Peter Henry Farquhar

Background

Farquhar, Peter Henry was born on May 7, 1947 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Henry Adamson Farquhar Junior and Alice Mai (Grant) Kearney.

Education

Bachelor of Science magna cum laude, Tufts University, 1969. Master of Science, Cornell University, 1972. Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell University, 1974.

Career

Associate mathematician The Rand Corporation, Santa Monica, California, 1974-1975. Assistant professor Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1975-1978, Harvard Business School, Boston, 1978-1980. Associate professor University California, Davis, 1980-1984.

Visiting scholar Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1982. Associate professor marketing Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, 1984-1992. Director Center for Product Research, 1987-1992.

Professor management Claremont Graduate University, California, 1992—2004. United Technologies Corporation professor business administration Darden School University Virginia, Charlottesville, 2004—2005. Reader Huntington Library., since 2006.

Director Product Strategy Institute, Claremont, California, 1992—1995, Strategy Institute, Claremont, California, 1995—1998. Advisory board National Purchase Diary Group, since 1991. Founder and member Fox Strategy LLC, since 1998.

Member editorial board Marketing Management, since 1991, Journal Brand Management, since 1998, Social Influence, since 2005. Visiting scholar Harvey Mudd College, since 2005. Consultant in field.

Achievements

• Peter Henry Farquhar has been listed as a noteworthy Management educator, research director by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board member School District 67, Morton Grove, Illinois, 1977-1978. Community volunteer; Member Product Development and Management Association (vice president 1989, board director 1990-1993), Operations Research Society of America (area editor 1989-1994), Institute Management Science (publication committee 1987-1993), Academy Magical Arts(magician member since 2003).

Interests

• Avocation: mineralogy.

Connections

Married Andrea Pyne, April 12, 1949. Children: Thomas Henry, Michelle Denise, David Charles.

Father:

Henry Adamson Farquhar Kearney Junior

Mother:

Alice Mai (Grant) Kearney

Spouse:

Andrea Pyne

child:

David Charles Farquhar

child:

Michelle Denise Farquhar

child:

Thomas Henry Farquhar