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Roy S. Roberts is an American business executive who had a long, distinguished career at General Motors before retiring as group vice president, North American Vehicle Sales, Service and Marketing in 2000. He is also a former Managing Director at Reliant Equity Investors.〔("Roy Roberts Biography," Detroit Public Schools ) detroitk12.org〕 As of November, 2012 he is the Detroit Public Schools' Emergency Financial Manager and Board Chairman of the Education Achievement Authority of Michigan.〔 He is considered a pioneer for African-Americans in the auto industry. He once told Forbes magazine, "I've been the first black everywhere I went. One of my jobs is to see I'm not the last." An August 1988 article published in ''The New York Times'' stated Roberts was the second African-American vice-president at GM. (Otis Smith was the first.) For much of his career he was the highest-ranking African-American in the automobile industry.〔 Roberts began his professional career working on an assembly line at Lear Siegler while attending Western Michigan University.〔 In addition to the executive positions he has held in his professional career, Roberts has also played important roles while serving in numerous volunteer and civic organizations.〔 He is a member of the National Executive Board of the Boy Scouts of America (the organization's governing body)〔(Boy Scouts of America Annual Report 2011 )〕 a former president of the Boy Scouts of America and an officer in the NAACP.〔 ==Early life== Roberts was born in 1939, the ninth of ten children, in Magnolia, Arkansas.〔(Johnson, Anne. Contemporary Black Biography: Roy S. Roberts, Automobile Industry Executive ) encyclopedia.com, 1997〕 His mother died when he was two years old and later his father moved the family to Muskegon, Michigan. He describes his upbringing as "dirt-poor."〔 His father worked two jobs (as a foundry employee and as a barber) to support the family. Roberts credits his father with instilling in him the value of education.〔 Roberts worked full-time while attending Western Michigan University at night, where he graduated with honors, with a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Roy Roberts (chief executive)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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