Military Operations Research Society (MORS) Oral History Project Interview of Dr. Gerald G. Brown

摘要

Oral Histories represent the recollections and opinions of the person interviewed, and not the official position of MORS. Omissions and errors in fact are corrected when possible, but every effort is made to present the interviewee's own words. Dr. Gerald G. "Jerry" Brown is currently a Distinguished Professor of Operations Research and Executive Director of the Center for Infrastructure Defense at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS), Monterey, California. In 1976 NPS students elected him best teacher; in 1982 NPS faculty elected him best researcher; in 2005 he was elected an Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) Fellow; in 2008 he was elected to the National Academy of Engineering (the first NPS faculty member to receive this honor); and in 2009 the Secretary of the Navy awarded him the Navy Distinguished Civilian Service Medal. Dr. Brown also won the INFORMS Military Applications Society's Koopman Prize in 1990, the MORS Barchi Prize in 2007, and the MORS Clayton Thomas Award in 2010.