Text by Sarina Pasricha
Photos by J. Pasricha
Russell Ackoff is the sun and we are all in orbit.
The following are the stars during his memorial service and life celebration at the University of Pennsylvania:
Larry Starr, executive director Organizational Dynamics Graduate Studies, School of Arts and Sciences
Helen Ackoff
Vince Barabba, chairman, Market Insight Corporation and State of the USA
Bill Bellows, associate fellow, Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne
Steve Brant, Trimtab Management Systems
John Clark, vice president Business Development CGX Energy
Thomas Gerrity, Joseph J. Aresty professor and dean emeritus, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Bill Finnie, Business Strategy consultant and adjunct professor, Washington University in St. Louis
Jamshid Gharajedaghi, managing partner INTERACT
Jaime Jimenex, IIMAS, Universidad Nacional de Mexico
Mike Jackson, professor and dean, Hull University Business School, UK
Jason Magidson, Wildfire Commerce Management Consultancy
Erwann Michel-Kerjan, managing director, Wharton Risk Management Center, Wharton School
Jack Purnell, executive in residence, John M. Olin School of Business, Washington University in St. Louis
Barry Silverman, professor of engineering, Medicine and Wharton, and director of the Ackoff Collaboratory for Advancement of the Systems Approach
J. Gerald Suarez, associate dean and professor of Practice, Systems Thinking and Design, Robert H. Smith School of Business, Universty of Maryland.
Messages are read on behalf of
Thomas S. Robertson, dean, Wharton School
Eduardo Glandt, dean, School of Engineering and Applied Science
Rebecca Bushnell, dean, School of Arts and Sciences
Ray Stata, chairman of the board of directors, Analog Devices Inc.
Bo Ekman, founder and chairman, Tailberg Foundation
New Bulgarian University, Sofia, Bulgaria
Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russia
Da Vinci Institute, Johannesburg, South Africa
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