Michael Edward Thomas (May 10, 1937 - November 23, 2018) was a university administrator and professor of industrial engineering, and was the acting president of the

Georgia Institute of Technology The Georgia Institute of Technology (commonly referred to as Georgia Tech, GT, and simply Tech or the Institute) is a public university, public research university and Institute of technology (United States), institute of technology in Atlanta, ...

in 1994. Thomas was instrumental in the restructuring of Georgia Tech's colleges during the administration of

John Patrick Crecine John Patrick "Pat" Crecine (August 22, 1939 – April 28, 2008) was an American educator and economist who served as President of Georgia Tech, Dean at Carnegie Mellon University, business executive, and professor. After receiving his early ...

. Thomas was also instrumental in the creation of the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering. Thomas also served as president of

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and was elected a fellow of INFORMS and the

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. He was named an honorary alumnus of Georgia Tech in 2000. He received INFORMS' 1995 George E. Kimball Medal.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Thomas, Michael Edward 2018 deaths Presidents of Georgia Tech Fellows of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences Cockrell School of Engineering alumni Johns Hopkins University alumni 1937 births

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