Awards & Winners

Ralph E. Gomory

Date of Birth 07-May-1929
Place of Birth Brooklyn Heights
(New York metropolitan area, New York City, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Community District 2, New York)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Ralph Gomory, Ralph Edward Gomory
Profession Mathematician, Businessperson, Author
Ralph Edward Gomory is an American applied mathematician and executive. Gomory worked at IBM as a researcher and later as an executive. During that time, his research led to the creation of new areas of applied mathematics. After his career in the corporate world, Gomory became the president of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, where he oversaw programs dedicated to broadening public understanding in three key areas: the economic importance of science and research; the effects of globalization on the United States; and the role of technology in education. Gomory has written extensively on the nature of technology development, industrial competitiveness, models of international trade, and the function of the corporation in a globalizing world.

Awards by Ralph E. Gomory

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1988


National Medal of Science for Mathematics and Computer Science
(For his scientific contributions to the mathematics of discrete optimization and its far-reaching influence on information processing; for bringing to a leading position one of industry's most sigificant research establishments; and for his contributions to public and private scientific enterprise.)