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Roger Sherman

Roger Sherman, American economics educator. University Bristol fellow, 1968-1969; Fulbright lecturer, Madrid, 1972; Science Center Berlinfellow, 1975, 79, 80; Rockefeller Foundation Visiting scholar, 1985. Board directors McGuffey Art Center, Charlottesville, 1984-1992. Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1953-1962. Member American Economic Association, Royal Economic Society, Econometric Society.

Background

  • Sherman, Roger was born on September 10, 1930 in Jamestown, New York. Son of Claire Blanchard and Margaret Gertrude (Burke) Sherman.

  • Education

    • Bachelor of Science in Mathematics, Grove City College, 1952; Master of Business Administration in Finance, Harvard University, 1959; Master of Science in Economics, Carnegie-Mellon University, 1965; Doctor of Philosophy, Carnegie-Mellon University, 1966.

    Career

    • Manager manufacturing control International Business Machines Corporation Corporation, New York City, 1956-1962. Assistant professor, associate professor, professor University Virginia, Charlottesville, 1965-1972, Brown Forman professor economics, since 1982, chairman department economics, 1982-1990. Visiting scholar Oxford University, 1987, Sydney University, 1988.

    Works

    • The Regulation of Monopoly
    • This study shows how to develop ideal policies when monopoly must be relied upon in place of competition and it explains why it will be difficult to induce monopolies to pursue such policies.

    Membership

    Board directors McGuffey Art Center, Charlottesville, 1984-1992. Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1953-1962. Member American Economic Association, Royal Economic Society, Econometric Society.

    Connections

    • Married Charlotte Ann Murphy, April 4, 1953 (division February 1995). Children: Claire Randall, Thomas Allen.

      Married Geraldine Szott Moohr, May 25, 1996.
    • child: Claire Randall Sherman
    • child: Thomas Allen Sherman
    • mother: Margaret Gertrude (Burke) Sherman
    • spouse: Charlotte Ann Murphy
    • spouse: Geraldine Szott Moohr
    • father: Claire Blanchard Sherman
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    Born September 10, 1930
    Nationality
    • 1952
      Grove City College
    • 1959
      Harvard University
    • 1965
      Carnegie-Mellon University
    • 1966
      Carnegie-Mellon University
    • 1956 - 1962
      Manager, manufacturing control International Business Machines Corporation Corporation
    • 1965 - 1972
      assistant, University Virginia
    • 1965 - 1972
      associate, University Virginia
    • 1965 - 1972
      professor, University Virginia
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