George B. Dantzig Auditorium Newly Opened

April 24, 2019 / Sharon Pan
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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.

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Professor Max Shen kicking off the opening
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