Beale Medal
The Beale Medal is the Operational Research Society's award for sustained contribution to the theory, practice, or philosophy of operations research in the UK over a period of years. It is first awarded in 1992 and named after the late Martin Beale, a British mathematician and a pioneer of operations research in the UK.[1]
Past recipients
The list of past recipients of the medal are
- 1992 Jonathan V. Rosenhead[2]
- 1993 Douglas J. White[3]
- 1995 Anthony (Tony) H. Christer[4]
- 1998 George H. Mitchell
- 1999 H. Paul Williams[5]
- 2005 Rolfe C. Tomlinson
- 2006 Peter Checkland[6]
- 2007 Colin Eden
- 2008 Lyn Thomas[7]
- 2009 Jeff Griffiths
- 2010 K. Brian Haley[8]
- 2011 Frank P. Kelly
- 2012 Mark Elder[9]
- 2013 Kevin Glazebrook
- 2014 Robert Fildes[10]
- 2015 John Friend[11]
- 2016 Richard Ormerod
- 2017 Michael C. Jackson[12]
- 2018 Russell Cheng[13]
- 2019 Ailsa Land[14]
- 2020 Val Belton
- 2021 Chris Potts[15]
- 2023 Robert G. Dyson
- 2024 Sally Brailsford[16]
- 2025 Stewart Robinson[17]
References
- ^ "The Beale Medal". Operational Research Society.
- ^ Rosenhead, Jonathan V. (1993). "Beale Medal 1992". Journal of the Operational Research Society. 44 (6): 636–636. doi:10.1057/jors.1993.112. ISSN 0160-5682.
- ^ White, Douglas J. (1994). "Beale Medal 1993". Journal of the Operational Research Society. 45 (8): 975–976. doi:10.1057/jors.1994.163. ISSN 0160-5682.
- ^ Christer, Tony (1996). "Beale Medal 1995". Journal of the Operational Research Society. 47 (11): 1431–1431. doi:10.1057/jors.1996.185. ISSN 0160-5682.
- ^ "Medal Awards 1999". Journal of the Operational Research Society. 51 (3): 380–381. 2000. doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2600947. ISSN 0160-5682.
- ^ University, Lancaster. "Professor's pioneering OR initiatives earn top accolade". Lancaster University.
- ^ "Lyn Thomas 1946–2016". Journal of the Operational Research Society. 67 (10): 1338–1339. 2016. doi:10.1057/s41274-016-0126-y. ISSN 0160-5682.
- ^ Rand, Graham K. (2017). "K. BRIAN HALEY 1933–2016 (Editor, Journal of the Operational Research Society , 1971–1980, President of the OR Society, 1982–1983)". Journal of the Operational Research Society. 68 (7): 859–860. doi:10.1057/s41274-017-0193-8. ISSN 0160-5682.
- ^ Elder, Mark (2015). "Using Simulation - You Know it Makes Sense!". Impact. 1 (2): 20–25. doi:10.1080/2058802X.2015.11963978. ISSN 2058-802X.
- ^ "The OR Society: Awards - The Beale Medal". www.theorsociety.com. Archived from the original on 2015-05-03.
- ^ Thomas, Natalie (2023). "John Friend obituary". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2026-02-28.
- ^ "Beale Lecture and Medal - University College Oxford (Univ) - Univ". University College Oxford (Univ).
- ^ "Beale Lecture 2020 | CORMSIS Centre for Operational Research, Management Sciences and Information Systems | University of Southampton". www.southampton.ac.uk.
- ^ INFORMS. "Land, Ailsa H." INFORMS.
- ^ "OR Society awards Beale Medal to Professor Chris Potts". University of Southampton.
- ^ "Prof Sally Brailsford recognised with Beale Medal for her sustained contribution to OR". University of Southampton.
- ^ "Business School Dean Awarded Prestigious Operational Research Society Beale Medal". www.ncl.ac.uk. 2025-12-02.