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In Memoriam: Mary Haight, 1936-2022

  • 1.  In Memoriam: Mary Haight, 1936-2022

    Posted 12-06-2022 15:25
    Edited by Scharan Johnson 06-27-2023 13:52

    Mary Haight, longtime managing editor for Interfaces (now INFORMS Journal on Applied Analytics, IJAA), died peacefully on November 5, 2022, in State College, PA.

     

    In 1982, the second editor-in-chief of Interfaces, Gary Lilien, hired Mary as the managing editor for the journal, with the assignment to help authors clarify their writing and make their work intelligible to readers outside the field. In this position for more than 20 years, Mary scrutinized every word of every paper the journal published. Mary was rigorous in her standards and became famous for her meticulous editing and extensive hand-written comments, which offered information, humor, and occasional linguistic indignation. She also edited Production and Operations Management (POM) during its first 10 years; her contributions were critical to POM's academic success. 

     

    For Mary's full obituary, follow this link.  The INFORMS Journal on Applied Analytics will publish in its next issue a set of remembrances from the editors who worked closely with Mary.  In addition, the Production and Operations Management Society has instituted an annual Mary Haight Excellence in Writing Award to be presented to the authors of a paper published in Production and Operations Management in the preceding two years for exemplary style, clarity, and exposition.



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    Scharan Johnson
    Director of Membership and Communities
    INFORMS
    Catonsville MD
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