American honor society for management
Not to be confused with the unrelated local fraternity at Centenary University.
Omega Rho (ΩΡ ) is a North American scholastichonor society for students in the fields ofoperations research andmanagement science .It was established in 1976 and became part of theInstitute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) in 1998. Omega Rho has chapters in the United States and Mexico.
Omega Rho was founded at the Institute of Management Sciences and Operations Research Society of America (TIMS/ORSA ) joint national meeting inPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania on April 1, 1976.[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] It is anhonor society to recognize students in the fields ofoperations research andmanagement science and to support study in those areas.[ 2] Its first president was Clinton K. Ancker Jr. from theUniversity of Southern California .[ 3]
It was admitted to theAssociation of College Honor Societies in 1983 with full membership in 1986.[ 4] [ 3] [ 2] It became part of theInstitute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) in 1998.[ 1] [ 3]
In 2012, Omega Rho had an active membership of 181 and a total membership of 8,069[ 2] As of 2024, it has 38 active chapters in the United States and Mexico.[ 5] [ 1] [ 2] Its headquarters is inCatonsville, Maryland .[ 6]
The colors of Omega Rho are blue and red.[ 7] The symbols of the Society are explained in its Bylaws as being a saddle projection (~3D model) superimposed by a tapered, red arrow. Its motto isAd Optimum per OMEGA RHO® .
Omega Rho is coeducational.[ 2] Potential members are juniors, seniors, and graduate students who are must in the top 25 percent of their class, with a 3.5 GPA.[ 2] Faculty can join as faculty members.[ 2] Omega Rho also admits honorary members.[ 2]
Each fall, the society hosts the Omega Rho Distinguished Lecture at the annual INFORMS Meeting.[ 2] [ 3] Presenters of the plenary lecture includeAnna Nagurney .
Following is a list of Omega Rho chapters.[ 5] [ 8]
Charter date and range
Institution
Location
Status
Reference
April 1, 1976
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio
Active
April 1, 1976
Columbia University
New York City, New York
Active
April 1, 1976
George Washington University
Washington, D.C.
Active
April 1, 1976
Naval Postgraduate School
Monterey, California
Active
April 1, 1976
New York University
New York City, New York
Active
April 1, 1976
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, North Carolina
Active
April 1, 1976
Southern Methodist University
Dallas, Texas
Active
April 1, 1976
State University of New York at Buffalo
Bufffalo, New York
Active
April 1, 1976
University of Illinois Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
Inactive
April 1, 1976
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Active
April 1, 1976
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California
Active
October 12, 1981
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia
Active
November 3, 1981
Purdue University
West Lafayette, Indiana
Active
October 25, 1982
United States Naval Academy
Annapolis, Maryland
Active
April 25, 1983
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo, California
Active
April 25, 1983
California State University, Fullerton
Fullerton, California
Active
May 14, 1984
Air Force Institute of Technology
Dayton, Ohio
Active
November 26, 1984
Babson College
Wellesley, Massachusetts
Active
October 27, 1986
George Mason University
Fairfax, Virginia
Active
October 27, 1986
Saint Louis University
St. Louis, Missouri
Active
October 27, 1986
University of Texas at Austin
Austin, Texas
Active
April 27, 1987
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, Ohio
Active
May 1, 1991
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Amherst, Massachusetts
Active
April 24, 1995
Cornell University
Ithaca, New York
Active
April 24, 1995
Portland State University
Portland, Oregon
Active
December 4, 1995
United States Air Force Academy
El Paso County, Colorado
Active
January 2, 1996
Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México
San Ángel ,Mexico City, Mexico
Active
November 4, 1996
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Active
February 9, 2017
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Active
April 12, 2018
Georgetown University
Washington, D.C.
Active
January 1, 2022
Bucknell University
Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
Active
[ 9]
2002
Arizona State University
Tempe, Arizona
Active
August 21, 2003
Florida International University
University Park, Florida
Active
September 28, 2005
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Active
2005
United States Military Academy
West Point, New York
Active
September 27, 2010
University of South Florida
Tampa, Florida
Active
July 28, 2012
Saint Joseph's University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Active
[ 1]
February 9, 2015
University of Scranton
Scranton, Pennsylvania
Active
November 20, 2019
University of Texas at Dallas
Richardson, Texas
Active
xxxx?–20xx?
