INFORMS is saddened to share the passing of longtime member and INFORMS Fellow Richard W. Conway.
Richard received his education from and spent his entire career at Cornell University. During his time at Cornell, he played a pivotal role in the development of the Department of Computer Science.
A published author several times over, his first book, The Theory of Scheduling, brought together various scheduling papers into one publication. In addition, he was also a developer and co-author of numerous computer programming languages and authored a book series designed to offer a basic introduction of programming to nonprofessionals.
In 1961, Richard took a sabbatical and worked at the RAND Corporation where he was assigned to run the night shift tests on various machines, and effectively became its first practicing programmer.
In addition to his election as an INFORMS Fellow, Richard was elected in to the National Academy of Engineering.
Learn more about Richard Conway's incredible career and contributions here.
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Scharan Johnson
Director of Membership and Communities
INFORMS
Catonsville MD
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