Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Hillier was born and raised in Aberdeen, Washington, a small lumber town in the western part of the state.He pursued multiple interests in his youth including mathematics, writing, and music.As a senior in high school, he gave flute lessons to five different students.Hillier's father was on faculty at Grays Harbor Junior College, where it was expected he would ultimately attend.Following the suggestion of his high school chemistry teacher, however, he applied for and was accepted into Stanford University on multiple scholarships.Stanford was a catalyst of emerging operations research (OR), having such OR pioneers on faculty as Ken Arrow, Herb Scarf, and Sam Karlin.During his time as a student, Hillier took classes from all of
DOI: 10.1111/itor.70028
Author: Reed Devany
Language: English
Subfield: History
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4409276235