Michael E. Thomas

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Michael E. Thomas
BornMay 10, 1937
DiedNovember 23, 2018 (aged 81)
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater University of Texas at Austin
Johns Hopkins University
Awards INFORMS Fellow
IIE Fellow
George E. Kimball Medal
Scientific career
Fields Industrial engineering
Institutions University of Florida
Georgia Institute of Technology

Michael Edward Thomas (May 10, 1937 - November 23, 2018) [1] [2] was a university administrator and professor of industrial engineering, and was the acting president of the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1994. [3] Thomas was instrumental in the restructuring of Georgia Tech's colleges during the administration of John Patrick Crecine. [4] [5] Thomas was also instrumental in the creation of the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering. [6]

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Thomas also served as president of INFORMS and was elected a fellow of INFORMS and the Institute of Industrial Engineers. [7] He was named an honorary alumnus of Georgia Tech in 2000. [8] He received INFORMS' 1995 George E. Kimball Medal. [7]

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  2. In Memoriam: Michael “Mike” Thomas
  3. "Presidents of GT". Georgia Tech Fact Book. Georgia Institute of Technology. Archived from the original on September 15, 2012. Retrieved October 15, 2012.
  4. "Michael Edward Thomas Papers". Georgia Tech Archives & Records Management . Retrieved June 6, 2019.
  5. "Thomas Returns to ISyE as Interim Chair". H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering. January 30, 2010. Retrieved June 6, 2019.
  6. Sanders, Jane M. (February 10, 2000). "Would You Like to Be My Neighbor?". Research Horizons. Georgia Institute of Technology . Retrieved June 6, 2019.
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  8. "Honorary Alumnus". Tech Topics. Georgia Tech Alumni Association. Winter 2000.