[AISWorld] In memoriam: Thomas R. Hoffmann
Jan DeGross
degro003 at umn.edu
Mon Jun 17 10:10:03 EDT 2013
Thomas R. Hoffmann, one of the founders of the Management Information
Systems program at the University of Minnesota, passed away on Thursday,
June 13. Tom received his Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from the
University of Wisconsin. He published over 50 articles for professional
journals and conferences, as well as several textbooks. Tom served
chairman of the Management Sciences Department (now Information and
Decision Sciences) at Minnesota for many years. He was co-Editor in
Chief of the Journal of Operations Management and served as a reviewer
for several journals. Tom served as Chairman of the Curricula and
Certification Council of APICS, The Association for Operations
Management, and co-chaired the APICS Academic-Practitioner Liaison
Committee, as well as serving as President in 1998.
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For additional information, contact Jan DeGross (degro003 at umn.edu)
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