George B. Dantzig Auditorium Newly Opened

April 24, 2019 / Sharon Pan
  • Ribbon-cutting and reception ceremony for the newly remodeled George B. Dantzig Auditorium, in 1174 Etcheverry Hall
    From left to right: Nicholas Food, IEOR student; Professor Richard Cottle; Professor Ken Goldberg,; Professor Max Shen; Nancy Blachman, Chair, IEOR Advisory Board; Jessica Klass (Dantzig); Jon Dantzig; Saba Sahebjam-Abataki, IEOR student

The George B. Dantzig Auditorium, located in 1174 Etcheverry Hall, officially opened its doors on Tuesday, thanks to generous donations from alumni and friends to the Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research (IEOR).

The new classroom is named after the George B. Dantzig, who was known as the “father of linear programming” and was a professor in the IEOR department from 1960 to 1966.

To learn more about George Dantzig and linear programming, be sure to check out Variations on a theme by George B. Dantzig: Revisiting the principles of the Simplex method seminar led by Jesus De Loera on April 29th from 3:30pm to 4:30pm in the 1174 Etcheverry Hall (George B. Dantzig Auditorium).

  • Professor Max Shen kicking off the opening
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