Naming Contest Introduction

As many of you are aware, the faculty has been working to reach a consensus on a name for the Departments formerly known as Engineering-Economic Systems and Operations Research. I had the pleasure of announcing a Naming Contest, designed to expand our alternative set. As a result, I strongly encouraged new and innovative names, pointing a future direction for the synergy of OR and EES, rather than an extension of either predecessor. The rules of the contest were simple:

Results

I am happy to say that there was an enthusiastic response featuring: Thank you all for your interest and support. Your suggestions were brought to the faculty meeting on Friday morning, April 19, 1996. As of this posting, a name has not yet been chosen for the department, so it is not yet possible to determine a winner.

There have been an additional 15 names submitted to me since the contest ended and I am appending them below. Note that all names submitted have been included. (Please do not regard this as an invitation to mischief.)

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Unique Names Submitted to the Contest

Additional Unique Names Submitted After the Contest