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Adlakha, Veena | Adya, Monica | Ahire, Sanjay L. | Arnett, Kirk Baker, Joanna R. | Barko, Christopher D. | Bellur, Venkatakrishna V. (Kris) | Benson, P. George | Berenson, Mark | Bien, Darl | Brightman, Harvey J. | Buffa, Elwood | Burns, Max Camm, Jeff | Carper, William B. | Carter, Joseph R. | Chandrashekar, Ashok | Chiang, Dalen | Chu, Chao-Hsien | Clapper, James M. | Collier, David A. | Cooley, Belva J. | Cronan, Timothy Paul Dadashzadeh, Mohammad | Darden, William R. | Dhir, Krishna S. | Digman, Lester A. | Dologite, Dorothy G. Ebrahimpour, Maling | Eom, Sean B. | Evans, James R. Foster, S. Thomas | Franklin, LeRoy A. Gargeya, Vidyaranya B. | Glover, Fred | Gooding, Carl | Guide, Daniel, Jr. | Gupta, Jatinder (Jeet) Hahn, Chan K. | Handfield, Robert B. | Harper, Jeff | Harris, Sidney E. | Hesse, Rick | Hill, Arthur V. | Hyer, Nancy Iyengar, Jagannathan | Jacobs, Bob | Jayanthi, S. | Jenson, Richard | Jianmao, Wang | Jones, Thomas W. Karuppan, Corinne M. | Kendall, Ken and Julie | Khumawala, Basheer | Kim, Young H. | Klein, Gary | Kochenberger, Gary Lee, Sang M. | Leong, G. Keong | Li, Eldon Y. | Litecky, Charles Malhotra, Manoj K. | Malhotra, Naresh K. | McFadden, Kathleen | Mehta, Kamlesh | Meredith, Jack | Mockler, Robert J. | Mosier, Charles | Motwani, Jaideep Narasimhan, Ram | Nayar, Nandu | Nemati, Hamid R. | Olson, David L. Parent, Mike | Pegels, Carl | Perkins, William | Perrewé, Pamela | Pick, James | Pope, James A. | Power, Daniel J. Ragsdale, Cliff T. | Render, Barry | Ritzman, Larry | Rogers, David F. | Rosenthal, Stephen R. | Rutteins, Alain Sanford, Clive | Sankar, Chetan S. | Sarkis, Joseph | Schkade, Lawrence L. | Schonberger, Richard J. | Sethi, Suresh | Shafer, Scott M. | Shiffler, Ronald E. | Shim, J.P. | Sinha, K. K. | Sousa, Rui | Sprague, Linda | Stafford, Edwin R. | Storrod, Sandra P. | Summers, George | Suresh, Nallan C. | Swamidass, Paul Tatikonda, Mohan V. | Taylor, Shannon | Traves, Neale Thomas | Ulferts, Gregory | Van Es, Virginia | Vazsonyi, Andrew | Verma, Rohit | Wallace, William A. | Walton, Steve | Warkentin, Merrill | Weida, Nancy | Wemmerlöv, Urban | Whybark, Clay | Willinger, G. Lee | Wilson, Darry l Withers, Barbara | Youssef, Mohamed A.
Veena Adlakha, University of Baltimore, has been awarded a Fulbright grant to lecture and conduct research in Bangladesh. Dr. Adlakha is one of approximately 2,000 U.S. grantees who will travel abroad for the 1999/2000 acdemic year through the Fulbright Program. [Sept/Oct 1999] Monica Adya, an assistant professor in the Department of Management at Marquette University, is maintaining a Web site that many DSI members may find helpful. At the http://forecastingprinciples.com site, a special interest group, Rule-based Forecasting, has been created for those interested in learning how forecasting can be improved by integrating managers’ judgments with statistical methods. Drawing upon a half century of forecasting knowledge and empirical research, this approach produces forecasts tailored to the forecasting situation. Research in this area has gained increased momentum since 1990. Rule-based forecasting can be found at: http://forecastingprinciples.com/RBF/index.html. [May 2004] Sanjay L. Ahire has recently been promoted to the rank of professor in operations management (OM) at the University of Dayton. Over the last eight years, Sanjay has published numerous articles on evaluation of various operations improvement strategies with respect to organizational performance, and conceptual and empirical interfaces between such approaches as TQM, JIT, ISO campaigns, and management science applications. His accomplishments include the 2002 Wickham Skinner Teaching Innovation Achievements Award (Production and Operations Management Society in recognition of his supervision of 130 actual operations improvement projects by students at the Indiana University South Bend in the only survey OM course at the undergraduate and graduate levels during just a two-year period (1998-2000). At the University of Dayton, Sanjay has led the launch of a state-of-the-art undergraduate program in OM supported by an elite OM Advisory Council, and the development of a CD-ROM that explains the field of OM to incoming freshmen, parents, and employers. . [May 2003] Kirk Arnett, Charles Litecky, and J. P. Shim, Mississippi State University, were awarded the National Science Foundation Information Technology Research grant. The research is related to development and expansion of research, training, and education in e-business and telecommunications. [Dec/Jan 2001] Joanna R. Baker, Ph.D., 48, died Thursday, July 20, 2000, in Durham after a long illness. Dr. Baker was past president of SE DSI and SE INFORMS, and received the Outstanding Service Award from both organizations. She also served on the Institute’s Board of Directors as a vice president. Born October 5, 1951, in Bangor, Maine, Dr. Baker earned her B.S. and M.S. from the University of Maine, and her Ph.D. in systems engineering from Clemson University. Most recently, she was the founding director of the School of Information Technology at The University of North Carolina at Charlotte from 1997-1999. In 1999, the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce presented her with the Blue Diamond Neel Award in recognition of her contributions to the Charlotte information technology community. Previously, she taught at Appalachian State University, Virginia Tech, and James Madison University. Memorial contributions can be made to a graduate scholarship fund established in Joanna’s memory at UNC-Charlotte. More information is available at (704) 547-5760 or www.jrbakervisionfund.com. Contributions can also be made to The Brain Tumor Center at Duke University Medical Center, Box 3624, Durham, NC 27710. Venkatakrishna V. Bellur (Kris), who dedicated his teaching career to helping students excel and explore their potential, died November 3, 2000, of a massive heart attack. Dr. Bellur, 66, was a professor of marketing at California State University, Bakersfield (CSUB), for the past 13 years. During his academic career of over 30 years, he published more than 200 articles and papers in journals and conferences, as well as published several textbooks. At CSUB, he was the director of the Marketing Institute and served as a visiting professor of finance and economics at The University in Chengdu and Sichuan University (China). As a member of the Decision Sciences Institute, Kris was serving as a member of the 1999-2001 Publications Committee and had previously served on the Nominating Committee, Strategic Planning for International Affairs Committee, and, for the Western Region, as President, Regionally-Elected Vice President, Program Chairperson, and member of the Regional Activities Committee, as well as annual meeting track chair. The Bellur family requests that memorial donations be made to the V.V. “Kris” Bellur Scholarship Fund (checks may be made payable to CSUB in Bellur’s name). [Dec/Jan 2001] George Benson, dean of the University of Georgia’s Terry College of Business, has been named to the Board of Overseers for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award by U.S. Secretary of Commerce Donald Evans. The Board advises the director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the U.S. Secretary of Commerce on the conduct of the Baldrige Award program and on how well it is serving the national interest. Benson’s term as an overseer began in May 2004 and ends on February 28, 2007. His association with the Baldrige Award began in 1997, when Secretary of Commerce Mickey Kantor appointed Benson to a three-year term as one of nine national Baldrige Award judges. George Benson has served as dean of the Terry College since July 1998 and holds the Simon S. Selig Jr. Chair for Economic Growth. He previously served from 1993 to 1998 as dean of the Rutgers Business School (Newark and New Brunswick) at Rutgers University. Benson currently serves on the boards of directors of Nutrition 21 Inc. (Purchase, N.Y.) and University Ventures Inc. (Newark, N.J.). George was named a Fellow of DSI in 2000. [May 200] Lori Berenson, daughter of Mark and Rhoda Berenson, is still imprisoned in Peru awaiting a new trial. A New York Times editorial (9/22/00) recently said: “Lori Berenson, the American serving a life sentence in Peru for treason, has always been at the mercy of Peru’s stormy politics. . . . Rather than extending the charade, Mr. Fujimori should let her go.” See www.freelori.org for the latest update on this terrible situation. On July 6th, just six days