G. Kemble Bennett

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(m. 1982)
G. Kemble Bennett
Dean of the Dwight Look College of Engineering
In office
2009 August 31, 2011
Children3
Academic background
Education Florida State University (B.S.)
San Jose University (M.S.)
Texas Tech University (Ph.D.)
Thesis Smooth Empirical Bayes Estimation with Application to the Weibull Distribution  (1970)

George Kemble Bennett (born April 2, 1940) is a senior professor of engineering in the College of Engineering at Texas A&M University. He has formerly served as the dean of the college with two non-consecutive terms. He is a fellow of the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers and of the International Society of Logistics.

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Education

Bennett received a Bachelors of Science degree in Mathematics with a minor in Chemistry from Florida State University in 1962. He received his Masters of Science in Engineering Mathematics from San Jose State University in 1968. He then received his Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from Texas Tech University in 1970. His thesis was titled Smooth Empirical Bayes Estimation with Application to the Weibull Distribution. [2]

Career

In 2006, Bennett was appointed by then Texas Governor Rick Perry as a board chair, among other positions, on the Texas Board of Professional Engineers. [3]

On August 31, 2011, Bennett stepped down as the Dean of the College of Engineering at Texas A&M University. [4]

Currently, he is a senior professor in the Industrial & Systems Engineering department in the College of Engineering. [5]

Awards

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References

  1. "The Texas A&M University System, Meeting of the Board of Regents, Minutes" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on June 10, 2016. Retrieved May 28, 2023.
  2. Bennett, George (1970). Smooth Empirical Bayes Estimation with Application to the Weibull Distribution (PDF) (PhD thesis).[ permanent dead link ]
  3. "Political People and their Moves". The Texas Tribune. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
  4. "G. Kemble "Kem" Bennett steps down". The Eagle. August 24, 2011. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
  5. "G. Kemble Bennett". engineering.tamu.edu. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
  6. "IIE Award Winners". www.iise.org. Retrieved November 20, 2019.