My first interest in ASTD came in 1949 when I finished my MBA in Personnel Management from the University of Wisconsin in Madison. A discussion with my professor, Dr. Russell Moberly, led me to take a job as an instructor with the Management Institute (MI) of the University of Wisconsin Extension.
The learners were supervisors from business and industry who came for a week to attend a program called Human Relations for Supervisors. The content included communication, motivation, decision-making