{"id":1157,"date":"2010-10-15T15:08:08","date_gmt":"2010-10-15T19:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/?p=1157"},"modified":"2017-07-31T15:14:14","modified_gmt":"2017-07-31T19:14:14","slug":"remembering-alan-j-goldman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/2010\/10\/remembering-alan-j-goldman\/","title":{"rendered":"Remembering Alan J. Goldman"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"alan_goldman\"<\/a>Alan J. Goldman, a faculty member in the Whiting School\u2019s Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics for more than 30 years, died on February 13, 2010.<\/p>\n

Goldman\u2019s primary academic focus was operations research: the use of mathematics to improve decisions on the design and operation of complex systems. Over the course of his career he authored more than 100 papers and received several important honors, most notably a U.S. Department of Commerce Gold Medal in 1976, and election in 1989 to the National Academy of Engineering. A passionate teacher, he remained active at the school after his retirement, mentoring graduate students and teaching through the fall of 2009.<\/p>\n

In 1999, upon Goldman\u2019s transition from full-time professor to emeritus, his department paid tribute to him in a celebration called the \u201cGoldmanfest\u201d\u2014a tradition that is carried on today through the department\u2019s annual Goldman Lecture in operations research.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll who came into contact with him were exposed to a man with tremendous intellectual energy and enthusiasm for ideas,\u201d says Dan Naiman, professor and chair of Applied Mathematics and Statistics. \u201cIn any context he could be counted on to ask the most penetrating questions. Mention any idea to Alan, and he could be relied upon to have reflected on it already. Still, we will remember him for his wonderfully warm, gentle, and compassionate manner.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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