Roderick was educated at the
University of Michigan, where he wrote the music for the 1920 college
musical "George did it". In the 1950s, Roderick was active in the
Rotary Club in
Grand Rapids, Michigan. In 1954, President
Dwight D. Eisenhower appointed Roderick
Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management and Comptroller), with Roderick serving in this post from February 9, 1954, until August 25, 1954. Eisenhower then named Roderick
Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil-Military Affairs), and Roderick held this office from August 26, 1954, until February 29, 1957. In 1957, Roderick resumed his former office of Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management and Comptroller), holding this office from March 1, 1957, until January 20, 1961. ==References==