J. Sterling Livingston

Sterling was born in Salt Lake City, Utah on June 7, 1916, and grew up in and near Chino, Glendale and Pomona, California.[1] He worked as a wiper on board a cargo ship, then attended Glendale Junior College, the University of Southern California and the Harvard Business School, where he received his Master of Business Administration in 1940.[1] During the Second World War he taught the Navy Supply Corps.[1]

Following the war Sterling received his PhD in Business Administration from Harvard, where he became a professor and taught for 25 years.[1] His articles "Myth of the Well-Educated Manager" and "Pygmalion in Management" were published in the Harvard Business Review.[1] He founded or co-founded several consulting companies including the Logistics Management Institute.[1]

Grave of Livingston and his wife at Columbia Gardens Cemetery

Sterling died on February 14, 2010, and was buried at the Columbia Gardens Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.[1]

• Livingston, J. Sterling (2003) [1969]. "Pygmalion in Management". Harvard Business Review.
• Livingston, J. Sterling (1971). "Myth of the Well-Educated Manager". Harvard Business Review.