Robert H. Waterman Jr. (November 11, 1936 - January 2, 2022) was a non-fiction author and expert on business management practices.
In Search of Excellence was published in 1982 and became a bestseller, gaining national exposure when a series of television specials based on the book and hosted by Waterman and Peters appeared on PBS.
He is also the author of: He earned his bachelor's in geophysics from the Colorado School of Mines in 1958, and MBA from Stanford University in 1961.
Waterman served as chair of the RLS Foundation, the national non-profit organization that sponsors research, raises awareness of, and looks for better treatments for Restless leg syndrome.
He also served on the boards of the World Wildlife Fund, Scleroderma Research Foundation, the Sleep Disorders Research Advisory Board at the NIH, US Ski Team, ASK Group, Boise Cascade, the AES Corporation, and McKesson.