G. Kemble Bennett

{{Short description|Professor of engineering}}

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| name = G. Kemble Bennett

| birth_name = George Kemble Bennett

| birth_date = {{birthdate and age|April 2, 1940}}

| birth_place = Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.

| title1 = Dean of the Dwight Look College of Engineering

| term_start1 = 2009

| term_end1 = August 31, 2011

| predecessor1 = Kenneth L. Peddicord

| successor1 = N. K. Anand {{small|(Interim)}}

| term_label2 = In office

| term_start2 = September 28, 2002

| term_end2 = 2007

| predecessor2 = John M. Niedzwecki {{small|(Acting)}}{{cite web|url=https://assets.system.tamus.edu/files/bor/pdf/Minutes/Regular/2002/2002-09-26-27.pdf|title=The Texas A&M University System, Meeting of the Board of Regents, Minutes|access-date=28 May 2023|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610070353/http://assets.system.tamus.edu/files/bor/pdf/Minutes/Regular/2002/2002-09-26-27.pdf|archive-date=June 10, 2016}}

|successor2 = Kenneth L. Peddicord

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| spouse = {{marriage|Jill Allen McMaster
|June 5, 1982}}

| children = 3

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| education = Florida State University {{small| (B.S.)}}
San Jose University {{small| (M.S.)}}
Texas Tech University {{small| (Ph.D.)}}

| thesis_title = Smooth Empirical Bayes Estimation with Application to the Weibull Distribution

| thesis_url = https://ttu-ir.tdl.org/ttu-ir/bitstream/handle/2346/19892/31295001871549.pdf

| thesis_year = 1970

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George Kemble Bennett (born April 2, 1940) is a senior professor of engineering in the College of Engineering at Texas A&M University. He has formerly served as the dean of the college with two non-consecutive terms. He is a fellow of the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers and of the International Society of Logistics.

Education

Bennett received a Bachelors of Science degree in Mathematics with a minor in Chemistry from Florida State University in 1962.

He received his Masters of Science in Engineering Mathematics from San Jose State University in 1968.

He then received his Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from Texas Tech University in 1970.

His thesis was titled Smooth Empirical Bayes Estimation with Application to the Weibull Distribution.{{cite thesis|last=Bennett|first=George|date=1970|title=Smooth Empirical Bayes Estimation with Application to the Weibull Distribution|url=https://ttu-ir.tdl.org/ttu-ir/bitstream/handle/2346/19892/31295001871549.pdf|degree=PhD}}{{Dead link|date=May 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Career

In 2006, Bennett was appointed by then Texas Governor Rick Perry as a board chair, among other positions, on the Texas Board of Professional Engineers.{{Cite web|url=https://www.texastribune.org/texas-weekly/vol-22/no-43/people/|title=Political People and their Moves|website=The Texas Tribune|language=EN|access-date=2019-12-06}}

On August 31, 2011, Bennett stepped down as the Dean of the College of Engineering at Texas A&M University.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theeagle.com/news/a_m/g-kemble-kem-bennett-steps-down/article_aaff97f6-a62b-591a-9f4e-498763e742b7.html|title=G. Kemble "Kem" Bennett steps down|website=The Eagle|date=August 24, 2011 |language=en|access-date=2019-12-06}}

Currently, he is a senior professor in the Industrial & Systems Engineering department in the College of Engineering.{{Cite web|url=https://engineering.tamu.edu/industrial/profiles/gkbennett.html|title=G. Kemble Bennett|website=engineering.tamu.edu|language=en|access-date=2019-12-06}}

Awards

  • Frank and Lillian Gilbreth Industrial Engineering Award{{Cite web|url=https://www.iise.org/awards.aspx?id=10802|title=IIE Award Winners|website=www.iise.org|access-date=2019-11-20}}

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