Recipients from MIT's Leadership in Global Operations applaud Rosenfield for his contributions
MIT's Leaders for Global Operations: A Legacy of Excellence
The Leaders for Global Operations (LGO) program, now in its 37th year of operation, has a rich history rooted in the visionary leadership of its founder, Harvey Kent Bowen, PhD '71. Established in the late 1980s, the program was originally called Leaders for Manufacturing (LFM) [1][3][4].
Bowen, who served as the founding engineering faculty leader, played a pivotal role in establishing the program and was remembered as a patient mentor and driving force behind its enduring success at MIT [4]. MIT professors Tom Magnanti and David Hardt were also instrumental in creating and developing the LGO program.
In the early days of the LGO program, an idea for LFM research involving 3-D printing using an HP Deskjet printer and silicon carbide powder was proposed by Emanuel Sachs, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at the time [2].
Fast forward to the present, and the LGO community recently gathered for a two-day event called "DonFest" at Fenway Park's EMC Club on May 15, followed by a conference the next day [5]. The event was marked by a game of "Stump Don," where Don Rosenfield, the director of LGO for 26 years, had to guess the identities of several former students [5].
Don Rosenfield, who is retiring next month, is known for his personal touch with students. Zeynep Ton, an adjunct assistant professor of operations management at MIT Sloan, described Rosenfield's teaching style as modest, competent, compassionate, and proud of knowing his students at a personal level [6]. Ton co-taught a class with Rosenfield and was impressed by his intellectual curiosity, nerdiness, generosity, compassion, tirelessness, diligence, teaching style, and personal interest in students [6].
The founding of the LGO program was marked by a Boston Globe article from June 1988, with the headline "MIT's Bold Plan for the Future Joins with Business to Help End US' Manufacturing Decline" [1]. Today, the LGO program continues to be a beacon of innovation and excellence, shaping future leaders in global operations.
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