before his 64th birthday, Darl Bien passed away. The University of Denver lost a valuable teacher-scholar, the field of decision sciences lost a dedicated researcher, and the world lost an engaged humanist. Darl Bien was a renaissance scholar. His education was rooted in the rigors of mathematics, operations research, and theoretical statistics, but his heart was deeply devoted to the humanity of mankind. Born in rural South Dakota, he was a citizen of the world, equally comfortable in Colorado, Denmark, Macedonia, Virgin Islands, England, and Thailand. Darl Bien taught at the University of Denver for 30 years. During my years there I learned much from him about being a teacher. He had a special way about it. While learning from him the technicalities of statistics and operations research, his students also learned the skills and the willingness of mind to give of themselves to the society. As their teacher, Darl lived what he taught. He visited Thailand for the first time about 16 years ago. At the time there were only five known cases of HIV in that country. But he recognized within months that the number of cases was increasing rapidly. He began a sustained investigation of the processes of HIV/AIDS transmission, treatment, and prevention. His objective was to develop a methodology for evaluating the cost-effectiveness of alternative medical therapies for preventing transmission of HIV from mother to child, and through this methodology to help choose among alternatives that vary both in effectiveness and cost of delivery. Not one to do things half-way, Darl learned Thai. Over the next 15 years he visited Thailand seven times and became known for his work on HIV/AIDS. He discovered that the anti-retroviral combination drug therapy had some disturbing potential side effects. The therapy could disrupt patients’ metabolism and result in simultaneous fat gain and lean muscle loss. All this he brought to his students. He made it a point of bringing real-life learning to them. This July, in Bangkok, Darl was to present his work on mathematical models to track the transmission of AIDS from mothers to their infants, and on a cost- benefit analysis of a screening and treatment program. He had been helping the Thai Red Cross Foundation with their AIDS project, and had designed a system to collect data on approximately 4,000 HIV-positive patients. None who knew Darl were surprised by the conviction with which he took to improving the lot of Thai women and children plagued by HIV. “He was passionate about helping people,” says his son, Erik. He had a long history of community-oriented pursuits. In 1962, he took his B.S. cum laude, in mathematics and physics from Huron College, and joined the NASA Lewis Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio. There he worked on minimizing launch weight for space exploration. From the beginning he dreamed of applying statistics to the benefit of humanity. Before taking up with his studies on AIDS, Darl had already committed himself to working with the other AIDS—the American Institute of Decision Sciences, the precursor of the Decision Sciences Institute. He was the technical editor of Decision Sciences from 1975 to 1977. “Darl reviewed, evaluated and proofed every mathematical equation we published during his three-year tour,” said James Sorensen, the editor of the journal during these years. “We never had to print a retraction or correction when Darl was our technical editor!” “Darl was a decision scientist,” Sorensen continued. “He approached his work and his play as a series of decisions. He was one of the best scholars our journal has ever seen.” Darl remained thoroughly engaged with DSI, and regularly attended international, national, and Western meetings. He brought many qualities to our Institute: a sage mentor, a colleague, a teacher’s teacher, a gentleman professor, and a loyal friend. We will not see Darl’s smiling charismatic face anymore or hear his calming voice. At the University of Denver, the gym will seem empty without him. His friends at the Thai Red Cross AIDS Research Center will wonder how to proceed with the evaluation of the anti-retroviral combination drug therapy without Darl’s advice. His collaborators engaged in summer research at the Southern Denmark Business School in Sonderborg will miss his mentoring. At the Decision Sciences Institute, his absence will leave a void in the hearts of all those who were enriched by his association. Darl Bien, farewell dear friend! <by Krishna S. Dhir, Dean, Campbell School of Business, Berry College> Harvey J. Brightman, Georgia State University, has announced his retirement effective at the end of the 2001 academic year. Harvey plans to continue his nationwide efforts to improve teaching and student learning, as well as continue his life-long association with DSI. He is also looking for opportunities to teach mini-mester or short courses in statistics and decision sciences at other universities in the United States and abroad. Full courses are out because he and his wife Arlene cannot be away from the grandchildren for more than six weeks. [Sept/Oct 2000] Elwood and Betty Buffa pass along the following holiday greeting: “Just a note to let you know we are still here. . . . Many activities are now curtailed, but we still enjoy our friends and family, music, our home and garden. It is the time to reminisce about the wonderful things that have happened over the years and a time to remember the wonderful people who have added so much to our lives. We are grateful for it all.” [Dec/Jan 2001] Max Burns, Georgia Southern University, 1998-99 SEDSI president and “many-times” local arrangements chair, has been elected to the U.S. House of Representatives (Georgia District 12). [Dec/Jan 2003] Jeff Camm, a professor of quantitative analysis and head of the Department of Quantitative Analysis and Operations Management at the University of Cincinnati, has been named the Ronald J. Dornoff Fellow of Teaching Excellence. The two-year appointment recognizes excellence, professionalism, rigor, and relevance in teaching in the College of Business Administration. [July 1999] William B. Carper was promoted to Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs at the University of West Florida in Pensacola on October 1st. Prior to assuming this new position, Bill served for over five years as dean of the UWF College of Business. [Sept/Oct 2000] Joseph R. Carter, National Association of Purchasing Management Professor at Arizona State University, has been named chair of the Supply Chain Management Department. As chair, Dr. Carter will manage a diverse and competent group of faculty specializing in various aspects of logistics, purchasing, and operations management, and oversee academic programs at the undergraduate, masters, and doctoral levels. [July 1998] Ashok Chandrashekar, Oregon State University, is one of the recipients of the Journal of Operations Management 1998 Reviewer Excellence Award, given annually. This award entitles Prof. Chandrashekar for registration at the APICS E&R Conference in Toronto this year. [May 1999] Dalen Chiang has joined California State University, Chico as the dean of College of Business beginning in August 2002. He was a professor of operations management in the College of Business Administration at Cleveland State University for 25 years and served as the chair of the Department of Operations Management for 7 years. Cal State Chico’s College of Business is the first SAP University Alliance school with over 30 courses in MIS, POM, Accounting, Finance and Marketing using the R/3 ERP package from SAP. [Jan 2002] Chao-Hsien Chu has joined the faculty of the School of Information Sciences and Technology, and the Department of Management Sciences and Information Systems (joint appointment) at Pennsylvania State University. He was previously on the faculty at Iowa State University and Baruch College, and a visiting professor at University of Tsukuba (Japan) and Hebei University of Technology (China). He is currently serving as the chief academic advisor to the School of Management at Hebei University of Technology. [May 1999] James M. Clapper has accepted a new position as dean, Schools of Business, Belmont University (Nashville, Tennessee) after 22 years at Wake Forest University (Babcock Graduate School of Management). [Sept/Oct. '97] David A. Collier (Ohio Sate University) and Darryl Wilson (Florida State University) recently were awarded the 1997 Stanley T. Hardy Best Paper Award in Operations Management for their paper entitled, “The Role of Automation and Labor in Determining Customer Satisfaction