Peter Bell, Professor Emeritus of Management Science, has been awarded the distinguished George E. Kimball Medal from the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS).
The award recognizes Bell's extensive career contributions to the field of operations research and management science, including innovation in teaching.
Bell’s early research used interactive computer-generated graphics to address real management problems and led to a career-long interest in practice. He produced more than 100 articles in scholarly and management journals and 16 books. A champion for the use of real-world cases in teaching analytics, he wrote some 150 business cases and delivered case teaching workshops, seminars, and presentations in more than 20 countries.
Bell was a professor at Ivey from 1977 to 2018 and is now professor emeritus. He continues to serve as an adjunct research professor for the School.
