Richard Linley Van Horn

Background

Horn, Richard Linley Van was born on November 2, 1932 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Richard Linley and Mildred Dorothy (Wright) Van Horn.

Education

Bachelor of Science with highest honors, Yale University, 1954. Master of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1956. Doctor of Philosophy, Carnegie-Mellon University, 1976.

Doctor of Business (honorary), Reitsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan, 1991.

Career

Assistant director, Army electronic data processing Project, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1956-1957;research staff, Rand Corporation, Santa Monica, California, 1957-1960;head management systems group, Rand Corporation, 1960-1967;director, professor management systems, European Institute Advanced Studies in Management, Brussels, Belgium, 1971-1973;associate dean, Graduate School Industrial Administration, Carnegie-Mellon U., Pittsburgh, 1967-1971;director budget and planning, Graduate School Industrial Administration, Carnegie-Mellon U., Pittsburgh, 1973-1974;vice president for business affairs, Graduate School Industrial Administration, Carnegie-Mellon U., Pittsburgh, 1974-1977;vice president for management, Graduate School Industrial Administration, Carnegie-Mellon U., Pittsburgh, 1977-1980;provost and professor management, Graduate School Industrial Administration, Carnegie-Mellon U., Pittsburgh, 1980-1983;chancellor, U. Houston, 1983-1986;president, U. Houston, 1986-1989;president, U. Oklahoma, 1989-1994;president emeritus and regent's professor, College of Business U. Oklahoma, Norman, since 1994;Clarence E. Page professor aviation, U. Oklahoma, Norman, since 1995;director management information system division, College Business U Oklahoma, since 1997.

Works

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  • Information Systems Solutions: A Project Approach

    (The development, implementation and maintenance of comput...)

  • Automatic Data-Processing Systems - Principles and Procedures
  • Automatic Data-Processing Systems : Principles and Procedures
  • Automatic Data-processing Systems: Principles And Procedures
  • Information Systems Solutions: A Project Approach
  • Automatic Data-Processing Systems; Principles and Procedures
  • Priniciples And Procedures: Automatic Data-Processing Systems
  • The automatic data processing systems acquisition process: Is there a better way? (Air University)
  • Automatic Data-Processing Systems: Principles and Procedures by Robert H. Gregory & Richard L. Van Horn by Robert H. Gregory & Richard L. Van Horn

• Other Work

  • Author: (with Robert H. Gregory) Automatic Data Processing Systems, 1960, 2nd edition 1963, (with R.H. Gregory) Business Data Processing and Programming, 1963, (with C.H. Kriebel and J.T. Heames) Management Information Systems: Progress and Perspectives, 1971, (with A. Schwarzkopf and R. Leou Price) Information System Solutions: a Project Approach, 2006. Contributor articles to professional journals. Associate editor: Journal Institute Management Sciences, 1964-1978.

Membership

Board of directors Last Frontier county Boy Scouts American, Kirkpatrick Center, Nelson-Atkins Art Museum, Truman Library. Institute, State Fair Oklahoma, Oklahoma Futures Commission, Oklahoma Health Sciences Center Foundation, Inc., Oklahoma Ednl. television Authority. Member Institute Management Science (national council member 1963-1965, secretary-treasurer 1964), Association for Computing Machinery (national lecturer 1969-1970), Council on Govt.Relations (board directors 1981-1983).

Interests

• Avocation: commercial pilot.

Connections

Married Susan Householder, May 29, 1954 (deceased). Children: Susan Elizabeth, Patricia Suzanne, Lynda Sue. Married Betty Pfefferbaum, May 29, 1988.

Father:

Richard Linley Horn

Mother:

Mildred Dorothy (Wright) Van Horn

Spouse:

Susan Householder

Spouse:

Betty Pfefferbaum

child:

Susan Elizabeth Horn

child:

Patricia Suzanne Horn

child:

Lynda Sue Horn