Frederick Winslow Taylor

Frederick Winslow Taylor

male, deceased (1915)
mechanical engineer, Business theorist, from Pennsylvania, Phillips Exeter Academy alumni, Dartmouth College faculty, Americanindustrialengineer…American
Frederick Winslow Taylor (March 20 1856 to March 21 1915) was an American engineer who sought to improve industrial efficiency. A management...
Joseph M. Juran

Joseph M. Juran

male, 104 years old
human knowledge, Recruitment Strategy, Centenarian, quality guru, quality management, consulting…American, Industrial engineer, Americanindustrialengineer, Romanian-born American industrial engineer
Joseph Moses Juran (b. December 24, 1904) is an American industrial engineer and philanthropist. Juran is known as a business and industrial...
W. Edwards Deming

W. Edwards Deming

male, deceased (1993)
Quality experts, University of Colorado alumni, statistical hypothesis testing, Yale University alumni, composer, Economics Writer…American, Americanindustrialengineer
William Edwards Deming was an American statistician, college professor, author, lecturer, and consultant. Deming is widely credited with improving...
Walter A. Shewhart

Walter A. Shewhart

male, deceased (1967)
Quality experts, quality guru, engineer, Business theorist, Statistician, scientist at Bell Labs…Americanindustrialengineer, American
Walter Andrew Shewhart (pronounced like "Shoe-heart", March 18, 1891 - March 11, 1967) was an American physicist, engineer and statistician,...
Lillian Moller Gilbreth

Lillian Moller Gilbreth

female, deceased (1972)
PhD, engineer, German-American, Educator, University of Wisconsin-Madison, united states postal service…Americanindustrialengineer, American, Industrial Engineering, industrial and organizational psychology
Lillian Moller Gilbreth, BA, MA, PhD, (b. Lillian Evelyn Moller May 24 1878, Oakland, California - d. January 2, 1972, Phoenix, Arizona) was one of...
Frank Bunker Gilbreth

Frank Bunker Gilbreth

male, deceased (1924)
from New Jersey, death from cardiovascular disease, Business theorist, from Maine, scientist, Americanindustrialengineer…American
Frank Bunker Gilbreth (July 7 1868, Fairfield, Maine - June 14, 1924, Montclair, New Jersey) was an early advocate of scientific management and a...

M. M. Ayoub

male
Texas Tech University faculty, National Academy of Sciences, Ergonomics, University of Cairo, Ergonomics Society, American Society of Engineering Education…Institute of Industrial Engineer, Americanindustrialengineer, Industrial Engineering
Dr. M.M. Ayoub is a retired P.W. Horn Professor of Industrial Engineering at Texas Tech University. He is a pioneer in the field of ergonomics,...
Myron Tribus

Myron Tribus

male
Massachusetts Institute of Technology faculty, Out of the Crisis, Myron T Tribus, MIT, University of Michigan, UCLA…Americanindustrialengineer, American
Myron T Tribus (October 30, 1921 -) is perhaps best known as former director of the Center for Advanced Engineering Study at MIT. He headed the...
Alphonse Chapanis

Alphonse Chapanis

male, deceased (2002)
engineer, Ergonomics, human factors, human, aviation safety, American…Americanindustrialengineer
The American Alphonse Chapanis (1917-2002) was one of the founders of ergonomics, or human factors, the science of making design account for human...

Robert H. Roy

male, deceased (2000)
Johns Hopkins University, African American, mechanical engineer, Olympic competitor for the United States, Johns Hopkins University faculty, mechanical engineering…Americanindustrialengineer, American, Institute of Industrial Engineer
Robert H. Roy (born 21 November 1906, Baltimore, Maryland; died 8 October 2000, Towson, Maryland) was an American mechanical engineer and the...