A pioneering figure in the field of industrial relations, Douglas McGregor attended Wayne State University (B.A., L.L.D.) and Harvard (M.A., Ph.D.). In his youth he worked in his grandfather's institute for transient laborers in Detroit, where he gained insight into the problems faced by labor. As district manager for a retail gasoline merchandising firm, he learned the concerns of management. He was the first full time psychologist on the faculty of MIT, and helped to found its Industrial Relations Section. Throughout his career he consulted for union and management alike and served on the panel of arbitrators for the American Arbitration Association. McGregor resigned the presidency of Antioch to rejoin the MIT faculty in its new School of Industrial Management in 1954. Today Antioch McGregor bears his name in honor of his contributions to management theory.