in a Telephone Repair Service,” Decision Sciences (28(3), 1997). [July 1998] Belva J. Cooley has recently been appointed the Jeff and Martha Hamilton Faculty Fellow at the University of Montana School of Business Administration. Dr. Cooley, an associate professor and chair of the Information Systems and Technology Department, has served the Southwest Region of DSI as president. [May 2002] Mohammad Dadashzadeh, W. Frank Barton Endowed Chair in MIS at Wichita State University, has joined Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan as professor of MIS and the director of the Applied Technology in Business (ATiB) program. [Oct 2003] William R. Darden. On January 27th, 1999, the Decision Sciences Institute lost one of its most distinguished presidents and major contributors. William R. Darden was killed in an airplane accident in Brevard, N.C. Bill had moved to the North Carolina mountains after retiring as distinguished professor emeritus from Louisiana State University. Bill started his career as an assistant professor at LSU, after receiving his BS and MS degrees from the Georgia Institute of Technology, and his PhD from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He went on to become a full professor at the University of Georgia, where he helped develop the curriculum for the masters in marketing research degree. Bill left Georgia in 1976 to take the R.A. and Vivian Young Distinguished Chair in Business Administration at the University of Arkansas. In 1986, Bill left Arkansas to take the Morrison Distinguished Chair in Retailing at LSU. Bill held that position until his retirement in 1996. Bill was one of the true pioneers of modern marketing research and was an early advocate of psychographic research and causal modeling, publishing articles on those subjects in the Journal of Marketing Research in the mid-1970’s. Bill published hundreds of papers and articles in scholarly journals within marketing and across disciplines. Bill also instigated and organized special topic conferences in causal modeling and retailing theory that continue to this day. During his 30-year career, Bill served as editor of the Journal of Business Research, Journal of Retailing, and Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science. He was a president of the Decision Sciences Institute (1986-87), the Southern Marketing Association, and the Academy of Marketing Science. Bill also received numerous honors by the discipline’s societies, including Fellow and Distinguished Service Award recipient of the Decision Sciences Institute, and Fellow of the Southern Marketing Association. Bill was laid to rest in Waycross, Ga., on January 31, 1999. He is survived by his sons Kelly and Patrick, his father, L.D., his sister, Pat, and their families. [March '99] Krishna S. Dhir is the new dean of the Campbell School of Business at Berry College in Mount Berry, Georgia. The school is situated in the picturesque mountains of northwest Georgia. Its campus consists of 28,000 acres of fields, forests, lakes, and mountains that provide a natural setting teaming with wildlife. Krishna was the program chair for Western Decision Sciences Institute’s 31st Annual Meeting held at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, during April 2-5, 2002. [May 2002] Lester A. Digman, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, has recently edited the seventh editions of his popular textbooks Strategic Management: Competing in the Global Information Age and Strategic Management: Cases for the Global Information Age (Mason, OH: Thomson Custom Publishing, 2004). [Oct. 2003] Dorothy G. Dologite, Professor of Computer Information Systems and Coordinator of the Information Systems Research Workshp, at the Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College/City University of New York, was a keynote speaker and delivered a seminar paper at a May 2002 conference in Iasi, Romania. She has recently co-authored with Dr. Robert Mockler a book in Romanian, Developing Intelligent Systems: Methodologies and Case Studies. One of her four co-authored conference papers (with Dr. Mockler), “Business Planning Analyst (BPA): A New Venture Knowledge-Based System,” won the Distinguished Best Paper Award at the Federation of Business Disciplines Twenty-Ninth Annual Meeting. She has also co-authored (with Dr. Mockler) several case studies, one of which has been selected as one of three finalists for the 2002 DSI case study competition. [July 2002] Maling Ebrahimpour has been named the associate dean for graduate programs and research in the College of Business Administration at the University of Rhode Island. Prior to this appointment, for seven years he served as the chair of Management Science and Information Systems Department in the College. In his new position, he is not only in charge of overseeing three MBA programs, an MS in accounting, a PhD program, and four research centers, but he is also responsible for identifying and developing new programs, and helping to develop the research agenda for the college. In March 1999, Maling was proclaimed an advocate for quality by Providence Plantation and the governor of the Rhode Island for his service in enhancing and promoting training and education in quality management for service, manufacturing, and education industries throughout the state. Furthermore, he is the first academician to be inducted to the Rhode Island Quality Hall of Fame. [July 1999] Sean B. Eom, Professor of Management Information Systems (MIS) in the Department of Management at Southeast Missouri State University, has been reappointed the Copper Dome Faculty Fellow in Research in recognition of a sustained record of scholarly activities and research. This appointment is for the academic years 1998-1999 and 1999-2000. Previously, he was appointed as the first Copper Dome Faculty Fellow in Research for the 1994-1996 academic year. Dr. Eom is on the editorial board of Journal of Global Information Technology Management. [July 1998] James R. Evans, a professor of quantitative analysis and operations management and director of the Total Quality Management Center in the College of Business at the University of Cincinnati, has been appointed by U.S. Secretary of Commerce Donald L. Evans to a three-year term as a member of the Judges Panel for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, effective March 1. The nine-member Judges Panel, which was established to ensure the integrity of the award selection process, functions as an advisory body to the director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Secretary of Commerce. Jim, a Fellow and past president of DSI, has served as an examiner, senior examiner, and alumni examiner for the Baldrige National Quality Program from 1994 through 2001. [Jan 2005] S. Thomas Foster, Jr. announces the publication of his new book, Managing Quality: An Integrative Approach, published by Prentice Hall. He has spent the last year as a visiting associate professor in the MSIS Department at the Smeal College, Pennsylvania State University. He was also promoted to the rank of professor at Boise State University and named to “Who’s Who in America.” Recently he launched an academic quality, management-related website called www.freequality.org. [May 2001] LeRoy A. Franklin has just been awarded a one semester Teaching Fulbright in Industrial Statistics to the University of Iceland, Reykjavik, from January-June, 2000. [May 1999] Vidyaranya B. Gargeya, assistant professor in the Department of Information Systems and Operations Management Department in the Joseph M. Bryan School of Business and Economics at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, has been awarded the 1997 Bryan Teaching Excellence Award. He also received the 1997 MBA Association Faculty Award. Dr. Gargeya joined UNCG in 1993 and teaches in the undergraduate, graduate, and executive development programs. He currently serves on the Doctoral Student Affairs Committee of the Decision Sciences Institute. [Sept/Oct. '97] Fred Glover and Gary Kochenberger are
principals behind a new applied research center at The University of
Mississippi School of Business Administration. Dr. Glover is the Center’s
founding research director, and Dr. Kochenberger is founding administrative
director. Both come to Ole Miss under a special arrangement with the
University of Colorado system. The Hearin Center for Applied Enterprise
Science brings together the nation’s top scholars in the field
of operations research and management science to focus on theories of
optimization and their application to real world business problems.
