Philip M. Morse
American physicist (1903–85) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Philip McCord Morse (August 6, 1903 – 5 September 1985), was an American physicist, administrator and pioneer of operations research (OR) in World War II.[1] He is considered to be the father of operations research in the U.S.
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Philip McCord Morse | |
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Born | (1903-08-06)August 6, 1903 Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S. |
Died | September 5, 1985(1985-09-05) (aged 82) Concord, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Education | Case School of Engineering (BS) Princeton University (PhD) |
Known for | Morse potential Rosen–Morse potential |
Awards | ASA Gold Medal (1973) Frederick W. Lanchester Prize (1968) Josiah Willard Gibbs Lectureship (1947) Medal for Merit (1946) |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich Cambridge University MIT |
Thesis | A Theory of the Electric Discharge through Gases (1929) |
Doctoral advisor | Karl Taylor Compton |
Doctoral students | Charles Draper Ronald A. Howard John Little Leonard Schiff |
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