Frederick W. Lanchester Prize
2012 Winner:
Award Not Given This Year
Purpose of the Award
The Lanchester prize is awarded for the best contribution to operations research and the management sciences published in English in the past three years. The prize includes a commemorative medallion and a US $5,000 cash award. The award is given each year at the INFORMS National Meeting, if there is a suitable recipient.
Past Awardees
| 2012 | Winner Award Not Given This Year |
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| 2011 | Winner David Easley, Cornell University, Department of Economics Jon M. Kleinberg, Cornell University, Department of Computer Science |
| 2010 | Winner Award not given this year. |
| 2009 | Winner Award Not Given This Year |
| 2008 | Winner Warren P. Adams, Clemson University, Dept. of Mathematical Sciences Hanif D. Sherali, Virginia Polytechnic & State University, Industrial & Systems Engineering Dept. |
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Lawrence M. Wein,
Stanford University, Graduate School of Business |
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| 2007 | Winner David L. Applegate, AT&T Labs - Research, Algorithms & Optimization Dept. Robert E. Bixby, Gurobi Optimization, Inc. Vašek Chvátal, Concordia University, Dept. of Computer Science & Software Engineering William J. Cook, Georgia Institute of Technology, Industrial & Systems Engineering |
| 2006 | Winner Paul Glasserman, Columbia University |
| 2005 | Winner Kalyan T. Talluri, University Pompeu Fabra, Dept. of Economics & Business Garrett J. van Ryzin, Columbia University, Graduate School of Business |
| 2004 | Winner Alexander Schrijver, CWI, National Research Institute for Mathematics & Computer Science |
| 2003 | Winner Nicholas Vieille, HEC Paris, Dept. Finance & Economics |
| Ward Whitt, Columbia University, Industrial Engineering & Operations Research Dept. | |
| 2001 | Winner J. Michael Harrison, Stanford University, Graduate School of Business |
| 2000 | Winner Olvi Mangasarian, University of Wisconsin, Computer Sciences Department |
| 1997 | Winner R. Tyrrell Rockafellar, University of Washington, Dept. of Mathematics Roger J-B Wets, University of California - Davis |
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Honorable Mention
Joseph Abate
Gagan L. Choudhury,
AT&T Laboratories
Kin K. Leung,
Imperial College, Electrical & Electronic Engineering & Computing Dept. David M. Lucantoni, DLT Consulting LLC Ward Whitt, Columbia University, Industrial Engineering & Operations Research Dept. |
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| 1996 | Winner George Fishman, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill |
| 1995 | Winner Robert J. Aumann, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Center for Rationality Michael B. Maschler, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Einstein Institute of Mathematics |
| Martin L. Puterman, University of British Columbia, Faculty of Communications & Business Administration | |
| 1994 | Winner Edward H. Kaplan, Yale University |
| Richard Cottle, Stanford University, Management Science & Engineering Jong-Shi Pang, Dept. of Industrial & Enterprise Systems Engineering, University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign Richard Stone , Northwest Airlines | |
| 1993 | Winner Thomas L. Magnanti, Massachusetts Institute of Technology James B. Orlin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Ravindra K. Ahuja, University of Florida, ISE Department |
| 1992 | Winner Masakazu Kojima, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mathematics & Computer Science Nimrod Megiddo, IBM Shinji Mizuno, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Dept. of Industrial Engineering & Management Toshihito Noma, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Dept. of Information Sciences Akiko Yoshise, University of Tsukuba, Graduate School of Systems and Information Engineering |
| 1991 | Winner Frank P. Kelly, Centre for Mathematical Science, University of Cambridge |
| 1990 | Winner Alvin E. Roth, Harvard Business School Mari Ida Sotomayor |
| 1989 | Winner Jean Walrand, University of California - Berkeley |
| George L. Nemhauser, Georgia Institute of Technology, Dept. of Industrial & Systems Engineering Laurence A. Wolsey, Universite Catholique de Louvain, C O R E | |
| 1988 | Winner Robin Roundy, Cornell University, School of Operations Research & Industrial Engineering |
| 1986 | Winner Alexander Schrijver, CWI, National Research Institute for Mathematics & Computer Science |
| Peter Whittle | |
| 1985 | Winner Michael Maltz, University of Illinois - Chicago, Dept. of Criminal Justice |
| 1984 | Winner Narendra Karmarkar |
| Robert Tarjan | |
| 1983 | Winner Martin Shubik |
| Ellis L. Johnson, School of Industrial & Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology Manfred W. Padberg, New York University, Stern School of Business Harlan Crowder | |
| 1982 | Winner Karl-Heinz Borgwardt, Universitaet Augsburg |
| 1981 | Winner David Hopkins, Stanford University William Massy, Stanford University |
| 1980 | Winner David M. Eddy , Director Center for the Study of Health & Clinical Policy, Duke University |
| 1979 | Winner Michael R. Garey, AT&T Bell Labs David S. Johnson, AT&T Bell Labs |
| 1977 | Winner Richard M. Karp, University of California - Berkeley, Dept. of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science Gerard Cornuejols, Carnegie Mellon University, Tepper School of Business Marshall L. Fisher, University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School Operations & Information Management Dept. George L. Nemhauser, Georgia Institute of Technology, Dept. of Industrial & Systems Engineering |
| 1976 | Winner Ralph L. Keeney, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University Howard Raiffa, Harvard University, Graduate School of Business Administration |
| Leonard Kleinrock, University of California, Computer Science Dept. | |
| 1975 | Winner Lawrence D. Stone, Metron Incorporated |
| 1974 | Winner Peter Kolesar, Columbia University, Graduate School of Business Warren E. Walker, Delft University of Technology |
| 1973 | Winner Herbert E. Scarf, Yale University Terje Hansen |
| Louis M. Goreux Alan S. Manne, Stanford University | |
| 1972 | Winner Richard C. Larson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| 1971 | Winner E. E. David J. G. Truxal E. J. Piel |
| 1970 | Honorable Mention George E. P. Box Gwilym M. Jenkins Peter C. Fishburn Leon S. Lasdon , University of Texas Arnold Reisman |
| 1969 | Winner Harvey M. Wagner, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, Kenan-Flagler Business School |
| 1968 | Winner Anthony V. Fiacco, George Washington University, Operations Research Dept. Garth McCormick |
| Philip M. Morse | |
| 1967 | Winner Douglass J. Wilde Charles S. Beightler |
| 1966 | Winner Stafford Beer |
| 1965 | Winner Michel Balinski, Ecole Polytechnique, Laboratoire D'Econometrie Rufus Isaacs |
| 1964 | Winner F. M. Scherer |
| 1963 | Winner Paul C. Gilmore Ralph E. Gomory , Alfred P. Sloan Foundation |
| 1962 | Winner Robert M. Oliver, University of California - Berkeley Aryeh H. Samuel |
| 1961 | Winner E. Ventura |
| 1960 | Winner Herman F. Karreman |
| 1959 | Winner Robert E. Chandler Robert Herman, University of Texas-Austin Elliott W. Montroll |
| A. M. Lee | |
| 1957 | Winner Maurice F. C . Allais |
| First Place Clayton J. Thomas, ACS Studies Walter L. Deemer, Jr. | |
| 1956 | Winner Richard E. Zimmerman |
| 1955 | Winner George S. Brigham |
| 1954 | Winner Leslie C. Edie |
