Background
Ballou, Ronald Herman was born on August 20, 1937 in Columbus, Ohio, United States. Son of Ralph Hunt Ballou and Selma Ann (Held) Weintritt.
supply chain management educator
Ballou, Ronald Herman was born on August 20, 1937 in Columbus, Ohio, United States. Son of Ralph Hunt Ballou and Selma Ann (Held) Weintritt.
BME, Ohio State University, 1960. Master of Business Administration, Ohio State University, 1963. Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, 1965.
Business administrator, Westinghouse Electric Company, Columbus, 1960-1963;
assistant professor quantitative methods, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1965-1968;
professor operations and logists management, Case-Western Reserve U., Cleveland, since 1968. Visiting associate professor marketing and transportation Michigan State University, East Lansing, 1972-1973. Editorial review board Journal Business Logistics, since 1983, International Jour.Phys.
Distribution and Materials Management, since 1984. Consultant in field.
Member Institute Management Science, Council Logistics Management.
Married Carolyn Young, December 21, 1960. Children: Kevin Ronald, Brian Michael.