Cornell University Slideshow

An outdoor lunch in Ithaca in 2003, with former Cornell colleagues and their spouses: (l-r) Shaler Stidham, Uma Prabhu, Sumi Prabhu, Mark Eisner, Carolyn Stidham, Paula Eisner, Jean Billera, Lou Billera. The four men were together on the ORIE faculty in the early 1970's.  Prabhu became Emeritus in 1994 and  Billera s in 2018.  Stidham moved to North Carolina State in 1975 and to the University of North Carolina in 1986, becoming Emeritus in 2002.  Eisner rejoined ORIE in 1997 as M.Eng. Director, retiring in 2007.  

ORIE Faculty at George Nemhauser's daughter Wendy's wedding, Ithaca, July 1987.  From left:  Jack Muckstadt, Bob Bechhofer, Les Trotter, Janice Post, Andrew Schultz Jr., Mike Todd,  Nemhauser, Bruce Turnbull.   George Nemhauser was ORIE Director 1977-1983 and moved to Georgia Tech in 1985.  Janice Post was Adminstrator of ORIE for many years.  Andrew Schultz Jr. was instrumental in establishing ORIE, and was Engineering Dean 1963-1972. Muckstadt, Trotter, Todd and Turnbull became ORIE Emeriti in mid-2010's.  

 Faculty of Cornell's School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering (ORIE) c.1977 in front of Upson Hall, at that time the home of the School.  From left: Jack Muckstadt, Lee Schruben, Bill Maxwell, Uma Prabhu, Lionel Weiss, Bob Bechhofer, Bruce Turnbull, Byron Saunders, Murad Taqqu, Andrew Schultz, Les Trotter, David Heath, Lou Billera. 

Ph.D. Alumni Reunion in Honor of Professor Robert E. Bechhofer, June 12-13, 1989, on the occasion of his becoming Professor Emeritus . Attendees in front of Upson Hall, Cornell University.  Professor Bechhofer joined the School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering (ORIE) in 1953, chaired the Department of Industrial Engineering from 1967 to 1975 and was Director of the newly created School from 1975 to 1977.  He died in 1997.  

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Key for Bechhofer Reunion Photo, June 12-13, 1989.  The month and year of PhD degree is listed for alumni. The photo includes several faculty members.  

Cornell ORIE students play the Cups Game to learn about lean manufacturing, October 2008.  The Cups Game is a feature of the Design of Manufacturing Course, taught then by Professors Peter Jackson and Jack Muckstadt.  The game is a simple exercise to demonstrate the difference between push and pull production.  Teams assemble paper cups and lids into a tray, inserting a straw into each cup, and discover key issues in a sequential assembly process.  

Upson Hall, home of Cornell's School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering (ORIE) from its construction in 1956 to 1990.  ORIE facilities were on the third floor.  Upson Hall was extensively renovated in 2015-2017.   

Rhodes hall, Cornell University.  Home of the School of Operations Research and Industrial (later Information) Engineering (ORIE)  from its completion in 1990.  ORIE has occupied the 2nd floor.   

A collection of Cornell operations research and industrial engineering Ph.D. and Masters dissertations dating back nearly 100 years, housed in the ORIE  Ph.D. lounge in Rhodes Hall.  Photo: P. Richtarik, 2005.   

Damla Ahipasaoglu congratulates Chris Provan as she and Pascal Tomacek pass the traditional Door Prize to Provan and Martina Gancarova.  The prize is awarded to first year Ph.D. students at the 2006 annual Big Red Barn Party at the Andrew Dickson White House at Cornell.  The prize entitles the recipients to organize the following spring's picnic.  The Big Red Barn Party is named for a former venue on the Cornell campus.   Photo by P. Richtarik. 

ORIE faculty member Leslie Trotter discusses a geometric construction with his colleague Michael Todd. Seated are colleagues Louis Billera, Howard Taylor and Murad Taqqu, c1980. 

Professor Robert Bland regularly arranges a skating party for the Cornell IIE/INFORMS and others, at Lynah Rink at Cornell.  Bland is at left.  Then ORIE M.Eng. Director Mark Eisner, in tan jacket, is at center, next to William Martin, then ORIE IT administrator.  Third from the left is Susan (Wang) Chen '99.  Susan Martonosi '99, later Professor of Mathematics at Harvey Mudd College, is fourth from the left.   Photo c.1998.  

ORIE faculty members Robert Bechhofer, Robert Bland, Narahari U. Prabhu, Robin Roundy, Lionel Weiss, Jack Muckstadt and Bruce Turnbull, with Administrative Aide Diane Harrington, at the departmental commencement celebration for the Class of 1988. 

Professor William Maxwell '57 PhD '61, IE Director Byron Saunders, and Jack Bradt '52 at a May 1980 Convocation in honor of former Engineering Dean Andrew S. Schultz, Jr. 

Bradt, founder and CEO of SI Handling Systems, was later Executive in Residence at Cornell's Johnson Graduate School of Business.  ORIE Director George Nemhauser is seen in the background.