Background
Feigenbaum, Armand Vallin was born on April 6, 1920 in New York City. Son of S. Frederick and Hilda (Vallin) Feigenbaum.
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Feigenbaum, Armand Vallin was born on April 6, 1920 in New York City. Son of S. Frederick and Hilda (Vallin) Feigenbaum.
Bachelor of Science, Union College, 1942. Doctor of Science (honorary), Union College, 1992. Master of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1948.
Doctor of Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1951. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), University Massachusetts, 1996. Doctor of Science (honorary), Massachusetts College Liberal Arts, 2003.
Engineer test program, General Electric, Schenectady, 1942-1945;
factory training course, General Electric, 1945-1947;
sales engineer, General Electric, 1947-1948;
supervisor training manufacturing personnel, General Electric, Lynn, Massachusetts, 1948-1950;
assistant to general manager aircraft gas turbine division, General Electric, Cincinnati, 1950-1952;
manager aircraft nuclear propulsion department, General Electric, New York City, 1952;
company manager quality control, General Electric, 1956;
company-wide manager manufacturing operations and quality control, General Electric, 1958-1968;
president, Chief Executive Officer, General Systems Company, Inc., Pittsfield, Massachusetts, since 1968. Member board overseers Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Program, Washington, District of Columbia, 1988-1991. President International Academy for Quality, 1966-1979, Chairman, Board Of Directors, since 1979.
Advisory group United States Army, since 1966. Lecturer Massachusetts Institute of Technology, U. Cincinnati, Union College, University of Pennsylvania.
First recipient of ASQ's Lancaster Award ASQ 1965 Edwards Medal in recognition of "his origination and implementation of basic foundations for modern quality control" National Security Industrial Association Award of Merit Member of the Advisory Group of the U.S. Army Chairman of a system-wide evaluation of quality assurance activities of the Army Materiel Command Consultant with the Industrial College of the Armed Forces Union College Founders Medal Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science Life member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Life member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Life member of Plymouth Society of Marine Biology.
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Chairman institute administration, management council Union College, since 1963. Fellow American Society Quality Control (president 1961-1963, chairman board 1963-1964, Edwards medal 1966, Lancaster medal 1982, honorary member 1986, Feigenbaum award established 1999), World Academy Productivity Science. Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (life), National Society of Professional Engineers (Distinguished Service award 1991), American Society of Mechanical Engineers (life), American Association for the Advancement of Science (honorary), National Security Industrial Association (national award merit 1965), Institute of Mathematics Statistics, Academy Political and Social Sciences, American Economic Association, Society Advancement Management, Industrial Relations Research Society, Council International Progress in Management (chairman board 1968-1970), China Association Quality Control (honorary advisor), Argentine Institute Quality (honorary), Philippines Society for Quality Control (honorary), National Academy of Engineering.
