Roddy O'connor PhD

Dr. O'Connor received his BS Degree in Economics from Wharton School, University Of Pennsylvania, in 1939. A Navy veteran, Rod O'Connor served several years in the Philippines during WWII, prior to receiving his Ph.D in Clinical Psychology from Vanderbilt University in 1953. Dr. O'Connor was named a full Professor Of Management at Georgia Tech in 1961, and was Emeritus Professor Of Management at Georgia Tech at the time of his passing. At Georgia Tech, Professor O'Connor built the teaching programs for Entrepreneurship, International Business, and Computers In The Management Of Enterprise. Rod O'Connor was subsequently named a Visiting Professor at MIT, as well as, at the Universidad del Valle in Cali, Colombia. While at the Universidad del Valle, he was a co-founder (in close association with Dr. Peter Drucker) of the MBA Program for CEO's of private and public enterprises. For many years, Roderick O'Connor was a consultant to CEO's in more than a hundred different organizations, including banks, manufacturers, universities, and Ministers Of Government in the United States and Latin America. Among those he advised in Atlanta were U.S.