Moving Spirit Award for Chapters

2024 Winner(s)

Purpose of the Award

The Moving Spirit Award has been established to recognize outstanding geographic chapter volunteers or student chapter faculty advisors who have been "moving spirits" in their chapters.

The award will be signed by the Chapters/Fora Committee Chair. A letter of congratulations, in a form suitable for sending to each recipient's superior, will accompany those awards not delivered in person. The letter of congratulations should be brief but should include the following text, together with the formal citation (if space permits) or a brief explanation of the reason(s) for the award. The certificate will be presented at the national INFORMS meetings. Awards will be shipped to those recipients unable to receive the award at the national meeting.

An account of the award, citation, recipient, and qualifying service shall be published in OR/MS Today.

Nominations Due August 1,2024

Qualifications may be satisfied by a candidate leading efforts either to form a new chapter or to reactivate a dormant chapter; chairing the local organizing committee of a new or reactivated chapter; or through long-term involvement with various chapter activities, and services to the Institute or its predecessor societies on chapter committees and/or as a chapter officer.

Learn more about the application process.


Past Awardees

2024 Winner(s)
Anita Bowers, San Francisco Bay Area Monica Brussolo, University of Texas at Dallas
2023 Winner(s)
Jose Ramirez, Universidad Galileo K Jo Min, Iowa State University
2020 Winner(s)
Vinod Cheriyan
2019 Winner(s)
2018 Winner(s)
2017 Awardee(s)
Dan Steffy James Weber
2015 Awardee(s)
Daniel Reich, Naval Postgraduate School
2014 Awardee(s)
Jennifer Leong, Maryland Chapter
2013 Awardee(s)
Justin Yates, Texas A&M University Student Chapter
2012 Awardee(s)
Ina Markham, James Madison University
Stefan Karisch, The Boeing Company
2011 Awardee(s)
Sila Cetinkaya, Texas A&M University
2010 Awardee(s)
Sandra Eksioglu, Mississippi State University William Carper, University of West Florida
2009 Awardee(s)
Jose Zayas-Castro, University of South Florida
Russell Wooten, Department of Homeland Security
2008 Awardee(s)
Hsing Luh, National Cheng Chi University, Dept. of Math Sciences
2007 Awardee(s)
Halit Uster, Texas A&M University, Industrial Engineering Dept. Leon Schwartz, Informed Decisions Group Nastaran Coleman, WINFORMS Chapter
2006 Awardee(s)
Jinho Lim, University of Houston
2005 Awardee(s)
Anna Nagurney, University of Massachusetts - Amherst, Isenberg School of Management Gerald Evans, University of Louisville Martha Centeno, Florida International University Russ Vane, Augmentae Incorporated Sanjay Mehrotra, Columbia University, IEOR Dept. Susan Werbin, Werbin Associates - Executive Search Inc.
2004 Awardee(s)
Ignacy Kaliszewski, Polish Academy of Sciences, Systems Research Institute
2003 Awardee(s)
Allen Holder, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Donald Bates, Office of the Secretary of Defense
2002 Awardee(s)
Deepak Bammi, Bammi Consultants International George Polak, Wright State University, ISOM Dept. John W. Fowler, Arizona State University, Dept. of Industrial Engineering
2001 Awardee(s)
Cortez "Steve" Stephens
1998 Awardee(s)
Douglas A. Samuelson, InfoLogix Raymond L. Livingston, Jr., Teledyne Brown Engineering
1997 Awardee(s)
Steven L. Van Drew, Army Logistics Management College
1996 Awardee(s)
David F. Rogers, University of Cincinnati, Quantitative Analysis & Operations Management
1995 Awardee(s)
Reuven R. Levary, Saint Louis University, Dept. of Decision Science & MIS
1994 Awardee(s)
Armand B. Weiss, Associations International Inc. Bruce W. Fowler, University of Alabama - Huntsville Frances McNamee, University of California - Berkeley G. Jack Theurer, G. Theurer Associates Inc. Joel E. Farrand Maury Schooff Michael Grant