[7] In 1951 he also obtained his PhD at Ohio State with the thesis, entitled The relation of stabilization within the business organization to guarantee of work or wages.
[8] After his graduation Bird had joined the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania faculty, where he was placement officer in 1937[9] and assistant director of Student Personnel by 1939.
[11] Among others he was expert for the United States Office of the US High Commissioner for Germany in 1937,[9] the National Wholesale Druggists' Association in 1949,[12] and the SEE Foremanship Foundation in Dayton, Ohio in 1951.
One of his notable employees was the Carl Hartley Elliott, who was junior management consultant in 1947–48, and later professor and president of the Trine University.
Since 1942 Bird also taught personnel administration and labor relations at the evening college of the University of Cincinnati.