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Richard H. Barchi Prize

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About the MORS Richard H. Barchi Prize

First awarded in 1983, the Barchi Prize recognizes the best paper submitted in response to a call that goes out to nominated presenters from each working or composite group at the annual MORS Symposium.

The winner is announced at the following MORS Symposium and is awarded $1,000. They will also be invited to present their work at that Symposium.

Purpose

To honor CDR Richard H. Barchi, USN, a former member of the MORS Board of Directors from 1977 until his sudden passing in 1982, and who was elected Chairman of the Publications Review Committee in 1980 and Vice President for Professional Affairs in 1981.
To provide recognition to the author(s) of the best presentations given in each working or composite group at the annual MORS Symposium.
To encourage a high degree of excellence in national security operations research.

Criteria

Nominees will be notified and invited to submit a written paper after the MORS Symposium in which they presented. The MORS Prizes and Awards Committee reviews the written papers submitted and makes recommendations to the MORS Executive Council, which makes the final decision on the prize recipient.

Submitted papers must:

Be an original and self-contained contribution to systems analysis or operations research.
Demonstrate an application of analysis or methodology, either actual or prospective.
Provide recognizable new insight into the problem or its solution.
Not have been previously awarded the Rist Prize or Barchi Prize.

Past Award Winners

2024
First Lieutenant Camryn Deames, Dr. Brian Lunday, and Col Jason R. Anderson

2023
Mr. Tevari Barker, Dr. Gregory S. Parnell, Dr. Edward A. Pohl, Dr. Eric A. Specking, Dr. Simon R. Goerger, and Dr. Randy K. Buchanan

2022
LTC Jonathan Paynter

2021
Dr. Alec D. Barker with Dr. Ben P. Wise, Dr. C. Carlo Fazioli, Mr. Aleksandrs Kruza, Mr. Tony Stephens, Mr. Stuart Whitman, Mr. James Brady, Mr. Charles Starkey, Mr. Rick Lennox and Mr. Michael Cosgrove

2020
Dr. Benjamin Michlin NIWC

2019
Mr. Brandon M. McConnell, Thom J. Hodgson, Russell E. King, Yunan Liu, Greg H. Parlier, Kristin Thoney-Barletta, and James R. Wilson

2018
Lt Col Matthew J. Robbins, PhD, Capt Phillip R. Jenkins, CPT Nathaniel D. Bastian, PhD, and Dr. Brian J. Lunday

2017
LCDR Grant Garcia, Mr. Tom Karnezos, Mr. Joseph Adams, and Dr. Eli Byrne

2016
Capt Benjamin R. Mayo, Dr. Darryl Ahner, and Maj Jason Freels, PhD

2015
Mr. Sean Bhattacharya, Dr. Robert D. Clemence, Captain Robert A. Dinwoodie, Major Jeff D. Groves, and Mr. Ian D. Macleod

2014
Dr. David Alderson, Dr. Gerald Brown, MAJ Michael Chankij, Mr. Gregory Mislick, Dr. Daniel Nussbaum, Dr. Javier Salmerón, and CDR Harrison Schramm

2013
Christopher Pitcher, Mark Reid, Roxann Oyler, Kimberly Shenk, Doug Hellinger, and Christopher Hergenreter

2012
Shatiel Edwards and Brett Haas

2011
Captain Paul Nicholas and Dr. David Alderson

2010
MAJ Rob Dees, LTC Rob Kewley, LTC Kelly Ward, and LTC Scott Nestler

2009
Johannes O. Royset and Maj Daniel N. Reber, USMC

2008
CAPT Joseph A. Mlakar

2007
LTC John W. Brau, Jr, Gerald G. Brown, W. Matthew Carlyle, and Robert F. Dell

2006
Stephen Nolan and Robert Stevenson

2005
Tovey C. Bachman

2004
Mike McGinnis and Dave Saunders

2003
Sean O’Brien

2002
Branford J. McAllister

2001
Robert L. Shearer

2000
Kevin P. O'Rourke, T. Glenn Bailey, Raymond Hill, and William B. Carlton

1999
Ronald R. Luman

1998
Arthur Brooks, Bart Bennett, and Steve Bankes