Background
Little, John Dutton Conant was born on February 1, 1928 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of John Dutton and Margaret (Jones) Little.
Little, John Dutton Conant was born on February 1, 1928 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of John Dutton and Margaret (Jones) Little.
Bachelor of Science in Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1948. Doctor of Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1955. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), University Liege, Belgium, 1992.
Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Catholic University of Mons, Belgium, 1997. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), University London, 2002.
Engineer, General Electric Company, Schenectady, 1949-1950;assistant professor operations research, Case-Western Reserve U., 1957-1960;associate professor, Case-Western Reserve U., 1960-1962;research assistant, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1951-1954;associate professor management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1962-1967;professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1967-1978;George M. Bunker professor management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1978-1989;Institute professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, since 1989;director Operations Research Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1969-1976;head management science group Sloan School Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1972-1982;head behavioral and policy science area, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1982-1988;president, Management Decision Systems, Inc., 1967-1980;Chairman, Board Of Directors, Management Decision Systems, Inc., 1967-1985;director, advisor to board directors, Information Resources, Inc., since 1985. Consultant operations research industrial governmental organizations, since 1958. Visiting professor marketing European Institute Business Administration, Fontainebleau, France, fall 1988.
Researcher mathematics programming, queuing theory, marketing, traffic control, decisionsupport systems. Board directors InSite Marketing Technology, Inc., since 1997.
Trustee Marketing Science Institute, 1983-1989. Served with Army of the United States, 1955-1956. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science (member council 2000-2003), Informs Society Marketing Science.
Member National Academy of Engineering, Operations Research Society of America (council 1970-1973, president 1979-1980), Institute Management Sciences (vice president 1976-1979, president 1984-1985), Fellow Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (president 1995), American Marketing Association, Sigma Xi.
Married Elizabeth Davenport Alden, September 12, 1953. Children: John Norris, Sarah Alden, Thomas Dunham Conant, Ruel Davenport.