John F. Magee

Saul I. Gass ()
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Saul I. Gass: University of Maryland

Chapter 33 in Profiles in Operations Research, 2011, pp 613-626 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The total numberof operations analysts who served as such during World War II (WWII) probably numbered in the low hundreds. Of these, a lesser number decided not to return to their prewar professions, but chose to start a new career that utilized and extended their wartime Operations Research (OR) experiences. They were the first generation of OR professionals. John F. Magee is a notable example of the second generation. These individuals helped define OR as a new science of decision making, and significantly expanded the application of OR to non-military settings.

Keywords: Operation Research; Harvard Business Review; Harvard Business School; Management Consult; Executive Vice President (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-6281-2_33

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