Dear Colleagues,

Nominations, including self-nominations, are invited for new Fellows of POMS.

Designation as a POMS Fellow is the most prestigious honor awarded by our Society, and is given for life.  It is intended to recognize POMS members who have made exceptional intellectual contributions to our profession and Society through their research and teaching.  Although loyal service to the Society, in administrative, elected, or editorial assignments, is not by itself a sufficient qualification for this award, it can strengthen the case of a member who has also become a thought-leader in our field.  To be eligible, a candidate must have been a member of POMS during four out of the previous five years.

The motivation for and background of this award are described in the POMS website www.poms.org by Professor Martin Starr, the Chair of the POMS Council of Past Presidents. The website also provides a list of the current Fellows of POMS.  Now in its fifth, the award program has entered a steady state in which a maximum of two new members will be added in any year.  I have been asked to lead the selection process this year.

All POMS members are invited to submit their nominations for new Fellows to me at ferdowsk@georgetown.edu. Each nomination should be accompanied by the candidate’s vita and a supporting statement, and all nominations must be received by November 30, 2008. The candidates so nominated will be reviewed and voted on by the current group of POMS Fellows, who will then submit their recommendations to the Board of Directors of POMS for its approval. The new Fellows will be announced and honored at next years Annual Meeting (Orlando, May 1-4, 2009).

If you have any questions about this award, or the process for selecting new members, please contact me by e-mail or telephone. You may also contact Sushil Gupta at the POMS home office by phone at 305 348 1413 or email poms@fiu.edu.

Sincerely,

Kasra Ferdows
Heisley Family Professor of Global Manufacturing
McDonough School of Business
Georgetown University
Washington DC 20057, USA

Email: ferdowsk@georgetown.edu, Phone +1 202 687 3814