In Memoriam, Mary R. DeMelim

Sadly absent from this year's annual meeting but remaining in the hearts of INFORMS members is Mary R. DeMelim, who devoted 25 years to leading The Institute of Management Sciences (TIMS). Mary passed away on September 21. A winner of the George E. Kimball Medal and the INFORMS Fellows Award, Mary took a small, two-person office and helped transform it into the important association that merged with the Operations Research Society of America (ORSA) to become INFORMS. She will be missed by veteran members and all those who worked closely with her. Read an obituary of Mary DeMelim in The Providence Journal and here. Make a donation in her memory here.