News Release

INFORMS inaugurates Fellows Award

113 awardees, including 3 Nobel Prize winners, in first year

Grant and Award Announcement

Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences

LINTHICUM, MD - The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS®), today announced 113 recipients of the INFORMS Fellows Award. This is the first year the award is being presented.

Recipients include Nobel Prize winners Kenneth Arrow, Harry Markowitz, and John Nash. Also receiving the award are National Medal of Technology recipient Donald Frey and National Medal of Science recipient George Dantzig. Arrow, Markowitz, Nash, and Dantzig have all received the society's John Von Neumann Theory Prize, and Kenneth Arrow is a past President of the Society.

The Fellows Award is designed to recognize outstanding achievements in at least one of five areas:

  • Research
  • The practice of operations research/management science
  • Management of operations research/management science, including significant responsibility for applying the profession's techniques within organizations
  • Education in the field of operations research/management science
  • Service to INFORMS or the profession

The initial 113 awardees included all past presidents of the society and its predecessor societies, the Operations Research Society of America (ORSA) and The Institute of Management Sciences (TIMS), as well as all previous recipients of the Society's Von Neumann Prize for fundamental theoretical contributions and the George E. Kimball Medal for service to the profession. INFORMS members who were previously inducted into the National Academy of Sciences or the National Academy of Engineering also received the award. Subsequent Fellow Awardees will be determined by a subcommittee of the current Fellow Awardees.

The recipient list follows. It includes each recipient's most recent affiliation or location.