Clemson University
Clemson, South Carolina
Inactive
xxxx?–20xx?
Miami University
Oxford, Ohio
Inactive
xxxx?–20xx?
Northwestern University
Evanston, Illinois
Inactive
xxxx?–20xx?
Oregon State University
Corvallis, Oregon
Inactive
xxxx?–before July 2011
Polytechnic Institute of New York University
Brooklyn, New York
Inactive
xxxx?–before July 2011
University of Delaware
Newark, Delaware
Inactive
xxxx?–20xx?
University of Maryland, College Park
College Park, Maryland
Inactive
xxxx?–before July 2011
University of New Haven
West Haven, Connecticut
Inactive
xxxx?–20xx?
University of Texas at Arlington
Arlington, Texas
Inactive
Collegiate and faculty members [ edit ]
Following are some of Omega Rho's honorary members.[ 10]
Name
Initiation date
Notability
References
Russell L. Ackoff
1992
Organizational theorist ,consultant, andmanagement scientist
Robert Bixby
2007
Professor emeritus ofcomputational andapplied mathematics atRice University
Alfred Blumstein
1988
Professor at theHeinz College and Department ofEngineering and Public Policy atCarnegie Mellon University
Seth Bonder
2004
Engineer who made substantial contributions tooperations research for the US military
Jonathan Caulkins
2014
Drug policy researcher and professor atHeinz College atCarnegie Mellon University
Abraham Charnes
1987
Mathematician
Erhan Çinlar
2003
Probabilist andprofessor meeritus atPrinceton University
David S. C. Chu
1996
US Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness andUS Assistant Secretary of Defense for Program Analysis & Evaluation
William W. Cooper
1997
Founding president ofThe Institute of Management Sciences
Richard Cyert
1985
Economist ,statistician ,organizational theorist ,andPresident ofCarnegie Mellon University
George Dantzig
1992
Mathematical scientist known for his development of thesimplex algorithm
Ralph E. Gomory
1989
Applied mathematician andIBM researcher and executive
Stuart L. Hart
2005
Academic, writer, and theorist
Karla Hoffman
2013
Professor ofsystems engineering in theVolgenau School of Engineering ofGeorge Mason University
Ronald A. Howard
1999
Emeritus professor in the School of Engineering atStanford University
Edward H. Kaplan
2000
Professor at theYale School of Management ,Yale School of Medicine ,andYale School of Engineering and Applied Science
Richard M. Karp
1998
Computer scientist andcomputational theorist at theUniversity of California, Berkeley
George Kozmetsky
1984
Technology innovator who co-foundedTeledyne Inc.
Gilbert Laporte
2009
Professor ofoperations research atUniversité de Montréal
Richard Larson
1998
Engineer andoperations research specialist known for urban service systems anddisaster planning
Judith Liebman
2003
Operations researcher ,civil engineer ,mechanical engineer ,andprofessor emerita at theUniversity of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
John Little
1997
Institute Professor at theMassachusetts Institute of Technology
Robert E. Machol
1989
Professor of systems at theKellogg Graduate School of Management ofNorthwestern University
Thomas L. Magnanti
2001
Institute Professor and former Dean of theSchool of Engineering at theMassachusetts Institute of Technology
William L. Maxwell
Professor of industrial engineering atCornell University
Thomas J. Murrin
1983
United States Deputy Secretary of Commerce
George Nemhauser
1987
Professor of industrial and systems engineering atGeorgia Tech
N. U. Prabhu
1992
Mathematician ,known for his contributions toqueueing theory
Alan Pritsker
1982
Engineer and one of the founders of the field ofcomputer simulation
William R. Pulleyblank
2001
Professor of operations research at theUnited States Military Academy
James G. Roche
2002
20thSecretary of the Air Force and executive withNorthrop Grumman
Herbert A. Simon
1986
Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
Robert M. Thrall
1985
Mathematician and a pioneer ofoperations research
John A. White
1990
Chancellor of theUniversity of Arkansas and deanGeorgia Tech's College of Engineering
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