Funding for the Center is provided by the Robert M. Hearin Support Foundation. Dean Carl Gooding, Georgia Southern University, has been elected to the board of directors of the AACSB: The International Association for Management Education. He will serve a three-year term on the board as a representative of the 335 accredited business schools. “Carl represents a balanced point of view in the tasks facing the business school dean,” said William Laidlaw, executive vice president of AACSB. “He is able to successfully balance the interests of many stakeholders of colleges of business. Dean Gooding is known by reputation both regionally and nationally--he is active and helpful to our members.” [July 1998] The Carnegie Bosch Institute is pleased to announce the publication of Business Aspects of Closed-Loop Supply Chains, edited by V. Daniel R. Guide, Jr. of the Smeal College of Business Administration, The Pennsylvania State University, and Luk N. Van Wassenhove of INSEAD. The book is based on the idea that the best way to address the extended producer responsibilities requirements imposed on businesses is to approach the problem from a business perspective. The book explores the idea that economic incentives (increased profits) provide the strongest argument in favor of firms developing closed-loop systems. The book takes a multidisciplinary approach. Each of the 13 chapters includes a more detailed discussion of the research needs for each of the areas addressed in the book. [July 2003] Jatinder (Jeet) Gupta is joining the University of Alabama in Huntsville as Eminent Scholar for Management of Technology, Professor of Management Information Systems, and Chairperson of the Department of Accounting and Information Systems (effective July 2002). [July 2002] Chan K. Hahn, Professor Emeritus of Management, retired on June 30, 2000, after 30 years of service on the faculty at Bowling Green State University. His contributions to DSI have included At-Large and Regionally-Elected Vice President, Midwest Region President, and Decision Line feature editor. He is also a Fellow in the Institute. Chan will continue to work on a part-time basis with the Supply Chain Management Institute at BGSU. [Sept/Oct 2000] Chan Hahn (Bowling Green University), Linda Sprague (China Europe International Business School), and Jack Meredith (Wake Forest University), have received the newly created 2003 Distinguished OM Scholar Award from the OM Division of the Academy of Management. The award was created to honor those with an holistic approach to researching operations management issues and recognizes excellence and commitment to service both in the field as a whole and within the Academy of Management. Chan was noted for his influence on students and junior faculty; Jack was cited for his extraordinary contribution in the empirical research arena; and Linda was described as a catalyst in the OM Division and a remarkable ambassador around the world. [October 2003] Robert B. Handfield was named Bank of America Distinguished University Professor in the College of Management at North Carolina State University, effective July 1, 1999. He has been a member of the Eli Broad Graduate School of Management at Michigan State University since 1992, and is best known for his expertise in supply chain and environmental management. Dr. Handfield is the first to hold the endowed chair in the Department of Business Management since it was established to attract faculty who excel in teaching, research, and the technical aspects of management. Dr. Handfield will have teaching and research responsibilities at undergraduate and graduate levels, and will help build bridge programs with the colleges of engineering, textiles and forest resources. In addition, he will draw from his previous experience to develop executive education and other outreach programs. Dr. Handfield also received the 1998 Editor of the Year award from the Journal of Operations Management, presented at the APICS Educational and Research Foundation meeting this past June. [Sept/Oct 1999] Jeff Harper, Indiana State University, has been promoted to the rank of full professor. He joined ISU in 1998 where he teaches graduate and undergraduate courses including Systems Analysis and Design, Electronic Commerce [Grad.], and Management of Information Systems [Capstone]. He holds a Ph.D. in MIS from Auburn University. Professor Harper’s research and consulting interests include aligning information technology with strategic intent and technology transfer. His research has appeared in a variety of academic publications and his book, Practical Student Outcomes Assessment: A Faculty-Driven Approach, will be published later this year by Jossey-Bass, Inc. He has served as an IT consultant for such organizations as NASA, the U.S. Justice Department, the Department of the Navy, Monroe Guaranty Insurance Corporation, and BellSouth Corporation. He is also the program coordinator for Management Information Systems in the College of Business. [July '05] Sidney E. Harris has been named the new dean of the College of Business Administration at Georgia State University. Dr. Harris comes to GSU from The Claremont Graduate School, where he was professor of management, and formerly dean, of the Peter F. Drucker Management Center. [Sept/Oct. '97] Rick Hesse has accepted a new position as professor of quantitative methods at Pepperdine University in the Graziadia Graduate School of Business starting September 1, 1997. [Sept/Oct. '97] Arthur V. Hill, Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota, has just completed a one-month appointment as the Distinguished Visiting Professor at the National University of Singapore. [Sept/Oct 1999] Nancy Hyer, Owen Graduate School of Management, Vanderbilt University, and Urban Wemmerlöv, School of Business, University of Wisconsin-Madison, are recipients of the 2003 Shingo Prize for Excellence in Manufacturing for their book Reorganizing the Factory: Competing through Cellular Manufacturing (Productivity Press, 2002). This work was one of four winners in the Research & Professional Publication category which “recognizes and promotes research and writing regarding new understanding of manufacturing.” The award letter says: “Your submission has undergone an extensive review process during the past few months. The examiners for the research award are among the most prestigious academicians and practitioners in the country in terms of manufacturing excellence. You can be justifiably proud of this accomplishment.” [May 2003] Jagannathan V. Iyengar, Associate Professor at University of Wisconsin, MCS Program, has completed a senior faculty fellowship at NASA Langley during the summer of 2002. Jagan worked in the area of aviation decision making under adverse weather conditions. His work at NASA Langley was followed by his continuing research publications in the form of four research papers for NASA publications. [Dec/Jan 2003] Bob Jacobs, Indiana University, will be added as coauthor of the 8th edition of Production and Operations Management: Manufacturing and Services. "Bob is an outstanding scholar and a fine teacher and writer. His addition to the team will help us keep the book fresh and innovative." (Chase and Aquilano was first published in 1973 and is now the longest running current text in POM.) [September/October 1996] S. Jayanthi and K. K. Sinha recently received the 1998 Journal of Operations Management Best Paper Award for their paper “Innovation implementation in high technology manufacturing: a chaos theoretic empirical analysis,” (Journal of Operations Management, Special issue: Theory-Driven Empirical Research, 16(4): 471-494, July 1998). The Award will be presented at the APICS E&R Summer Workshop this year June 10-11 in Toronto, Canada. [May 1999] Richard L. Jenson has been appointed ATK Thiokol Professor and Head of the School of Accountancy at Utah State University. Most recently, he has been the director of Graduate Accounting Programs. In 1998 he was recognized as the School of Accountancy Teacher of the Year. His research interests include enterprise systems and “best practices” in accounting systems, and his articles have appeared in Information Strategy, Government Accountant’s Journal, Journal of Systems and Software, Journal of Business and Management, Corporate Controller, Accountant’s Journal, among others. Dr. Jenson was a 1997 recipient of the Shingo Prize for Excellence in Manufacturing Research. He has served as president (1998), program chair and proceedings editor for the Western Region of DSI. In 2000, he received the DSI Special Service Award. [Sept/Oct 2002] Wang Jianmao, a full-time professor
of economics at CEIBS and director of the CEIBS Case Development Center,
will serve as local chair for the 7th International Meeting of the Decision
Sciences Institute, to be held at CEIBS in July 2003. Professor Wang
was previously director of the CEIBS MBA Program. Before studying in
the U.S., he was a lecturer at Shanghai University. He received his
PhD in economics at the University of Florida, an MSc in information
science from the Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of
Shanghai, and a bachelor’s degree in physics from Zhongshan University.
