Background
Bracken, Paul was born on March 12, 1948 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John Joseph and Gertrude (Logue) Bracken.
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Paul Bracken
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He received his Bachelor of Science (Engineering) degree from Columbia University in 1971 and his PhD in Operations Research in 1982 from Yale University.
Career
Prior to joining Yale, he was on the senior staff of the Hudson Institute for 10 years, where he led the management consulting arm of the institute. He enjoys golf, dude ranching and ham radio (K3SOC). Bracken teaches a large course in Yale College on Strategy, Technology and War, and in the School of Management he teaches a popular course on Business, Government and Globalization, which examines the changing structure of global business.
He also teaches the new SOM course on Problem Framing, the required course on integrated management thinking for all entering MBA students. His research concerns international relations, national security, and the multinational corporation. Professors were selected based on qualitative and quantitative data from survey findings and based upon high praise from the undergraduate students they teach.
Bracken is also considered a respected thought leader in global competition and the strategic application of technology in business and defense. His research and teaching focus on solutions for senior management as it deals with changing strategic developments under conditions of intense uncertainty.
Politics
In 2012 The Princeton Review named Bracken one of the 300 “best professors” in the United States.
Membership
Bracken is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, serves on the Chief of Naval Operations Executive Panel, co-chairs the Board of Advisors of the Naval Postgraduate School and the U.S. Naval War College, and advises other parts of the United States government and National Academy of Sciences Task Forces. At Yale he is a Fellow of Silliman College and a member of the Elizabethan Club.
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Married Nanette Elizabeth Beattie, May 25, 1974. Children: Kathleen, James, Margaret.
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