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The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award recognizes U.S. organizations in the business,health care,education,and nonprofit sectors for performance excellence. The Baldrige Award is the highest formal recognition of the performance excellence of both public and private U.S. organizations given by the President of the United States. It is administered by the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program,which is based at and managed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST),an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce.
The American Society for Quality (ASQ),formerly the American Society for Quality Control (ASQC),is a society of quality professionals,with nearly 800,000 members.
Northwest Missouri State University is a public university in Maryville,Missouri. It has an enrollment of about 8,505 students. Founded in 1905 as a teachers college,its campus is based on the design for Forest Park at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair and is the official Missouri State Arboretum. The school is governed by a state-appointed Board of Regents and headed by Interim President Clarence Green.
William B. Smith,Jr. was the "father of Six Sigma". Born in Brooklyn,New York,Smith graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1952 and studied at the University of Minnesota School of Management but did not graduate. In 1987,after working for nearly 35 years in engineering and quality assurance,he joined Motorola,serving as vice president and senior quality assurance manager for the Land Mobile.
The Higher Learning Commission (HLC) is an institutional accreditor in the United States. It has historically accredited post-secondary education institutions in the central United States:Arizona,Arkansas,Colorado,Illinois,Indiana,Iowa,Kansas,Michigan,Minnesota,Missouri,Nebraska,New Mexico,North Dakota,Ohio,Oklahoma,South Dakota,West Virginia,Wisconsin,and Wyoming. The headquarters of the organization is in Chicago,Illinois.
West Shore Community College is a public community college in Scottville,Michigan.
Howard Malcolm "Mac" Baldrige Jr. was an American businessman. He served as the United States Secretary of Commerce from 1981 until his death in 1987. He was inducted into the ProRodeo Hall of Fame in 1988.
MidwayUSA is a privately held American retailer of various hunting and outdoor-related products. The company is headquartered in Columbia,Missouri,and sells in the continental United States. The company markets online.
Mott Community College is a public community college in Flint,Michigan. It is named for politician,businessman,and philanthropist Charles Stewart Mott. Its district is the same as the Genesee Intermediate School District and is governed by an elected board of trustees. The college offers 61 associate degrees and 40 pre-associate certificates. It also has satellite campuses in nearby Clio,Fenton,Lapeer,and Howell. The majority of students come from Genesee,Lapeer,and northwest Oakland County.
Paul George Benson is an American academic,and the former President of the College of Charleston in Charleston,South Carolina.
The Chugach School District is a school district headquartered in Anchorage,Alaska. It operates three brick-and-mortar schools in Prince William Sound,Alaska;a homeschool program that serves students across the state;and a short-term residential school out of Anchorage.
Dean L. Hubbard is an American academic administrator. He was the president of Northwest Missouri State University from 1984 until 2009—the longest of any president in the school's history.
Al Stubblefield served as president and CEO (1999–2012) of Baptist Health Care (BHC) located in Pensacola,Florida.
The Excellence in Missouri Foundation was established in 1992 to administer the Missouri Quality Award program and to promote quality principles in business,education,government and health care throughout Missouri. Based in Jefferson City,Missouri,it is a 501 (c)(3) not-for-profit educational organization funded entirely by contributions from the private sector and income-generating activities. The Foundation is led by a Board of Directors,chaired by Dennis DeGroodt,and is composed of key business,education,government,and health care leaders from across the state.
Vincent Price is an American academic administrator who has served as the 10th president of Duke University in North Carolina since 2017. Price previously served as provost of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia from 2009 to 2017.
Michael Harris is an Israeli-American public policy scholar and university administrator. He is currently the Interim Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs of Tennessee State University and a Professor of Public Administration and Policy.
Debasish "Deba" Dutta is an American mechanical engineer and higher education administrator. He is currently a senior advisor to the president of the University of Illinois system.
Brent David Ruben is a Distinguished Professor of Communication,Department of Communication,Rutgers School of Communication and Information. He also serves as Advisor for Strategy and Planning in the Office to the Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs,is Senior University Fellow in leadership and communication,and founder of the Rutgers Center for Organizational Leadership. Ruben is a member of faculties of Robert Wood Johnson School of Medicine and the Ph.D. Program in Higher Education in the Rutgers Graduate School of Education. Ruben's academic career has been devoted to advancing interdisciplinary and systemic approaches to the study of communication,and the application of these frameworks in cross-cultural,health,educational,organizational,and leadership contexts. He is author of more than 60 books and 150 journal articles and book chapters in these areas.