Slaby, Steve M.

Slaby was born in Detroit in 1922. He received his bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the Lawrence Institute of Technology in 1943, then served for a year as a aviation cadet in the U.S. Air Force. Slaby taught engineering graphics at Sampson College in New York until 1948, when he returned to graduate school. In 1950 he received his master's degree in economics from Wayne University.

Slaby was interested in political issues as well, and following a year as assistant professor of graphics at Lafayette College in Pennsylvania, he spent the 1951-1952 academic year at Oslo University on a Fulbright Grant studying Norwegian labor relations. He later returned to Norway, 1960-1961, on a Science Faculty Fellowship awarded by the National Science Foundation. He authored several articles on Norwegian labor issues.

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