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2010–2008; 2007–2005: Jeffrey D. Camm
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A History of Management Science at Imperial College (1955-1989): A personal note
by Sam Eilon
Operational Research/Management Science (OR/MS or ORMS) started at Imperial College as part of the Production Engineering Section within the Mechanical Engineering Department in 1955. In 1971, the Section was reconstituted as the Department of Management Science (DMS), which continued to thrive under that name until 1987, when it became part of the Management School. This note records the background that led to the establishment of the OR/MS programme in 1955 and traces the many developments that took place until 1989, including the rapid growth of the MSc course and the extensive research programme. It further records the close collaboration of DMS with industry and the role it played in setting up the first OR group at a major bank in the UK in 1967 and in launching the new international journal Omega in 1972. Difficulties in funding and the aftermath of absorption of OR/MS within the Management School are briefly described.
The Founding of TIMS
by William W. Cooper
As the first (1953-1954) president of TIMS, I can describe some of the events leading up to the founding of that organization as follows. I was first approached on the need for such a society by Mel Salveson at the 1951 summer meeting of the Econometric Society held at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Because the Operations Research Society of America was then being organized I questioned the need (or wisdom) of undertaking such a venture. Salveson had in mind, however, a different version of a "management science" which was to be modeled more on the lines of "science-type" activities such as discovering and formulating "laws of behavior," etc. I don't recall further details of our discussion, but, in any event, nothing further was done at that time.