Beale Lecture and Medal
Professor Michael C Jackson OBE (1970, PPE) delivered the Beale Lecture of the Operational Research Society, on 21 February at The Royal Society. Professor Jackson received the Beale Medal in 2017.
The Beale Lecture and Medal are named after Martin Beale, who was one of the pioneers of mathematical programming.聽Professor Jackson’s聽 lecture, “The Future of O.R. is Present”, drew inspiration from Beale’s work聽Mathematical Programming in Practice聽and Russ Ackoff’s The Future of O.R. is Past.聽Professor Jackson received the 2017 Beale Medal for “an outstanding and sustained contribution to OR”.
Professor Jackson is Emeritus Professor at the University of Hull and a Fellow of the OR Society. He has received two honorary doctorates as well as obtaining his PhD from the University of Hull. He received an OBE in the Queen鈥檚 New Year鈥檚 Honours list 2011 for services to higher education and business. His fifth book,聽, was published this year.
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Published: 17 April 2019