Thomas William Knowles

Background

Knowles, Thomas William was born on June 2, 1941 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Thomas Houlding and Dorothy (Lovell) Knowles.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, 1963; Master of Business Administration, University of Chicago, 1966; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Chicago, 1971.

Career

Production engineer, Lever Brothers Company, Hammond, Indiana, 1963-1964; professor operations management and management science Stuart School Business, Illinois Institute Technology, Chicago, since 1969. Visiting associate professor University of Chicago Graduate School Business, 1988. President Thomas W. Knowles and Associations, Inc., Olympia Fields., Illinois, since 1976, Operations Research Society.Am./Institute Management Sciences, Chicago, 1975-1976.

Achievements

• Thomas William Knowles has been listed as a noteworthy business educator, consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Management Science: Building and Using Models (The Irwin series in quantitative analysis for business)

    (Includes topics such as, introduction to management scien...)

Membership

Treasurer BZ chapter Sigma No Alumni Association, 1967-1973, Committee for Legislation Reform, Illinois, 1978-1980, Compassionate Friends, Illinois, 1980-1990. President, vice president Rich Township (Illinois) Representatives, 1973-1974. Delegate Republican National Convention, New Orleans, 1988.

Trustee Rich Township, 1981-1989, supervisor, 1989-1993. Member Decision Sciences Institute (Stanley T. Hardy award 1989), Institute for Operations Research and Management Science (chairman Chicago 1975-1978), Mathematics Programming Society, Production and Operations Management Society, Beta Gamma Sigma, Tau Beta Pi.

Interests

• Avocations: reading, fishing, travel, genealogy, boating.

Connections

Married Fay Rosemary Bailey, June 18, 1966. Children: Jennifer Lynn, Julie Bailey (deceased).

Father:

Thomas Houlding Knowles

Mother:

Dorothy (Lovell) Knowles

Spouse:

Fay Rosemary Bailey

child:

Jennifer Lynn Knowles

child:

Julie Bailey Knowles (deceased)