Raymond Miles

Raymond Miles (’54, ’58 M.B.A.), Albany, Calif., While he studied for his journalism degree at North Texas, he worked nights for the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railroad — where he observed how the workers were supervised, eventually leading him to launch the strategic management concept. He served as a pilot in the U.S. Air Force, earned an M.B.A. at UNT and a Ph.D. at Stanford, and researched strategic management as a professor at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley. He co-wrote the breakthrough book, Organizational Strategy, Structure and Process, in 1978. In the 1980s, he served as Haas’ dean, expanding the faculty and supporting new programs.

Raymond Miles (’54, ’58 M.B.A.), Albany, Calif., While he studied for his journalism degree at North Texas, he worked nights for the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railroad — where he observed how the workers were supervised, eventually leading him to launch the strategic management concept. He served as a pilot in the U.S. Air Force, earned an M.B.A. at UNT and a Ph.D. at Stanford, and researched strategic management as a professor at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley. He co-wrote the breakthrough book, Organizational Strategy, Structure and Process, in 1978. In the 1980s, he served as Haas’ dean, expanding the faculty and supporting new programs.