HOUGHTON--James O. Frendewey has been appointed associate dean of the School of Business and Economics effective July 1, Keith Lantz announced.

"We are pleased to have someone as capable as Jim to take over the position," said Lantz, dean of the School of Business and Economics.

Frendewey earned a BS in Mechanical Engineering and a BS in Engineering Administration from Michigan Tech before earning MS and PhD degrees in Management Science from the University of Colorado in Boulder. He taught in the School of Business at Virginia Tech before returning to Michigan Tech in 1989 and is now an associate professor.

His research has been in the areas of network optimization, scheduling and computational testing of optimization algorithms. He is on the "Editorial Advisory Board of Computers & Operations Research."

Frendeway has coauthored articles appearing in several journals, including "Networks," "Decision Sciences," "Journal of the Operational Research Society," "Forest Science" and "Mineral Resources Engineering."

Frendewey has advised several MS students and has served on a number of MS and PhD committees across campus. He has also been active on many University committees.

Frendewey fills the position vacated by Professor Terry Monson, who, after 10 years in administration, has decided to return to the SBE faculty. Monson was highly instrumental in attaining accreditation through the AACSB for the SBE.

"We appreciate the many years of service Terry provided the School," Lantz said.

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