Richard C. Larson  Engineering Systems Division, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave., E40–261, Cambridge, MA 02139 (rclarsonmit.edu). Dr. Larson is Massachusetts Institute of Technology Mitsui Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and in the Engineering Systems Division. He is a founding director of the Center for Engineering System Fundamentals. He has focused on operations research as applied to services industries, primarily in the fields of criminal justice, technology-enabled education, urban service systems, queuing, logistics, emergency response, and workforce planning. He is past president of INFORMS, the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, an INFORMS Founding Fellow, and a recipient of the INFORMS President's Award, the Lanchester Prize, and the Kimball Medal.