From age 11, Roger was a professional jazz musician, playing with such legends as Peggy Lee, Hoagy Carmichael and Nat 'King' Cole. He continued to work as a professional musician while getting Bachelors and Masters degrees from the University of Southern California, and a Ph.D. in developmental psychology from Harvard University. As an esteemed psychologist, Roger has lectured all over the world. After 25 years as a psychology professor at SUNY, Buffalo, he recently retired to begin working with Five Sisters Productions. He has also appeared as an actor in a number of films, including Trimark's Chairman of the Board (1998).