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Dr. Joseph M. Juran

BORN

SOCIETY AFFILIATIONS, USA

December 24,1904, Braila, Romania
Emigrated to USA 1912
Naturalized, U.S. Citizen: 1917

American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1967
American Institute of Industrial Engineers, 1967
American Management Association, 1941
Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, Board of Overseers, 1988 to 1991
Member Illinois Bar, 1936 -
Professional Engineer, New York, New Jersey

EDUCATION

B.S., Electrical Engineering, University of Minnesota, 1924
J.D. , Law, Loyola University 1936

EMPLOYMENT

1924-1941 Engineer; Manager; Western Electric Company
1941-1945 Asst. Administrator; Lend Lease Admin.; Foreign Economic Administration, U.S. Government
1945-1951 Professor and Chairman, Industrial Engineering; New York University
1951-1979 Consultant; self-employed
1979-Present Founder, Chairman; Juran Institute, Inc. (Emeritus, 1987)
1986 Founder, Chairman, Juran Foundation, Inc.

HONORARY DOCTORATES

Doctor of Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology, 1988
Doctor of Science, University of Minnesota, 1992
Doctor of Science, Rochester Institute of Technology, 1992
Doctor of Laws, University of New Haven, 1992

HONORARY MEMBERSHIPS, USA

American Society for Quality Control; Honorary 1981
American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1993
International Academy of Management
National Academy of Engineering, 1988
The Academy of the Association for Quality & Participation
Alpha Pi Mu
Sigma Xi, 1946
Tau Beta Pi

HONORARY MEMBERSHIPS, FOREIGN

Australian Organization for Quality Control, 1974
Argentine Organization for Quality Control , 1977
British Institute of Quality Assurance ), 1976
European Organization for Quality Control 
Philippine Society for Quality Control , 1974
Spanish Association for Quality Control 
Romanian Academy,1992

MEDALS, USA

Alumni Medal, University of Minnesota, 1954
American Management Association, Wall of Fame, 1983
Brumbaugh Award, ASQC, 1958
Chairman's Award, American Association of Engineering Societies, 1988
Edwards Medal, ASQC, 1961
Eugene L. Grant Medal, ASQC, 1967
Gilbreth Award, American Institute of Industrial Engineers, 1981
Managing Automation, Hall of Fame, 1995
National Medal of Technology, 1992
Soichiro Honda Medal, ASME, 1995
Stevens Medal, Stevens Inst. of Technology, 1984
Wallace Clark Medal, ASME, AMA, 1967
Worcester Reed Warner Medal, ASME, 1945
Xerox Quality Award

MEDALS, FOREIGN

250th Anniversary Medal, Czechoslovakian Higher Institute of Technology, 1965
Medal of Technikhaza, Esztergom, Hungary, 1968
Medal of Honor Camera Official de la Industria, Madrid, 1970
Order of Sacred Treasure (Emperor of Japan), 1981
Medal of European Organization for Quality, 1993

PLACQUES, SCROLLS OF APPRECIATION, USA

American Management Association, Wall of Fame, 1983
Department of the Army
Department of Commerce
Department of Defense
Department of the Navy
Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award

PLACQUES, SCROLLS OF APPRECIATION, FOREIGN

Scroll of Appreciation, JUSE, 1961
Taiwan Productivity Center, 1974
Plaque of Appreciation, Republic of Korea, 1978