![]() ![]() Berto worked in the IT industry as a Unix sysadmin for 25+ years until his early retirement in 2016. ![]() Then it was back to the Philippines in 1987 for three more years to teach computer science. With new Filipino wife in tow (still happily married after 40+ years), Berto returned to Chicago in 1981. Peace Corps and for three years served in the Philippines (hence "Berto") as an economic advisor and college teacher. Half way through his graduate studies (in economics, also at UC), on a whim he signed up for the U.S. In college, Berto subscribed to S&T magazine, and at peak owned ~80 different SPI titles. Navy enlistment at the height of the Vietnam War, he chickened out and went off to study economics at the University of Chicago. In 1967, his family moved to the Chicago area, his true home ever since. As an adolescent, he dabbled in war game design. 1962, he played every classic AH game through the 1960s. ![]() Robert (Berto) Osterlund - In his youth, Robert "Berto" Osterlund had three passions: baseball, Top 40 pop music, and war gaming. ![]()
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