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He received his Bachelor in Engineering from Darmstadt Institute of Technology, his Masters in Engineering and his Ph.D. in Mathematical Economics and Business Administration from the Technical University of Berlin. After having held various positions in industry, he was Professor at the University of Illinois and has been teaching at various universities in India, Europe and the USA. He received his first Honorary Doctorate from the Free University of Brussels and his second Honorary Doctorate from the Abo Akademi University, Finland. In 1985 he received the EURO Gold Medal, the highest distinction in Operations Research in Europe, the K.S. Fu Certificate of Appreciation, the highest distinction of the "North American Fuzzy Information Processing Society" and in 1993 the Moisil Prize and Gold Medal.In 1997 he received the Kaufmann Prize:Gold Medal for Excellence in Uncertainty Research in Management, and in 1998 the EURO Pass in Gold. In 1999 he received "European Pioneers Award" for pioneering research from EuSFLAT th "Special Certificate of Merit "from IFSA and became Fellow of IFSA and the first Honouray Member of GOR, the german Operations Research Society.
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