Armand V. Feigenbaum

Armand V. Feigenbaum
Born (1922-04-06)April 6, 1922
New York City, New York
Died November 13, 2014(2014-11-13) (aged 92)
Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Alma mater MIT Sloan School of Management
Occupation Engineer and Quality control

Armand Vallin Feigenbaum (April 6, 1922 – November 13, 2014) was an American quality control expert and businessman.[1] He devised the concept of Total Quality Control which inspired Total Quality Management (TQM).

Biography

Feigenbaum Hall on the campus of Union College

Feigenbaum received a bachelor's degree from Union College, his master's degree from the MIT Sloan School of Management, and his Ph.D. in Economics from MIT. He was Director of Manufacturing Operations at General Electric (1958–1968), and was later the President and CEO of General Systems Company of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, an engineering firm that helps companies define business operating systems. Feigenbaum wrote several books and served as President of the American Society for Quality (1961–1963). On November 13, 2014, he died at the age of 92.[2]

Work

His contributions to the quality body of knowledge include:

Awards and honors

Gravestone in the Anshe Amunim section of Pittsfield Cemetery

Bibliography

References

  1. Cook, Robert Cecil (1966). Who's who in American Education: A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Living Educators of the United States, Volume 22. Who's Who in American Education.
  2. http://www.union.edu/news/stories/2014/11/college-mourns-armand-v.-feigenbaum-42.php

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