Robert Herman Lifetime Achievement Award

2011 Awardee: Nathan Gartner

Purpose of the Award

The Robert Herman Lifetime Achievement Award in Transportation Science is awarded by the INFORMS Transportation Science and Logistics Section to an individual who throughout his or her professional career has made fundamental and sustained contributions to transportation science and logistics, and has influenced the field through her or his writings, teaching, service, and nurturing of younger professionals. The award is accompanied by $750 honorarium.

Past Awardees

2011 Awardee Nathan Gartner
2009 Awardee Gilbert Laporte, École des Hautes Études Commerciales Montréal
2007 Awardee Michael Smith, University of York
2005 Awardee Paolo Toth
2003 Awardee David E. Boyce
2001 Awardee Amedeo R. Odoni
1998 Awardee Michael Florian
1996 Awardee Denos Gazis
1994 Awardee Martin J. Beckmann
1990 Awardee Robert Herman, University of Texas-Austin
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About the Award/Namesake

Robert Herman Lifetime Achievement Award

Robert Herman was born in the Bronx area of New York City on August 29, 1914. He graduated cum laude with special honors in physics from the City College of New York in 1935, and in 1940 was awarded master's and doctoral degrees in physics from Princeton University in the area of molecular spectroscopy...

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Committee

2011 Committee Chair
Maria Grazia Speranza
Department of Quantitative Methods
Brescia University
Contrada Santa Chiara
50 - Ufficio 11B 25122 Brescia ITALY
voice: +39 030-2988584
fax: +39 030-2400925
e-mail: speranza@eco.unibs.it

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