Magoroh Maruyama (April 29, 1929 – March 16, 2018)[1] was a Japanese/American business educator, consultant and researcher, best known for his contributions to cybernetics.
Maruyama started his academic career as assistant professor in human development at the University of California at Berkeley in 1960.
Among his many academic appointments he was professor for Systems Science at Portland State University from 1973 to 1976.
[3] The subjects of his research include cybernetics, systems science, philosophy, psychology, neuroscience, anthropology, sociology, social change, business management, architectural design and urban planning.
[4] He has been consulting companies and institutions such as NASA, the US Department of Commerce and the US Department of Interior in the United States, the OECD, Volvo and Michelin in Europe, the MITI of Japan, the City of Baghdad, the Government of Ivory Coast and Federal Motors of Indonesia.