| 词条 | Roy Roberts (chief executive) |
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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.)[4] For much of his career he was the highest-ranking African-American in the automobile industry.[1] Roberts began his professional career working on an assembly line at Lear Siegler while attending Western Michigan University.[1] 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.[2] He is a member of the National Executive Board of the Boy Scouts of America (the organization's governing body)[5] a former president of the Boy Scouts of America[6] and an officer in the NAACP.[2] Early lifeRoberts was born in 1939, the ninth of ten children, in Magnolia, Arkansas.[7] His mother died when he was two years old and later his father moved the family to Muskegon, Michigan.[8] He describes his upbringing as "dirt-poor."[8] 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.[7] Roberts worked full-time while attending Western Michigan University at night, where he graduated with honors, with a bachelor's degree in Business Administration.[8] Bloomfield Hills Country Club controversyRoberts unwillingly found himself at the center of a controversial event at the Bloomfield Hills Country Club in 1994 when the club refused to admit him after he had applied for membership. Though the club claimed its actions were not based on Roberts' race, G.M.'s president, John F. Smith Jr., and its chief financial officer, J. Michael Losh, chose to resign their memberships with the club because Roberts had been barred from joining.[9] Later, however, Roberts was accepted as a member.[10] References1. ^1 2 {{cite web|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-2812376.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105152539/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-2812376.html |dead-url=yes |archive-date=2012-11-05 |title=Roy Roberts: From Sharecropper to shareholder - Michigan Chronicle | HighBeam Research|publisher=Highbeam.com |date=1996-08-06 |accessdate=2011-03-01}} 2. ^1 2 {{cite web|author=Roy S. Roberts |url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=372855&privcapId=970556&previousCapId=247483&previousTitle=ABBOTT%20LABORATORIES |title=Roy Roberts: Executive Profile & Biography - BusinessWeek |publisher=Investing.businessweek.com |date= |accessdate=2011-03-01}} 3. ^1 "Roy Roberts Biography," Detroit Public Schools detroitk12.org 4. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/08/02/business/business-people-vice-president-at-gm-takes-post-at-navistar.html?scp=1&sq=Roy%20Roberts%20August%202,%201988&st=cse |title=BUSINESS PEOPLE; Vice President at G.M. Takes Post at Navistar - New York Times |publisher=Nytimes.com |date=1988-08-02 |accessdate=2011-03-01}} 5. ^Boy Scouts of America Annual Report 2011 {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121114024453/http://www.scouting.org/filestore/media/324-168.pdf |date=14 November 2012 }} 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-2605986/Boy-Scouts-of-America-President.html |title=Boy Scouts of America President. (Speaking of People). | Goliath Business News |publisher=Goliath.ecnext.com |date=2003-02-01 |accessdate=2011-04-06}} 7. ^1 Johnson, Anne. Contemporary Black Biography: Roy S. Roberts, Automobile Industry Executive encyclopedia.com, 1997 8. ^1 2 {{cite book|author=Johnson Publishing Company |title=Ebony |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zSm1p1I30-0C&pg=PA136 |accessdate=6 April 2011 |date=January 1999 |publisher=Johnson Publishing Company |pages=136–|issn=0012-9011}} 9. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/10/23/us/gm-head-quits-club-after-black-is-barred.html?scp=3&sq=Roy%20Roberts%20golf&st=cse |title=G.M. Head Quits Club After Black Is Barred - New York Times |publisher=Nytimes.com |date=1994-10-23 |accessdate=2011-03-01}} 10. ^{{cite web|url=http://maxizip.com/2010/12/roy-s-roberts-biography-automobile-executive-businessman-civic-leader/ |title=Roy S. Roberts Biography – Automobile Executive, Businessman, Civic Leader |publisher=Maxizip.com |date= |accessdate=2011-04-06}} External links
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