Dr. Wang’s research is focused on capital goods trade, international
technology diffusion, and price discrimination. His work has appeared
in the Canadian Journal of Economics, Shanghai Management Science, and
the Journal of Economic Integration. [July 2002] Thomas W. Jones, Virginia Van Es, and Timothy Paul Cronan, all in the Computer Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis Department at the University of Arkansas, were recently honored by the Walton College of Business Administration with several awards. Prof. Jones received the Faculty Excellence in Service Award, Prof. Van Es received the Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award, and Prof. Cronan received the All Around Faculty Award. Professor Van Es also was honored as recipient of the Arkansas Alumni Association’s Distinguished Faculty Achievement Award in Teaching. [Sept/Oct 2000] Earlier in the year, Tom Jones was inducted into the Arkansas Swimming Hall of Fame for his outstanding contribution to the sport in the state of Arkansas. [July 2000] Corinne M. Karuppan, Associate Professor of Management at Southwest Missouri State University, received one of the three Journal of Operations Management 1999 Reviewer Excellence Awards. The awards program is sponsored by the Journal of Operations Management, the APICS E&R Foundation, and Elsevier Science. Quality of reviews, timeliness of responses, volume of reviews, and reviewing consistency are the criteria used to select the award recipients. [July 2000] Ken and Julie Kendall, School of Business-Camden, Rutgers University, celebrated their 25th anniversary on June 11, 2001. [May 2001] Basheer Khumawala, University of Houston, was recently recognized for his academic achievements and community outreach activities when Houston Mayor Bill White proclaimed February 24, 2004, as “Dr. Basheer Khumawala Day.” Basheer is John & Rebecca Moores Professor and Bauer Faculty Fellow in the Bauer College of Business. Previously, he served on the faculties at Rice University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and received his PhD in industrial administration from Purdue University. [March 2004] Young H. Kim, professor and head of the Decision Sciences Department in the School of Business Administration at Clark Atlanta University (CAU), has been named the 1997 winner of the Tenneco Excellence in Teaching Award. Also, he has been awarded the Outstanding Professor of the Year by the 1997 CAU MBA classþthis is his fourth time for the award (1990, 1991, and 1996). Recently, the CAU Business School's faculty and staff have elected him the first recipient of the Most Significant Contribution to the School Award. He was awarded the Outstanding Faculty Member of the Year at the CAU Business School's 45th Anniversary. He received his B.B.A. and M.B.A. from Yonsei University, and his M.S. and Ph.D. in decision sciences from Georgia State University. [Sept/Oct. '97] Gary Klein has been named the first Couger Professor of Information Systems in the College of Business and Administration at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, where he joins a quality program in IS. He was previously on the faculty at the University of Arizona, Southern Methodist University and Louisiana Tech University and served as dean of the School of Business at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin. His specialties include information system development and mathematical modeling, with over 50 academic publications in these areas. He is the current coordinator of DSI Job Placement Services. [Dec/Jan '99] Sang M. Lee, Sang M. Lee of the University of Nebraska received another honorary doctoral degree (his fourth) in October 2004. Chungbuk National University in Korea conferred upon Sang the Honorary Doctorate in Global Education for his contributions to educating future leaders in many countries around the world. Sang, a Fellow and past president of DSI, delivered a speech at the honorary degree ceremony attended by more than 500 people. [Jan 2005] G. Keong Leong has joined the University of Nevada Las Vegas as professor and chair of the Management Department, College of Business in the 2001 fall semester from the Ohio State University. He had spent the previous year visiting Thunderbird, The American Graduate School of International Management. He is currently serving as chair of the International Business Track, 2001 Annual Meeting of DSI in San Francisco. [Sept/Oct 2001] Eldon Y. Li, Professor and Coordinator
of MIS Program at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis
Obispo, and the president of Western Decision Sciences Institute, has
been appointed as the editor-in-chief of three international journals
to be published by Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. at Geneva, Switzerland:
International Journal of Electronic Business, International Journal
of Internet and Enterprise Management, and International Journal of
Internet Marketing and Advertising. For the objectives, readership,
contents, scope, submission guidelines, and other details of each journal,
please visit http://www. inderscience.com/. [Sept/Oct 2002] Manoj K. Malhotra, University of South Carolina, was recently promoted to the rank of full professor and has been appointed program director (chairman) of the Management Science Department for a three-year term. [Sept/Oct 2000] Kathleen McFadden, associate professor at Northern Illinois University, has received media attention regarding her research on the linkage between alcohol-related motor vehicle convictions and pilot flying performance. McFadden’s study was awarded the “Best Application Paper” at the 2000 Decision Sciences Institute Annual Meeting and appeared in the Journal of Operations Management (Fall 2001). Her research findings were summarized in the Chicago Sun Times and Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and Geraldo Rivera of Fox News interviewed her about the study on August 4, 2002. A number of other sources have also contacted her requesting more information about the research. The FAA is currently reviewing their policies with regard to alcohol misuse by pilots. [Sept/Oct 2002] Naresh K. Malhotra, Regents' Professor at Georgia Tech, has been ranked number one based on publications in the Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science (JAMS) since its inception through Volume 23, 1995. He is also number one based on publications in JAMS during the ten-year period 1986-1995 (JAMS, Fall 1996, p. 297). He also holds the all-time record for the maximum number of publications in the Journal of Health Care Marketing. [Sept/Oct. '97] Kamlesh Mehta is currently teaching in the St. Mary’s University’s study abroad program in Puebla, Mexico (for this semester). He will return in May to San Antonio and resume his regular duties with St. Mary’s University. [March '99] Jack Meredith, Wake Forest University, was inducted into the Oregon State University’s Engineering Hall of Fame in March 2004 in recognition of being an alumnus who has made sustained and meritorius engineering and/or managerial contributions. He graduated from OSU in 1961 with a BS in mathematics and mechanical engineering; after a stint in industry, he obtained an MBA and PhD in business at the University of California, Berkeley. He is currently a professor of management and a Broyhill Distinguished Scholar and chair in operations at the Babcock Graduate School of Management.. [March 2004] Robert J. Mockler, St. John's University, is co-author (with Marc E. Gartenfeld and Leeor Sillman) of Cases in Multinational Strategic Management: Latin American Companies, which was published by Strategic Management Research Group in September 2004. The book is used to supplement cases in Mockler's strategic management texts. The cases were developed at St. John's University's Center for Case Study Development at its New York and Rome MBA campuses. Many of its cases have received international awards and been published in other authors' textbooks. Also, in May 2004, Mockler presented “How the Treatment of Business Subjects in Drama Provides Lessons Useful in Business Management Training,” at the 28 th Annual Comparative Drama Conference in Columbus, Ohio. [Jan 2005] Charles Mosier, a professor of operations and production management at Clarkson College (PhD, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill), passed away on October 16, 2001, from a heart attack while playing racquetball. “Charlie was the life of the school of business,” said Sandra Zuhlsdorf, executive officer of the school. “He was down-to-earth, loved by his students, and one of the top researchers in the school. For his students he was always there to help—even at the oddest hours.” A scholarship fund has been established in his name to support students in an interdisciplinary engineering-management program. For more information, contact Ms. Zuhlsdorf (315-268-3906). [Jan 2002] Jaideep Motwani, director of Seidman Business and Research Center and associate professor of operations management at Grand Valley State University, recently received the Distinguished Faculty Award from the Michigan Association of Governing Boards of Colleges and Universities. Professor Motwani was honored