E D U C A T I O N
Ph.D.: 1975, Columbia University – Industrial and Management Engineering
M.S.: 1972, Columbia University – Industrial and Management Engineering
M.S.: 1967, Stanford University – Civil Engineering
B.S. : 1966, Middle East Technical University – Civil Engineering
P O S I T I O N S H E L D
2020 – present: Chair, Board of Directors, İhsan Doğramacı Foundations
2010 – 2020: Chair, Board of Trustees, Bilkent University
1993 – 2010: Rector, Bilkent University
1991-1993: Provost, Bilkent University
1983-1991: Professor, Graduate School of Management, Rutgers The State University of New Jersey
1982-1983: Associate Professor, School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering, Cornell University
1980-1982: Associate Professor, Graduate School of Management, Rutgers The State University of New Jersey
1977-1980: Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, Columbia University
1975-1977: Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial and Management Engineering, Columbia University
1969-1971: Project Manager, Tumas Consulting & Contracting Co. Ankara, Turkey
1967-1969: Military Service (Turkey)
O T H E R
2009: Order of Merit, Republic of Italy, Officer
2000: Cross of Merit, Republic of Poland, Officer
1999: Star of Romania in the Rank of Commander
1998: Hon.D.Litt., De Montfort University, United Kingdom
1989-1990: Chairman of the Budget Advisory Group to the President, Rutgers The State University of New Jersey
1987-1989: Chairman of the Budget Committee, Senate of Rutgers University
1976-1978: Member, Columbia University Senate
P U B L I C A T I O N S
Papers in journals (Operations Research, Management Science, International Journal of Production Research, Naval Research Logistics, AIIE Transactions, and Administrative Science Quarterly), and eight edited books published by Academic Press (on computer simulation), Martinus Nijhoff Publishing, and Kluwer Academic Publishers (on productivity analysis).Founding editor-in- chief (1989-1991) of Journal of Productivity Analysis
P E R S O N A L
Born 1945. Citizen of Turkey. Married to Ayse Oktay 1971. Four children.