Leslie Earl Trotter

Background

Trotter, Leslie Earl was born on November 17, 1943 in Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States. Son of Leslie Earl and Sylvia Helene Trotter.

Education

Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics, Princeton University, 1965; Master of Science in Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute Technology, 1971; Doctor of Philosophy in Operations Research, Cornell Univercity, 1973.

Career

Science computer programmer, Lockheed-Georgia Company, Marietta, 1965-1968; computer applications analyst, Control Data Corporation, Atlanta, 1968-1970; postdoctoral research associate Mathematics Research Center,, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1973; assistant professor, Yale University School Organisation and Management, New Haven, 1974-1975; associate professor operations research, Cornell Univercity School Operations Research and Industrial Engineering, Ithaca, New York, 1975-1984; director of School, Cornell Univercity School Operations Research and Industrial Engineering, Ithaca, New York, 1983-1987, 98-; professor, Cornell Univercity School Operations Research and Industrial Engineering, Ithaca, New York, since 1984; director Advanced Computational Optimization Laboratory, Cornell Theory Center, since 1995. Visiting professor Bonn (Germany) U., 1977-1979, mathematics department E.P.F.L., Lausanne, Switzerland, 1984-1985, 91-92, Mathematics Institute, Augsburg (Germany) U., 1987-1988. Visiting consultant Bell laboratories, Holmdel, New Jersey, 1981.

Achievements

• Leslie Earl Trotter has been listed as a noteworthy Operations research educator, consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Operations Research Society American, Mathematics Programming Society (treasurer 1988-1994), Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics.

Interests

• Avocations: fitness, skiing, music.

Connections

Married Jomi Tuggle, July 19, 1968 (divorced December 1995). Children: Colleen Nicole, Eamonn Scott.

Father:

Leslie Earl Trotter

Mother:

Sylvia Helene Trotter

Spouse:

Jomi Tuggle

child:

Eamonn Scott Trotter

child:

Colleen Nicole Trotter