for his teaching, campus and community involvement, communication and leadership skills, and research efforts. In addition, Dr. Motwani was also awarded the Outstanding Teacher Award at Grand Valley State University. [Sept/Oct '98] Nandu Nayar, Lehigh University, and G. Lee Willinger, University of Oklahoma, scored a big hit with the media with their article that appeared in the Fall 2001 Decision Sciences journal. The Wall Street Journal mentioned the article, entitled “Financial Implications of the Decision to Increase Reliance on Contingent Labor,” on its front-page ‘Work Week’ section on March 26, 2002. The article, which looked at the stock and financial performance of about 370 companies from 1978 to 1991 and concluded that companies using contingent workers on average showed better financial and share-price growth, was also mentioned in the online version of the Chicago Sun Times, Tulsa World, and Norman Transcript. A number of temporary employee companies have reviewed the article in their in-house publications, and Professors Nayar and Willinger have received calls from as far as Australia and Norway seeking more information about their research. [July 2002] Hamid R. Nemati of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and Christopher D. Barko of Laboratory Corporation of America announce the publication of Organizational Data Mining: Leveraging Enterprise Data Resources for Optimal Performance (Idea Group Publishing, 388 pages) in September 2003. Their book demonstrates to practitioners, educators, and members of the research and development community how organizations can leverage ODM for enhanced competitiveness and optimal performance. Hamid is an associate professor of information systems in the Information Systems and Operations Management Department. Chris is president of Customer Analytics, Inc., a provider of profit-enhancing marketing solutions that leverage the latest in data mining and advanced analytics. [Jan. 2004] David L. Olson (University of Nebraska) has been appointed the James & H.K. Stuart Chancellor’s Distinguished Chair. As a distinguished professor, Dr. Olson will teach Management Information Systems, guiding MBA and Ph.D. candidates through their studies. The endowed chair was made possible by a gift from Scott Stuart to the University of Nebraska Foundation in 1999, with a matching gift from the Donald and Mildred Othmer Estate. Dr. Olson is joining the College from Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas, where he holds the endowed Lowry Mays Professorship in the Department of Information and Operations Management. He has published research in over 50 journals, primarily on the topics of information systems, simulation and multiple objective decision making. He has authored a number of books, including Decision Support Models and Expert Systems, Information Systems Project Management, and Decision Aids for Selection Problems. He is a Fellow of the Decision Sciences Institute. [Sept/Oct 2001] Ram Narasimhan has been appointed a University Distinguished Professor at Michigan State University, as of Fall, 1998. Ram was also elected a Fellow of the Pan Pacific Business Association at its annual conference in Seoul, Korea in June 1998. [Sept/Oct '98] Mike Parent, Utah State University, was recently notified of his appointment to chair the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Football Certification Committee. In his new role with the NCAA, Parent and other committee members will set policy and regulations governing pre-season-exempted contests, certain all-star games and all post-season bowl games in football. Committee members represent each Division 1A conference. A member of the Utah State faculty for 29 years, Mike specializes in market research and strategy. His involvement with the NCAA issues dates back to 1986 when he chaired the university’s Strategic Planning Committee for Intercollegiate Athletics. [May 2001] Carl Pegels, SUNY - University at Buffalo School of Management, has received the university's first Crystal Buffalo Award in recognition of ``Outstanding Teaching and Overall Guidance.'' Established this year, the new Crystal Buffalo Award program offers an opportunity for UB supporters to honor a current or emeritus faculty member, or current staff, for their guidance and support. Not only has Professor Pegels taught in the UB management school for more than 30 years, he co-founded and volunteered his expertise in planning the original organization. [Sept/Oct. '97] William C. Perkins (Indiana University), Fellow and past president and Distinguished Service Award recipient of DSI, has recently received an “all-university” Distinguished Service Award from Indiana University. Bill will be retiring in the summer of 2003 after 37 years of exceptional service to Indiana University and his profession. He was selected to receive one of two Distinguished Service Awards for the Bloomington Campus “because of the extraordinary model he provides of truly distinguished service.” The Distinguished Service Awards were initiated by the Bloomington Faculty Council to recognize leadership and dedication within the University, within a discipline and/or in the community. Congratulations to Bill for this well-deserved award and on the occasion his retirement. [May 2003] Pamela L. Perrewé, The Florida State University, now holds the position of Associate Dean for Graduate Studies, College of Business, The Florida State University. [September/October 1996] James Pick, professor of business at University of Redlands, was senior Fulbright Scholar at Universidad Iberoameri- cana in Mexico City in fall semester of 2001, where he taught GIS and did research on national telecommunications policy. He received the University of Redlands Faculty Award for Outstanding Research in spring of 2000. He was appointed to the editorial review board of Journal of Information Technology Cases and Applications and is co-author of Mexico and Mexico City in the World Economy (Westview Press, 2001). [Sept/Oct 2002] James A. Pope will be leaving Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania to become the dean of the College of Business Administration at the University of Toledo. [March 1998] Daniel J. Power, a professor of information systems and management at the College of Business Administration at the University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, has published a new DSS reference book, Decision Support Systems: Frequently Asked Questions (available at www.iUniverse. com). In this DSS FAQ, Dan answers over 80 frequently asked questions about computerized decision support systems, covering a broad range of contemporary topics. Dan also edits DSSResources.com, a knowledge repository that helps people who are interested in learning about how to use information technologies and software to improve decision making. [Jan 2005] Cliff T. Ragsdale recently received a grant for $200,000 from Dominion Energy, Inc. in Glen Allen, Virginia, to found and direct The Dominion Center for Energy Modeling and Optimization at Virginia Tech. The Dominion Center’s mission is to conduct research on business techniques, technologies, and strategies to address current and emerging challenges in the deregulated energy marketplace. [Dec/Jan 2001] Barry Render, the Harwood Professor of Operations Management at Rollins College's Crummer Graduate School of Business, has just been named the 1996 winner of the St. Claire Drake Award for Outstanding Scholarship. The award was presented by Roosevelt University on May 18, 1996, at Chicago's Mid-America Club. Render was cited for his twenty textbooks, 100 articles, two Fulbright scholarships, and AACSB fellowship. The only previous winner of the St. Claire Drake Award was Donald Jacobs, dean of Northwestern University's Business School, in 1994. Render's most recent books are Production and Operations Management (4th ed.), and Quantitative Analysis for Management (6th ed.). [July 1996] Larry Ritzman officially retired from Boston College as of June 30th. Larry is now a professor emeritus from Boston College and The Ohio State University. A past president of DSI (1993-94), Larry was named a Fellow of the Institute in 1987 and received the Distinguished Service Award in 1996. [May 2004] David F. Rogers, Associate Professor of Quantitative Analysis and Operations Management in the College of Business Administration at the University of Cincinnati, has been appointed director of the Master of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in the Quantitative Analysis program. Under Professor Rogers’ direction, the program has grown from five to forty students in the past two years. Professor Rogers has also been appointed general chair of the Spring 1999 INFORMS national conference to be held in Cincinnati and will be president of Omega Rho International Honor Society for Operations Research and Management Science for a two-year term beginning in April, 1998. The newly appointed chair of the DSI Publications Committee, Dr. Rogers was a recipient of a 1997 Faculty Achievement Award from the University of Cincinnati for his service and administration efforts. [March 1998] Alain Rutteins announces his transfer, within the same