11 Facts About Roger Sterling

Roger Sterling is a US Navy veteran of World War II, having served in the Pacific theater, including in the Battle of Okinawa.

Roger Sterling's father was the senior partner in the firm, which is why his name appears before that of Bertram Cooper.

Bertram Cooper's sister, Alice Cooper, babysat Roger Sterling when he was a child.

Roger Sterling retains considerable affection from both Sterling Cooper employees and his family.

Roger Sterling marries a very suitable young man, Brooks Hargrove, of the same class and social set into which she was raised.

Roger Sterling rejects Roger and Mona's efforts to take her back home, throwing back in Roger's face that he abandoned her, so now she in turn can abandon her son.

They're constantly snapping at one another, and the only thing Roger Sterling ever says to her is how good she looks.

When Don causes a mortifying error to the firm by drunkenly admitting his true past during a pitch to Hershey's chocolate employees, Roger Sterling agrees with Joan, Bert, and Jim that Don should take a long leave of absence to figure some things out for himself.

Roger Sterling secretly makes deals to keep Don, arguably out of remorse for similar behavior that cost the firm an account with Honda, in his case launching into an anti-Japanese tirade.

When Don marries his secretary Megan Calvet, Roger Sterling meets her mother Marie, and the two have a brief but intense affair.

Roger Sterling has won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series twice along with the cast of Mad Men.