Franz Edelman Laureates: Class of 1991

FIRST PLACE

Team: American Airlines
Paper: Yield Management at American Airlines
Laureates: Ross Darrow - American Airlines
John Leimkuhler - American Airlines
Barry Smith - Ameican Airlines

FINALISTS

Team: Columbus America Discovery Group
Paper: Searching for the SS Central America: Mathematical Treasure Hunting
Laureates: Lawrence Stone - Metron, Inc.
Team: GE Capital Corporation
Paper: Managing Consumer Credit Delinquency in the US Economy: A Multi-Billion Dollar Management Science Application
Laureates: Jefferey Dodge - General Electric
Joseph Ecker - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Donna Granfors - General Electric
Gerald Hahn - General Electric
William Makuch - General Electric
Team: GE Laboratories
Paper: NETCAP - An interactive Optimization System for GTE Telephone Network Planning
Laureates: Carolyn Jack - GTE Laboratories, Inc.
Sheng-Roan Kai - GTE Laboratories, Inc.
Alexander Shulman - GTE Laboratories, Inc.
Team: Military Airlift Command
Paper: Scheduling the Operation Desert Storm Airlift: An Advanced Automated Scheduling Support System
Laureates: Ingrid Busch - Center for Transportation Analysis, ORNL
Glen Harrison - Center for Transportation Analysis, ORNL
Michael Hilliard - Center for Transportation Analysis, ORNL
Ronald Kraemer - Hazardous Waste Remedial Actions Program
Cheng Liu - Center for Transportation Analysis, ORNL
Rajendra Solanki - Center for Transportation Analysis, ORNL
Team: Prudential-Bache Capital Funding
Paper: Mortgage Valuation Models at Prudential Securities
Laureates: Yosi Ben-Dov - Rappaport Institute
Lakhbir Hayre - Prudential Securities, Inc.
Vincent Pica - Prudential Securities, Inc.
Team: United Parcel Service (UPS)
Paper: Management Science in Automating Postal Operations: Facility and Equipment Planning in the United States Postal Service
Laureates: Michael Cerby - Kenan Systems Corporation
Anura de Silva - Arthur D. Little, Inc.
Fred DiLisio - UPS
Team: Yellow Freight System, Inc.
Paper: Interactive Optimization Improves Service and Performance for Yellow Freight System
Laureates: John Braklow - Yellow Freight System, Inc.
William Graham - Yellow Freight System, Inc.
Stephen Hassler - Yellow Freight System, Inc.
Ken Peck - Yellow Freight System, Inc.
Warren Powell - Princeton University

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.

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