Belgian KBC banking & insurance group, from KBC Bank to CBC Banque, as head of the engineering of Financial Markets Department. [May 1999] Clive Sanford, University of South Florida, the Institute’s former job placement services coordinator and computer services coordinator, is off to Eastern Europe to work for the Peace Corps. [Dec/Jan 2003] Chetan S. Sankar was recently appointed to the Thomas Walter Center Professorship in Technology Management at the Auburn University College of Business. He received the 1999 Curriculum Innovation Award from the ASME International for a mechanical engineering design course. [Sept/Oct 2000] Joseph Sarkis, Clark University, has been awarded one of the 1999 Reviewer Excellence Awards by the Journal of Operations Management, the E&R Foundation, and Elsevier Science. This award is based on quality of review, timeliness of responses, volume of reviews, and reviewing consistency criteria. [May 2000] Lawrence L. Schkade, Regents Garrett Professor Emeritus at the University of Texas at Arlington, recently received the 2004 Distinguished Research Publication Award from the College of Business Administration. His winning article, “Estimating the Number of Potential Organ Donors in the United States,” appeared in the New England Journal of Medicine (August 14, 2003). In the article, Schkade and his co-authors studied the size and composition of the national pool of brain-dead organ donors during a three-year period and, on the basis of these data, considered ways to increase the rate of donation. Schkade is a charter member and Fellow of the Institute, a past president, founder of the Fellows, and has served in numerous other roles. A productive scholar, “Scotty” has more than 200 items published in over 30 journals and other publications, with at least one item appearing in print each year for the past 40 years. A Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, he has received many other awards for achievement and service, including the 2001 DSI Distinguished Service Award and 2001 Best Interdisciplinary Paper Award (co-recipient); University of Texas Faculty Distinguished Research Award; Distinguished Volunteer Service Award, Fort Worth Star Telegram; Distinguished Service Award; Texas Affiliate, American Heart Association; and a Distinguished Alumnus Award from Lamar University. A nine-year heart transplant recipient, he serves on multiple boards of directors, research teams and task groups at national, regional and local levels of the organ transplant community. In the past eight years, he has collaborated on projects that have saved the lives of more than 4,000 organ transplant patients. [Jan. 2005 & Jan 2002] Richard J. Schonberger’s book, World Class Manufacturing—The Next Decade: Building Power, Strength, and Value (New York: Free Press/Simon & Schuster, 1996), was awarded the 1998 Shingo Prize for research. Schonberger is president of Schonberger & Associates, Inc., and affiliate professor, Department of Management Science, University of Washington. [Sept/Oct '98] Suresh Sethi (The University of Texas at Dallas) has been elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The honor of being elected a Fellow of AAAS began in 1874, and each year the AAAS Council elects members whose efforts on behalf of the advancement of science or its applications are scientifically or socially distinguished. Suresh is being honored “for distinguished contributions to hierarchical decisions in manufacturing, investment/consumption problems with bankruptcy, forecast horizons in dynamic optimization, and optimal control applications to management problems.”[Jan. 2004] Scott M. Shafer, Member Services Coordinator and feature editor of the “Membership Roundtable” column in Decision Line, has joined the faculty of the Babcock Graduate School of Management at Wake Forest University as an associate professor of operations management. His new textbook (with Jack Meredith) entitled Operations Management for MBAs is being published by Wiley for a December 1998 release. [Sept/Oct '98] Ronald E. Shiffler has accepted the position of dean of the College of Business at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, North Carolina. Ron and his wife Barbara are leaving Louisville after a 14-year affiliation with the University of Louisville. [July 1996] J. P. Shim, a John Grisham Faculty Excellence award winner at Mississippi State University, has received a grant from the National Science Foundation regarding cross-cultural study on e-Commerce and M-Commerce to hold a joint workshop in Japan this fall. Ten MIS faculty members from various institutions in the U.S. have been selected to participate in the conference and present their research papers, along with a dozen Japanese IS faculty members (sponsored by Japan NSF). During the conference, the participants will tour the site of NTT DoCoMo’s i-Mode wireless Internet service. Professor Shim has recently served on the NSF panel on grant proposals. [March 2002] Rui Sousa, Assistant Professor in Operations Management at Universidade Católica Portuguesa (Portugal), has been awarded the 2000/2001 EFQM PhD Thesis Award for his thesis entitled “Quality Management Practice: Universal or Context Dependent? An Empirical Investigation.” This international award is given by the European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM) for the best PhD thesis in TQM, recognizing an outstanding contribution to the further development of TQM, learning value for management, and degree of innovation and applicability of the findings. Rui received his PhD from the London Business School (advised by Prof. Chris Voss). He has published in Production and Operations Management and in major international refereed conferences. His present research interests include quality management, manufacturing strategy, and e-operations/e-services. [July 2001] Linda Sprague will be teaching five months a year in Shanghai during the next few years as professor of operations management at the China Europe International Business School. From March through July she will be at the Whittemore School at the University of New Hampshire. In June 2000, she received the Executive MBA Teaching Excellence Award at the Whittemore School. [Sept/Oct 2000] Chan Hahn (Bowling Green University), Linda Sprague (China Europe International Business School), and Jack Meredith (Wake Forest University), have received the newly created 2003 Distinguished OM Scholar Award from the OM Division of the Academy of Management. The award was created to honor those with an holistic approach to researching operations management issues and recognizes excellence and commitment to service both in the field as a whole and within the Academy of Management. Chan was noted for his influence on students and junior faculty; Jack was cited for his extraordinary contribution in the empirical research arena; and Linda was described as a catalyst in the OM Division and a remarkable ambassador around the world. [October 2003] Edwin R. Stafford, Utah State University, received the 1998-99 USU Mortar Board “Top Professor” Award. In addition, he was the 1999 “Teacher of the Year” for the Business Administration Department and the College of Business, and two years ago, won this award from the USU College of Business, as well. Ed teaches undergraduate and graduate marketing strategy courses and conducts strategy and relationship research on environmentalist-business cooperation. [March '99] Sandra P. Storrod, the Institute’s Home Office Accounting and Membership Services Supervisor, was one of the few applicants chosen from Georgia State University’s College of Business to participate in the Georgia 100 one-year mentoring program which is sponsored by the Advancement of Women Committee (AofW) at Georgia State. The program combines mentoring by a senior executive with leadership education and peer networking. The AofW serves as a resource for developing programs and initiatives toward the promotion of women faculty, administrators, and staff. The mission of the AofW is to enhance collective efforts to improve the status of women at Georgia State University. George Summers (University of Arizona, retired), who served the Decision Sciences Institute as its second president, passed away on June 6, 2004, due to complications from leukemia. “When I think of him, I recall his easy smile and the sparkle in his eyes,” says Lawrence Schkade, who served as president from 1976 to 1977. “George was a founding father of DSI, who help to craft the philosophy of DSI, and he exemplified the ideals of the Institute in his professional life,” writes Schkade. “In part, it was his genial manner, academic stature, and commitment to quality teaching that inspired me early on to become more involved in the Institute. Later, it was my great pleasure to participate in awarding the certificate that named him a Fellow of DSI. George was among the first group of distinguished members to named DSI Fellows. I know that many thousands students, colleagues and readers of his works have benefited from his many substantial academic contributions and leadership throughout his career. I think of the expression, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant,’ as a fitting epitaph for his life.” In addition to serving DSI as president (1971-1972), George also served as program chair (1970), council member (1969-1970, 1974-1975), president of Alpha Iota Delta (1975-76), and was named a Fellow in 1977. Condolences may be sent to Susan Summers (George’s daughter) at 9162 Lost Trail Drive, Tucson, AZ, 85715. [Jan. 2005] Nallan C. Suresh received the “Sustained Achievement Exceptional Scholar Award” at State University of New York, Buffalo for 2003. This is a university-wide award recognizing sustained research productivity and all-round contributions to the mission of the university. Since becoming a professor of supply chains & operations management, as well as a part-time faculty member at University of Groningen, Netherlands, he has been active during the last two years in building the supply chain and operations management area at SUNY, Buffalo, as well as initiating new research projects in Europe. He currently teaches in SUNY-Buffalo’s Executive MBA programs in Singapore and Buffalo, besides Ph.D and MBA level courses at Buffalo. [October 2003] Paul Swamidass, a professor of operations management at Auburn University and associate director of the Thomas Walter Center for Technology Management, has written a new book, Innovations in Competitive Manufacturing (AMACOM Books, November 2001, www.amanet.org/books/catalog/ 0814471404.htm). He also recently authored The Encyclopedia of Production and Manufacturing Management (Kluwer Academic Publishing, 2000). [Jan 2002] Mohan V. Tatikonda, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Stephen R. Rosenthal, Boston University, were awarded the Chan K. Hahn prize for best paper in the Operations Management Division of the 1999 Academy of Management Conference. A multi-tier double-blind review process was conducted among all submissions to the division. The paper’s title is “Successful Execution of Product Development Projects.” The paper’s findings provide insight into project management practices firms can employ to bring new products to market faster. Based on analysis of 120 new product development projects at high-tech firms, the paper finds that risky development projects are best managed through a combination of structured and informal management processes. [March 2000] Shannon Taylor, Montana State University, reports in from his latest hunting adventure in Wyoming with his wife, Diane, and his brothers: “Diane made a great 255-yard shot on a great bull just at sunset. Unfortunately, we were three-and-a-half hours from camp in the steepest, deepest terrain God put on earth, getting in well after dark. Then up the next day at 5:30 a.m. It took five hours on horseback to fetch it, but it was worth it. Maybe the best week of my life. I have a whole new respect for wilderness after this hunt. There should be some places that are not developed at all, left for wild elk and elk hunters and huntresses.” [Dec/Jan 2003] Neale Thomas Traves, a long-time friend
of DSI Executive Director Carol Latta, died on July 30, 2003. A proud
alumnus of the University of Michigan and a loyal member of Phi Gamma
Delta Fraternity, Mr. Traves was also the first president of the Georgia
Association of Private Employment Agencies, a noble of the Mystic Shrine
(Yaarab Temple), a Jaycee, and a candidate for the Georgia Senate. Best
described as a Renaissance Man and by Author Pat Conroy as “The
Extra Ordinary Raconteur,” Neale was also a friend of many DSI
officers. After learning of his death, several DSI members wrote fondly
of their memories of Neale: Gregory Ulferts (College of Business Administration at the University of Detroit Mercy), a founding member of the Decision Sciences Institute, continues to volunteer in a program that was started in 1985 through a grant from the Kellogg Foundation: The Mobilization of Disabled Youth Leadership (MODYL) Program. MODYL takes a holistic approach to facilitating a smooth transition into adulthood for 14-21 aged youth with challenges. The program combines career planning/awareness, leadership development, and internship placements. In the workplace, supervisors/mentors are trained in working with youth with challenges, and the youth are coached during their internships. MODYL affords an opportunity for youth with challenges to develop job-readiness skills and to attain economic independence through entry into the workforce or higher education. Employers gain quality, productive workers and a better perspective on the capabilities of individuals with challenges. Dr. Ulferts involves his university students in the program as volunteers in mentoring and speaking, and serves as a mentor to Mr. Terry Howard, the MODYL program’s coordinator and a student in Computer and Information Systems at the University. [Sept/Oct 2001] Andrew Vazsonyi. See final tribute to Andy by a close colleague (pdf file). [Jan. 2004] Rohit Verma was recently named one of DePaul University’s first recipients of the “Spirit of Inquiry Award.” Dr. Verma was commended for exceptional productivity during the first stages of his academic career and expertise in operations management in service industries. [Sept/Oct 2000] William “Al” Wallace, a professor of decision sciences and engineering systems at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, received the 2004 Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) President's Award for critical contributions to the public sector resulting from his research in information and decision technologies. In a written citation, INFORMS acknowledges Wallace for nearly three decades of distinguished contributions to the understanding and management of urban service systems. The organization notes, in particular, his work on emergency and disaster management, ethics in modeling, operational risk management, and information systems for safe and efficient maritime commerce. The organization also credits Wallace's research with helping ensure safer, more productive transportation systems. Steve Walton, Assistant Professor of Decision and Information Analysis at Goizueta Business School, Emory University, has been selected as one of the Journal of Operations Management 2000 Reviewer Excellence Award recipients. Steve has also recently been recognized for his efforts teaching. He was awarded the Emory Williams Distinguished Teaching Award, a university-wide teaching award, and has twice been chosen as the BBA Distinguished Educator. [July 2001] Merrill Warkentin has been appointed to the editorial review board of the Information Resources Management Journal. He has also just been appointed as the new MIS area coordinator at Northeastern University in Boston. He is completing a research project funded by the GE Fund and is engaged in the third stage of his research in CMCS and virtual team design, which was recently published in the Decision Sciences Journal. He was this year’s program chair for the National IRMA Conference, and was the DSS track chair at the National DSI Conference in Las Vegas. [Dec/Jan '99] Nancy Weida was recently named chair of the Department of Management at Bucknell University. The Department of Management is composed of decision sciences, marketing, general management, strategy, accounting, and finance, and offers excellent undergraduate education linking business and the liberal arts. [July 1999]
Barbara Withers, a professor of management science and project management at the University of San Diego, has recently received several awards. She was the recipient of the first annual Project Management Institute's Community Advancement through Project Management Award, which was presented at last year's PMI conference at The Hague. Barbara also received the University of San Diego's Innovation in Experiential Education Award. Both of these awards were a result of the Thanksgiving House projects undertaken by students in her graduate project management course. In addition, she has just received a Recognition Professorship award from the University of San Diego, recognizing her outstanding, balanced cumulative career contributions supporting the mission and goals of the University of San Diego. [Jan. 2005] Mohamed A. Youssef, an NSU Eminent Scholar in the School of Business at Norfolk State University has been named as the Edward L. Brown Chair Professor of Management. The chair is sponsored by the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA). His publications have appeared in the International Journal of Operations and Production Management, International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management, International Journal of Technology Management, International Journal of Flexible Manufacturing Systems, Journal of Total Quality Management, Industrial Engineering, among others. Dr. Youssef was the founder and editor-in-chief (1994-1998) of the first journal on Benchmarking for Quality and Technology Management. In addition, he serves on the editorial of advisory boards of several journals in the POM and QM areas. Dr. Youssef’s work on Agile Manufacturing, Design for Manufacturability, Quality Function Deployment, JIT Manufacturing, and TQM has been cited quite often by scholars in Business and Engineering disciplines. [Sept/Oct 2002] |
