Robert E. Machol

Robert E. Machol

Robert Engel Machol (October 16, 1917 New York, USA – November 12, 1998, Maryland, USA) was an American systems engineer and professor of systems at the Kellogg Graduate School of Management of Northwestern University. Machol wrote the earliest significant books directly related to systems engineering. He was also Chief Scientist for the Federal Aviation Administration, President of the Operations Research Society of America, and an encyclopedia editor.