest lecturer Northwestern University, VanderbiltU., Brown U., University of Chicago Graduate School Business, Michigan State University Graduate School Business Administration, U. Colorado, Carnegie-Mellon U. Graduate School Industrial Administration. Expert witness on investment court cases Cook County, Illinois, Phoenix for Prudential Insurance Company, Illinois Committee for Illinois Bell.

Achievements

• License life insurance broker. Registered commodity futures trader.

Membership

Chairman Brown University Bicentennial Fund of Chicago, 1964. Alternate delegate National Republican Convention, Chicago, 1952. Chairman Wellesley College Parents Committee, 1970-1971.

Officer Order Hospital St. John Jerusalem. President Lake Forest Library. Board, 1979. Member Investment Bankers Association American (executive committee 1961-1964), Institute Chartered Finance Analysts, Investment Analysts Society Chicago (chairman investment management group 1972-1974, 78-80, board directors 1976-1978), Brown University Club Chicago (past president), Onwentsia Club, Chicago Club, Brown Key, Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Tau Delta.

Interests

• Avocations: tennis, travel, archaeology.

Connections

Married Laura Louise Bauer, 1946 (deceased 1956). Children: Laura, Anne. Married Ann Elizabeth Vail, 1957.

Children: Elizabeth, Mary, Michael.

Father:

William Carrie Roberts

Mother:

Mildred Cook (Klunk) Roberts

Spouse:

Ann Elizabeth Vail

Spouse:

Laura Louise Bauer

child:

Laura Roberts

child:

Elizabeth Roberts

child:

Michael Roberts

child:

Anne Roberts

child:

Mary Roberts