Obituary: C West Churchman, 1913–2004

W Ulrich ()
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W Ulrich: University of Fribourg

Journal of the Operational Research Society, 2004, vol. 55, issue 11, 1123-1129

Abstract: Abstract C(harles) West Churchman, the grand old man of the ‘systems approach’, has passed away. Born on 29 August 1913 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he was 90 years of age. After a rich and significant life of scholarship, he died on 21 March 2004 in Bolinas, California. A former student and collaborator of Professor Churchman offers this commemorative essay. The paper offers a short biography of CW Churchman; an introduction to some central themes of his thinking; and some reflections on what remains of his work and how we might carry it forward today.

Keywords: CW churchman—obituary; CW churchman—biography; management science; operations research; systems approach; history of OR; philosophy of OR (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
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