- Robert Oelman
Robert Schantz Oelman (
June 9 1909 –May 10 2007 ) was an American executive who served as president ofNCR Corporation as they switched to electroniccash register s.Oelman graduated from
Dartmouth College in 1931, then attendedUniversity of Vienna . He joined National Cash Register Company in 1933. He became president in 1957, and later chairman and chief executive.He was also a founder of
Wright State University in 1967. Oelman retired from NCR in 1974 but remained on in an advisory capacity until 1980.Oelman died in
Delray Beach, Florida .Freudenheim, Milt (May 16, 2007). Robert S. Oelman, 97, Chief Who Led NCR to Automation, Dies. "New York Times "]References
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* [http://www.wright.edu/aboutwsu/oelman.html WSU Founder Robert Oelman] via Wright State
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