  • Robert A. Abrams, ORSA President (1994), Kimball Award (2000). University of Illinois-Chicago.
  • Russell L. Ackoff, ORSA President (1956), Kimball Award (1975). The Wharton School, INTERACT. Philadelphia.
  • Kenneth J. Arrow, TIMS President (1963), Von Neumann Award (1986), Member of the National Academy of Sciences (1968), Nobel Prize (1972). Stanford University, Stanford, CA.
  • Egon Balas, Von Neumann Award (1995). Carnegie Mellon University. Pittsburgh, PA.
  • Richard E. Barlow, Von Neumann Award (1991). University of California at Berkeley.
  • Frank M. Bass, TIMS President (1978-79). University of Texas at Dallas.
  • James C. Bean, INFORMS President (2001). University of Michigan-Ann Arbor.
  • Daniel Berg, Member of the National Academy of Engineering (1976). Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY.
  • John R. Birge, INFORMS President (2000). Northwestern University. Evanston, IL.
  • Robert E. Bixby, Member of the National Academy of Engineering (1997). ILOG, Rice University. Houston, TX.
  • David Blackwell, Von Neumann Award (1979), Member of the National Academy of Sciences (1965). University of California at Berkeley.
  • Alfred Blumstein, ORSA President (1977), TIMS President (1987-88), INFORMS President (1996), Kimball Award (1985), Member of the National Academy of Engineering (1998). Carnegie Mellon University. Pittsburgh, PA.
  • Seth Bonder, ORSA President (1978), Kimball Award (1993), Member of the National Academy of Engineering (2000). Vector Research, Inc. , Ann Arbor, MI.
  • Jack R. Borsting, ORSA President (1975), Kimball Award (1982). University of Southern California, U.S. Department of Defense, retired. Los Angeles, CA.
  • Hugh E. Bradley, ORSA President (1985), Kimball Award (1990). Shaklee Corporation, retired. Pleasanton, CA.
  • Arthur A. Brown, Kimball Award (1986). Deceased.
  • Thomas E. Caywood, ORSA President (1969), Kimball Award (1974). Caywood-Schiller Assoc., Flossmoor, IL.
  • C. West Churchman, TIMS President (1962). University of California at Berkeley.
  • Richard Conway, Member of the National Academy of Engineering (1992). Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.
  • Thomas M. Cook, TIMS President (1990-91), Member of the National Academy of Engineering (1995). CALEB Technologies, Austin and Dallas, TX.
  • William W. Cooper, TIMS President (1954), Von Neumann Award (1982). University of Texas at Austin.
  • W. Edward Cushen, ORSA President (1970), Kimball Award (1992). Department of Defense (retired), National Bureau of Standards (retired), Chevy Chase, MD.
  • George B. Dantzig, TIMS President (1966), Von Neumann Award (1975), Member of the National Academy of Engineering (1985). Stanford University, Stanford, CA.
  • Ralph Disney, Member of the National Academy of Engineering (1997). Texas A&M University, College Station, TX.
  • Jack Edmonds, Von Neumann Award (1985). University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
  • Joseph H. Engel, ORSA President (1968), Kimball Award (1992). National Bureau of Standards, retired. Bethesda, MD.
  • Martin L. Ernst, ORSA President (1960), Kimball Award (1977). Deceased.
  • Peter C. Fishburn, Von Neumann Award (1996). AT&T Shannon Laboratory, Florham Park, NJ.
  • Marshall Lee Fisher, TIMS President (1988-89), Member of the National Academy of Engineering (1994). Wharton School, Philadelphia, PA.
  • Charles D. Flagle, Kimball Award (1984). Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.
  • Howard Frank, Member of the National Academy of Engineering (2002). University of Maryland, College Park.
  • Donald N. Frey, Member of the National Academy of Engineering (1967), National Medal of Technology (1991). Northwestern University. Evanston, IL.
  • David Gale, Von Neumann Award (1980), Member of the National Academy of Sciences (1983). University of California, Berkeley.
  • H. Newton Garber, TIMS President (1983-84), Kimball Award (2001). Garber Associates, North Brunswick, NJ.
  • Saul I. Gass, ORSA President (1976), Kimball Award (1991). University of Maryland, College Park.
  • Arthur M. Geoffrion, TIMS President (1981-82), INFORMS President (1997), Kimball Award (2000), Member of the National Academy of Engineering (1998). UCLA, Anderson School, Los Angeles, CA.
  • Fred W. Glover, Von Neumann Award (1998), Member of the National Academy of Engineering (2002). University of Colorado at Boulder.
  • Ralph E. Gomory, Von Neumann Award (1984), Member of the National Academy of Engineering (1975). Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, New York, NY.
  • Paul Gray, TIMS President (1992-93). Claremont Graduate University, Irvine, CA.
  • Donald Gross, ORSA President (1989), Kimball Award (1996). George Mason University, Fairfax, VA.
  • Ignacio E. Grossmann, Member of the National Academy of Engineering (2000), Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA.
  • Warren H. Hausman, ORSA President (1995). Stanford University, Stanford, CA.
  • David B. Hertz, ORSA President (1974), TIMS President (1964), Kimball Award (1981). University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL.
  • Sidney W. Hess, TIMS President (1976-77). Drexel University, ICI Americas Aerospace Division (Ret'd), Chadds Ford, PA.
  • David S. Hirshfeld, TIMS President (1979-80). MathPro Incorporated, W. Bethesda, MD.
  • Y.C. (Larry) Ho, Member of the National Academy of Engineering (1987). Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.
  • Thom J. Hodgson, Member of the National Academy of Engineering (2001). North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC.
  • Alan J. Hoffman, Von Neumann Award (1992), Member of the National Academy of Sciences (1982). IBM TJ Watson Center, Yorktown Heights, NY.
  • Gerald M. Hoffman, TIMS President (1977-78). Gerald Hoffman Company, Chicago, IL.
  • Karla L. Hoffman, INFORMS President (1998). George Mason University, Fairfax, VA.
  • Ronald A. Howard, TIMS President (1967-68), Member of the National Academy of Engineering (1999). Stanford University, Stanford, CA.
  • Donald L. Iglehart, Member of the National Academy of Engineering (1999). Stanford University, Stanford, CA.
  • John J. Jarvis, ORSA President (1992), Kimball Award (1998). Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA.
  • Ellis L. Johnson, Von Neumann Award (2000), Member of the National Academy of Engineering (1988). Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA.
  • Samuel Karlin, Von Neumann Award (1987), Member of the National Academy of Sciences (1972). Stanford University, Stanford, CA.
  • Richard M. Karp, Von Neumann Award (1990), Member of the National Academy of Engineering (1992). International Computer Science Institute at University of California/Berkeley.
  • Ralph L. Keeney, Member of the National Academy of Engineering (1995), Duke University, Durham, NC.
  • William R. King, TIMS President (1989-90). University of Pittsburgh, PA.
  • Leonard Kleinrock, Member of the National Academy of Engineering (1980). UCLA, Los Angeles, CA.
  • George Kozmetsky, TIMS President (1958). University of Texas at Austin.
