| Roger Smith AKA Roger Bonham Smith Born: 12-Jul-1925
Birthplace: Columbus, OH
Died: 29-Nov-2007
Location of death: Detroit, MI
Cause of death: Illness
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Business Nationality: United States
Executive summary: CEO of General Motors, 1980-90 Military service: US Navy (1944-46) Former President and CEO of General Motors, skewered mercilessly by Michael Moore in his documentary Roger & Me.
Wife: Barbara (m. 1954, two sons, two daughters)
Son: Roger B. Smith, Jr.
Daughter: Jennifer A. Ponski
Daughter: Victoria B. Sawula
Son: Drew J. Smith
University: BBA, University of Michigan (1947)
University: MBA, University of Michigan (1953)
Administrator: Trustee, California Institute of Technology
General Motors CEO (1981-90)
General Motors EVP Finance, PR & Government Relations (1974-81)
General Motors VP & CEO Non-Automotive and Defense (1972-74)
General Motors VP Finance (1971)
General Motors Treasurer (1970)
General Motors (1949-70)
Member of the Board of Citicorp
Member of the Board of General Motors (1974-90, as Chairman 1981-90)
Member of the Board of International Paper
Member of the Board of Johnson & Johnson
Member of the Board of Pepsi
New York Stock Exchange Blue Ribbon Committee
Alfalfa Club 1980
Business Roundtable
The Business Council Chairman (1989-90)
Detroit Economic Club Chairman (past)
Detroit Renaissance
Phi Delta Theta Fraternity
French Legion of Honor
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Manufacturing Dissent (11-Feb-2007)
Pets or Meat: The Return to Flint (11-Sep-1992)
Roger & Me (9-Sep-1989) · Himself
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