Background
Cushen, Walter Edward was born on March 21, 1925 in Hagerstown, Maryland, United States. Son of Walter Frank Cushen and Edith Louella Sheeley.
Cushen, Walter Edward was born on March 21, 1925 in Hagerstown, Maryland, United States. Son of Walter Frank Cushen and Edith Louella Sheeley.
Bachelor summa cum laude, Western Maryland College, 1948. Doctor of Philosophy, University Edinburgh, Scotland, 1951. Doctor of Science, Western Maryland College, 1966.
Associate professor operations research Case Institute of Technology, 1961—1963. Operations research analyst Institute for Defense Analyses, 1963—1965. Division chief National BUR Standards, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 1965—1980.
Operating research analyst Operations Research Office, Bethesda, 1952—1961. Vice president MathTech, Inc., 1980—1982. Project leader Logistics Management Institute, 1982—1984.
Operations researcher Defense Information Systems, Falls Church, Virginia, 1984—1993. Senior fellow war gaming and simulation National Defense University, Washington, 1993—2001, contractor, since 2001. Member Governors Science Advisory Board Maryland, 1965—1968.
With Army of the United States, 1944-1946.
Fellow: American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member: Operations Research Society of America (president 1970-1971, Kimball medal 1992).
Married Helen Lingenfelter, September 1, 1949. Children: Donna Gail, Mark Edward.