Shaler Stidham

Background

Stidham,, Shaler was born on December 4, 1941 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Shaler and Gladys (Ruddick) Stidham.

Education

Bachelor, Harvard University, 1963. Master of Science, Case Institute of Technology, 1964. Doctor of Philosophy, Stanford University, 1968.

Career

Assistant professor department operations research Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 1968-1975. Associate professor, professor department industrial engineering North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 1975-1986. Professor department operations research University North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1986—2002, chairman department operations research, 1990-1995.

Lecturer Aarhus (Denmark) University, 1971-1972. Guest professor Technology University, Denmark, Lyngby, 1976-1977. Visiting fellow Statistical Laboratory, Cambridge (England) University, 1982-1983.

Consultant Bell Telephone Laboratories, 1981. Visiting scholar Stanford (California) University, 1975, 79, Australian National University, 2001. Invited professor Institute National Research Informatique et en Automatique, Sophia Antipolis, France, 1991-1992.

Keynote speaker to professional conferences, The Netherlands, Germany, Poland, France and Japan, since 1977.

Membership

Board directors Friends of College, Raleigh, 1979—1982, chairman program committee, 1981—1982. Board directors North Carolina Symphony Foundation, 1990—2007, president, 2003—2007. Faculty council University North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1995—1998.

Board deacons Pullen Memorial Church, 1995—1998. Board directors North Carolina Museum Art Foundation, Raleigh, 1996—2005. Member Institute Operations Research and Management Sciences (chairman applied probability technical section 1990-1991, program co-chairman international meeting Osaka, Japan 1989), Sigma Xi (Young Scientist Research award 1978).

Connections

Married Carolyn Jean Noble, April 6, 1968. Children: Christiane Wilson, Dana Claire, Ann-Elise.

Father:

Shaler Stidham,

Mother:

Gladys (Ruddick) Stidham,

Spouse:

Carolyn Jean Noble

child:

Dana Claire Stidham,

child:

Ann-Elise Stidham,

child:

Christiane Wilson Stidham,