  • Harold W. Kuhn, Von Neumann Award (1980). Princeton University, Princeton, NJ.
  • Way Kuo, Member of the National Academy of Engineering (2000). Texas A&M University, College Station, TX.
  • Richard C. Larson, ORSA President (1993), Member of the National Academy of Engineering (1993). Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA.
  • Mark R. Lembersky, TIMS President (1994). Seattle, WA.
  • Carlton E. Lemke, Von Neumann Award (1978). Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Currently in Tucson, AZ.
  • Judith S. Liebman, ORSA President (1987), Kimball Award (1996). University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
  • Gary L. Lilien, TIMS President (1993-94). Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA.
  • John D. C. Little, ORSA President (1979), TIMS President (1984-85), INFORMS President (1995), Kimball Award (1987), Member of the National Academy of Engineering (1989). Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA.
  • John F. Magee, ORSA President (1966), TIMS President (1971-72), Kimball Award (1978). Arthur D. Little (retired), Lincoln, MA.
  • Thomas L. Magnanti, ORSA President (1988), INFORMS President (1999), Kimball Award (1994), Member of the National Academy of Engineering (1991). Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA.
  • Alan S. Manne, Member of the National Academy of Engineering (1990). Stanford University, Stanford, CA.
  • Harry M. Markowitz, Von Neumann Award (1989), Nobel Prize (1990). Harry Markowitz Co., San Diego, CA.
  • William L. Maxwell, Member of the National Academy of Engineering (1998). Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.
  • Alexander McFarlane Mood, ORSA President (1963). University of California at Irvine.
  • Donald G. Morrison, TIMS President (1991-92). UCLA, Anderson School, Los Angeles, CA.
  • Charles J. McCallum, Jr., ORSA President (1991). AT&T Labs, retired. Chadds Ford, PA.
  • Gerald Nadler, Member of the National Academy of Engineering (1986). University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.
  • John F. Nash, Von Neumann Award (1978), Member of the National Academy of Sciences (1996), Nobel Prize (1994). Princeton University, Princeton, NJ.
  • George L. Nemhauser, ORSA President (1981), Kimball Award (1988), Member of the National Academy of Engineering (1986). Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA.
  • Peter V. Norden, TIMS President (1970-71), Kimball Award (1995). Columbia University, New York, NY.
  • Robert M. Oliver, ORSA President (1973). University of California, Berkeley.
  • Manfred W. Padberg, Von Neumann Award (2000). New York University, New York, NY.
  • Elisabeth Paté-Cornell, Member of the National Academy of Engineering (1995). Stanford University, Stanford, CA.
  • William P. Pierskalla, ORSA President (1982), Kimball Award (1989). UCLA, Anderson School, Los Angeles, CA.
  • Stephen M. Pollock, ORSA President (1986), Kimball Award (2001), Member of the National Academy of Engineering (2002). University of Michigan-Ann Arbor.
  • Frank Proschan, Von Neumann Award (1991). Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL.
  • H. Donald Ratliff, Member of the National Academy of Engineering (1996). President and CEO, Velant, Atlanta, GA.
  • Donald B. Rice, TIMS President (1975-76). Agensys, Inc. Santa Monica, CA.
  • Randall S. Robinson, TIMS President (1995), Kimball Award (1999). INFORMS Executive Director (Retired), Sparks, MD.
  • R. Tyrrell Rockafellar, Von Neumann Award (1999). University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
  • Michael H. Rothkopf, Kimball Award (1997). Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ.
  • William B. Rouse, Member of the National Academy of Engineering (1991). Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA.
  • Melvin E. Salveson, TIMS President (1959).UniCard System, Inc., Chairman and CEO, retired, Santa Monica, CA.
  • Herbert Eli Scarf, Von Neumann Award (1983). Yale University, New Haven, CT.
  • David A. Schrady, ORSA President (1983), Kimball Award (1994). Naval Postgraduate School, Monterrey, CA.
  • F. Stan Settles, Member of the National Academy of Engineering (1991). University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.
  • Lloyd S. Shapley, Von Neumann Award (1981), Member of the National Academy of Sciences (1979). UCLA, Los Angeles, CA.
  • Hanif D. Sherali, Member of the National Academy of Engineering (2000). Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA.
  • Martin K. Starr, TIMS President (1974-75). Columbia University, New York, NY.
  • Lawrence Stone, Member of the National Academy of Engineering (1999). Metron, Inc., Reston, VA.
  • Lajos Takacs, Von Neumann Award (1994). Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH.
  • Michael E. Thomas, ORSA President (1984), Kimball Award (1994). Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA.
  • Robert M. Thrall, TIMS President (1969-70). Rice University, Houston, TX..
  • James M. Tien, Member of the National Academy of Engineering (2001). Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY.
  • Arthur F. Veinott, Jr., Member of National Academy of Engineering (1986). Stanford University, Stanford, CA.
  • Harvey M. Wagner, TIMS President (1973-74). University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.
  • H. Martin Weingartner, TIMS President (1985-86). Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN.
  • John A. White, Member of the National Academy of Engineering (1987). University of Arkansas, Fayetville, AK.
  • Ward Whitt, Von Neumann Award (2001), Member of the National Academy of Engineering (1996). Columbia University, New York, NY.
  • Peter Whittle, Von Neumann Award (1997). Cambridge University, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
  • Philip Wolfe, Von Neumann Award (1992). IBM Watson Center, Ossining, NY.
  • Robert E.D. (Gene) Woolsey, TIMS President (1986-87). Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO.
  • Margaret H. Wright, Member of the National Academy of Engineering (1997). New York University, New York, NY.

The awards were presented at a November 18 luncheon during the society's annual meeting in San Jose.

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The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS®) is an international scientific society with over 10,000 members dedicated to applying scientific methods to help improve decision-making, management, and operations. Members of INFORMS work in business, government, and academia. They are represented in fields as diverse as airlines, health care, law enforcement, the military, the stock market, and telecommunications. 2002 is the 50th anniversary of organized operations research in the United States. 1952 was the year that the journal Operations Research and the Operations Research Society of America, one of the founding societies of INFORMS, were born. The INFORMS website is at http://www.informs.org.

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