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Vance R. Wanner Memorial Award
2005 Recipient
Citation
Military operations research
contributes effectively to the nation’s security to the degree that it meets
the evolving needs of defense and conforms to the highest standards of
scientific quality and timeliness. To
grant recognition to individual practitioners who have made outstanding
contributions to the progress of this advancing profession, the Military
Operations Research Society has established the Vance R. Wanner Memorial Award. The Directors of the Military Operations Research Society
have selected, for this award in 2005:
Vernon
M. Bettencourt, FS
A
recognized leader and advisor on the development and application of analysis in
support of national defense programs, Vernon M. Bettencourt has been an analyst
in positions of ever growing scope and importance.
He has served as an active duty Army officer, with a civilian systems
engineering organization, with a Federally Funded Research and Development
Center, and as a member of the Senior Executive Service of the United States
Government in a series of appointments with the Headquarters Department of the
Army. Throughout his career he has
been a teacher and mentor to other analysts.
He has been a leader in developing the application of analysis in support
of new major systems acquisitions and in providing clear and actionable guidance
to subordinate Army major commands. He
has led in the development of analysis techniques for examining issues
surrounding command, control, and communications systems and networked
battlefield systems, as well as in the development of models and simulations to
support analysis of important Army issues.
In recognition of his long and valuable service to the military
operations research community and to MORS, the Society bestows this award.
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