EDUCATION

M. S. in Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences, Northwestern University, 1971.

B.S. in Engineering Sciences, Northwestern University, 1969.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Associate Professor, Department of Operations Research, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, 1978-1986.

Visiting Professor, Department of Operations Research, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, 1976-1977.

Assistant Professor, Department of Operations Research, Stanford University, 1973-1978.

Acting Assistant Professor, Department of Operations Research, Stanford University, 1972-1973.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Member, Board on Mathematical Sciences and Their Applications (BMSA), Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences (DEPS) , National Research Council, 2015-2018.

Member, Panel on Reliability Growth Methods for Defense Systems, Committee on National Statistics, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council. 2011-2013.

Member, Distinguished Achievement Award Committee of the American Statistical Association's Section on Defense and National Security, 2009-2011.

Member Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences Nicholson Prize Committee 2004-2005.

Reviewer of the Reliability Availability, Maintainability (RAM) guide, Office of the Director Operational Test and Evaluation, 2005.

Member of the Electorate Nominating Committee of the Section on Statistics (U) of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1997-2000.

Associate Editor for Management Science, 1981-1998.

Associate Editor for Naval Research Logistics Quarterly, 1982-1992.

Program Chair for Joint IMS/WNAR Western Regional Conference in Bozeman, Montana, June 1990.

Organized sessions for the Joint National Meetings of ORSA/TIMS in Atlanta, November 1985, in Los Angeles, April 1986, and in Washington D.C., April 1987.

Secretary-Treasurer for Applied Probability Group of ORSA/TIMS, 1986-1987.

Reliability Cluster Chairman for Joint National Meeting of ORSA/TIMS, Boston, April 1985.

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

HONORS AND AWARDS

Elected Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2015
Elected Fellow, American Statistical Association
Listed in Who’s Who in America, 2011
Listed in American Men and Women in Science
Elected Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society
Elected ordinary member of the International Statistical Institute
Elected member of the Electorate Nominating Committee of the Section on Statistics (U) of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1997-2000.