Background
Telgen, Jan was born on May 17, 1952 in Epe, The Netherlands. Son of Gerrit and Geertruida (Verwoert) Telgen.
Telgen, Jan was born on May 17, 1952 in Epe, The Netherlands. Son of Gerrit and Geertruida (Verwoert) Telgen.
Master in Econometrics, Erasmus University, 1975. Doctor in Operations Research, Erasmus University, 1979.
Assistant professor, Erasmus U., Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 1976-1979; North Atlantic Treaty Organization science fellow, U. Tennessee/State University of New York, Knoxville, Buffalo, 1979-1980; fellow, Congress of Racial Equality, Louvain la Neuve, Belgium, 1980-1981; head operations research, Rabo Bank Nederland, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 1981-1985; manager, Coopers & Lybrand, Utrecht, 1985-1986; partner, Coopers & Lybrand, Utrecht, since 1987. Professor Twente U., Enschede, The Netherlands, since 1987. Board directors Insuvest, Amsterdam.
Chairman Stichting Bosbad Lunteren, The Netherlands, since 1989, Stichting C.N.S. Lunteren, 1990-1993. Fellow Operations Research Society United Kingdom. Member Operations Research Society United States of America, Operations Research Society Netherlands (chair 1990-1994), Society for Logistics, Production and Operations Management Society (area editor since 1990), Mathematics Programming Society (Chairman of Commission on algorithms 1984-1988).
Married Geeske M. Swarts, August 18, 1978. Children: Hanke L., Anne G.J., Maria G.