Posted: 7/3/02
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Francis D. (Doug) Tuggle has been named Dean of the George L. Argyros School of Business and Economics at Chapman University in Orange, Calif. Tuggle assumes his post (his third, and so he says, his final deanship) on July 1, 2002. He swears he will continue his recent research program in supply chain management and knowledge management, but who can trust a dean?
Richard C. Larson, a past president of ORSA, recently returned from Hong Kong University where for two weeks he served as the Sir Edward Youde Memorial Fund Visiting Professor. Larson delivered the Sir Edward Youde lecture, "Beyond the Physics of Queuing," and gave other lectures in the fields of operations research and distance learning at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
Larson is a professor of electrical engineering and director of CAES at MIT.
In recognition of the need to provide more opportunities for education and cultural exchanges between Hong Kong and the global academic community, the Sir Edward Youde Memorial Fund Council has (since 1995) sponsored eminent members of the overseas academia to conduct lectures in Hong Kong and to explore the possibility of undertaking research with local tertiary institutions. Gov. Sir Edward Youde distinguished himself both in the field of foreign affairs as well as in helping to make the pursuit of higher education accessible to the citizens of Hong Kong. Sir Edward Youde's career is notable not only for his numerous foreign postings, particularly in China and Hong Kong, but also for his unyielding belief in the value of education.
Mathematician Egon Balas was honored recently with a three-day integer programming conference to celebrate his 80th birthday and his contributions to the field of operations research. Nearly 250 friends and colleagues from around the world gathered June 3-5 at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh for more than 50 invited and contributed talks and a banquet to extol Balas.
During an informal program held at the banquet, Balas was praised by colleagues, former students, family and friends as an outstanding teacher, researcher, father, husband, colleague and friend. Perhaps Carnegie Mellon business school dean Doug Dunn summed sentiments best by saying, "Our school, our university and our country are all better since you moved here in 1967." Other speakers included Edith Balas, Egon's wife of 53 years and fellow Carnegie Mellon professor, and University President Jared Cohon who announced the endowment of a scholarship being established in Balas' name to support Ph.D. students.
Egon Balas is the Thomas Lord Professor of Operations Research and a University Professor of Industrial Administration and Applied Mathematics at Carnegie Mellon. A recognized expert in mathematical programming with emphasis on integer programming, discrete and combinatorial optimization, Balas has conducted world-renowned research and authored more than 180 publications. In 1995, INFORMS awarded Balas the John von Neumann Theory Prize in recognition of his fundamental contributions to integer programming. In 2000, Balas published "Will to Freedom: A Perilous Journey Through Fascism and Communism," a memoir of his life in Eastern Europe before coming to the United States.
Rajgopal takes Ballenger's Place on Ballot
J.P. Ballenger, the announced candidate for vice president of Information Technology on the INFORMS Board, has declined his nomination. Jayant Rajgopal will take his place on the ballot.
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