Francis Douglas Tuggle

Background

Tuggle, Francis Douglas was born on January 19, 1943 in Portsmouth, Virginia, United States. Son of Francis Joyner and Florence Eleanor (Dahlgren) Tuggle.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1964. Master of Science, Carnegie-Mellon University, 1967. Doctor of Philosophy, Carnegie-Mellon University, 1971.

Career

Professor business administration and computer science University Kansas, Lawrence, 1968-1978. Jesse H. Jones professor management Rice University, Houston, 1978-1990. Dean Kogod College Business Administration, American University, Washington, 1990-1996, professor information systems and strategic planning, 1996—2002.

Robert J. & Carolyn A. Waltos Junior dean Argyros School Business Economics Chapman University, Orange, California, 2002—2006, professor, since 2006. Founder Family Health Information Services, Inc., Yorba-Linda, since 2006, Anderson & Tuggle Inc., since 2002. Partner Insight Consultant, since 2006.

Board directors Equus Total Return Inc., Houston, 1991-2010. Director-at-large Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences, 1995. Consultant in field; board trustees, Internat University Creative Leadership Entrepreneurship, Breda, Holland, 2007-2009.

Achievements

• Francis Douglas Tuggle has been listed as a noteworthy management educator, corporate director, consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • How to program a computer, using Fortran IV

Membership

Committee chairman United Way Texas Gulf Coast, Houston, 1985-1988. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences (board directors 1995, v.p.1992-1994), American Association Artificial Intelligence, Association for Computing Machinery, Academy of Management, Sigma Xi, Beta Gamma Sigma, Alpha Kappa Psi.

Interests

• Golf, bicycling, jogging, painting, drawing.

Connections

Married Mary Ann Tredway, June 3, 1967. Children: Wendy Elizabeth, Laura Michelle.

Father:

Francis Joyner Tuggle

Mother:

Florence Eleanor (Dahlgren) Tuggle

Spouse:

Mary Ann Tredway

child:

Wendy Elizabeth Tuggle

child:

Laura Michelle Tuggle