Franz Edelman Laureates: Class of 1984

FIRST PLACE

Team: Blue Bell, Inc.
Paper: N/A
Laureates: Jerry Edwards - Blue Bell, Inc.
Harvey Wagner - Unviersity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
William Wood
Team: The Netherlands Rijkswaterstaat & the Rand Corporation
Paper: N/A
Laureates: Bruce Goeller - Rand Corporation

FINALISTS

Team: Emergency Medical Services Department of Austin, TX
Paper: Determining Emergency Medical Service Vehicle Deployment in Austin, Texas
Laureates: Bill Bulloch - Nash, Phillips-Corpus Company
Mark Daskin - Northwestern University
David Eaton - University of Texas at Austin
Glen Jansma - Jansma Consulting, Inc.
Dennis Simmons - City of Austin
Team: Monsanto Corporation
Paper: Optimizing Chemical Production at Monsanto
Laureates: Raymond Boykin - Monsanto
Team: Pfizer, Inc.
Paper: Development and Implementation of An Integrated Inventory Management Program At Pfizer Pharmaceuticals
Laureates: Peter Kleutghen - Pfizer, Inc.
J.C. McGee - Pfizer, Inc.
Team: United States Air Force
Paper: Improving Utilization of Air Force Cargo Aircraft
Laureates: Douglas Cochard - United States Air Force
Kirk Yost - United States Air Force

Interfaces Edelman Award Special Issue

Jan/Feb 2012 issue of Interfaces features the Edelman papers! Read these inspiring examples of major difference-making O.R. projects.

Edelman Award Videos

View the 2012, 2011, and 2010 Edelman Award presentations for outstanding examples of difference-making OR/MS and advanced analytics in practice in the INFORMS Video Learning Center.

 Other years' presentations available for order on DVD.