Ben A. Lindberg papers

Ben A. Lindberg was an engineer, management consultant, business director, professor, and university dean. A naturalized U.S. citizen, Lindberg was born in Oslo, Norway and immigrated to the United States in 1923. Lindberg studied Pre-Engineering at Columbia College and Mechanical Engineering at New York University (NYU), earning both his B.M.E. and M.E. from NYU. He also completed some post graduate work at Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute.

Amongst other positions, Lindberg worked as the Director of Personnel at H & B American Machine Co.; Director of Training at Carrier Corporation; Personnel Administration Specialist at the labor relations consulting firm Austin M. Fisher; Director of Education at American Optical Company; Engineering Instructor at Pratt Institute; and Associate Mechanical Engineer in the United States Navy.

In 1947 Lindberg joined the faculty of Harvard Business School as an associate professor of personnel management. In his seven years at Harvard, he also taught at the School of Public Health and at Radcliffe College. In 1955 Lindberg was appointed dean of the University of Alberta School of Commerce. He later taught at American University, becoming assistant dean of the School of Business Administration; George Washington University; and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Lindberg retired in 1975, subsequently working as an independent management consultant.

Lindberg married Francis Kershaw and had three daughters, Nancy van Itallie, Jenny Beach, and Astri Lindberg. He died in 1991 in Wilmington, Delaware.