2016年4月11日 星期一

Richard Cyert (1921-2008); Carnegie Mellon University 校長、董事

Richard Cyert (1921-2008 ,1981年陳文成案之後以校長身分來過台灣)是H. A. Simon的老同事 (1948年起) 。後來當上 Carnegie Mellon University校長,這當然給 Simon 某些壓力。Simon 在回憶錄 Models of My Life 作這樣解釋:

不當Carnegie Mellon University,因為科學研究要全神貫注---這是Simon 的終生之志。不過,他不是省油的燈。他要求進入大學的董事會。


Richard Cyert

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Richard Cyert
Carnegie School
Born July 22, 1921
Winona, Minnesota
Died October 7, 1998 (aged 77)
Nationality United States
Institution Carnegie Mellon University
Field Econometrics
Alma mater Columbia University (Ph.D.)
University of Minnesota (B.S.)
Influenced Oliver E. Williamson
Richard Michael Cyert (July 22, 1921 – October 7, 1998) was an American economist and statistician who served as the sixth President of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Early life

He was born in Winona, Minnesota and grew up in Minneapolis. He received a B.S. from the University of Minnesota in 1943, then joined the U.S. Navy. On the G.I. Bill he earned his Ph.D. in economics from Columbia University following World War II. At Columbia, however, he became a specialist in statistics as well. He taught briefly at City College of New York, then took a position in Pittsburgh at Carnegie Institute of Technology in 1948 to teach statistics in accounting and auditing.

Carnegie Mellon years

Cyert taught economics, statistics, and industrial administration for the next 14 years, then was named dean of the Graduate School of Industrial Administration. In 1972 he became the university's sixth president. During his tenure as president, he led Carnegie Mellon through unparalleled growth, transforming it from an Eastern technical school to a premiere American university. He faced inherited deficits by first cutting costs, which gained him some enemies, and later launched the largest expansion in the school's 98-year history. The number of departments and programs ranked in the Top 10 nationally by deans' surveys rose from three—computer science, drama, and industrial administration—to twelve. His administration initiated new program areas in urban and public policy, engineering, architecture, art, cognitive psychology, social history, philosophy, and applied math.
Throughout his administrative career he remained active in his academic fields. He was the author or co-author of 12 books and wrote more than 100 articles for professional journals and books.
After retiring from CMU, Cyert served as the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the National Institute of Statistical Sciences at Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. He served for four years, until illness forced him to step down. He died following a long battle with cancer.
For 52 years he was married to Margaret Shadick Cyert; they had three daughters.
Cyert Hall, Carnegie Mellon's computing administration building, is named after Richard Cyert.

Works

  • Models in a Behavioral Theory of the Firm, with E. A. Feigenbaum, and James March, Behavioral Science, April, 1959, pp81–95
  • Behavioral Theory of the Firm with James March. Oxford: Blackwell, 1963. The book was voted the twelfth most influential management book of the 20th century in a poll of the Fellows of the Academy of Management.[1]
  • Multi-Period Decision Models with Alternating Choice as a Solution to the Duopoly Problem, with M. H. DeGroot, Quarterly Journal of Economics, August, 1970, pp410–429
  • Management Decision Making (1971) with Lawrence A. Welsch
  • The American Economy, 1960-2000 (1983)
  • Technology and Employment (1987)
  • Morris H. DeGroot and Richard M. Cyert (1987). Bayesian Analysis and Uncertainty in Economic Theory. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-0-8476-7471-8.
  • Computational Organization Theory (1994) with Kathleen M. Carley and Michael J. Prietula

References

  1. ^ Bedeian, Arthur G.; Wren, Daniel A. (Winter 2001). "Most Influential Management Books of the 20th Century". Organizational Dynamics 29 (3): 221–225. doi:10.1016/S0090-2616(01)00022-5.
Fenton, Edwin (2000). Carnegie Mellon 1900-2000: A Centennial History. Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press. ISBN 0-88748-323-2.




http://www.cmu.edu/leadership/past/index.html#rmc

Richard M. Cyert, 1972 - 1990

Richard M. Cyert, known to many as the patriarch of Carnegie Mellon University, led the school to national prominence by implementing a strategy to pursue areas in which the university had the talent and expertise to make the most impact. Cyert realized that the university could not be everything to everyone, but in certain areas could be the best in the world.

In his inaugural address, Cyert stressed that his major goals were to balance the university's budget, improve education and research efforts, and establish a national reputation. He succeeded on all fronts.

His sponsorship of computing initiatives and willingness to take risks played an important part in the development of the computing-intensive environment that exists today. The Robotics Institute, the largest academic research center of its kind, was established in 1979, and the School of Computer Science was founded in 1988.

In partnership with IBM, the Andrew computing network was completed, making Carnegie Mellon the first university to design, implement and use a local-area-network system of computing linking personal computers at all faculty and student work stations to powerful central computer resources.

Cyert also led a successful initiative to expand the school's recruiting base to attract top-notch students and faculty from around the world. By 1990, when Cyert retired to return to his position as professor in the Graduate School of Industrial Administration (now the Tepper School of Business), Carnegie Mellon had made the transition from an excellent regional school, to a prominent national research university with students and faculty bringing diverse backgrounds and perspectives from all parts of the globe.




經慧玲姐提醒,讓我們回顧解嚴前1981年7月2日陳文成命案後,當時台大校長一言不發若無其事,但是陳文成博士任教的卡內基美隆大學校長塞爾特的言行(如下),那才是大學教育者該有的言行風範。對照解嚴後2013年成大校方表現,只能說成大自取其辱,遺臭校名於世。

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塞爾特校長(Dr.Richard M. Cyert)

陳文成任教學校 — 美國賓州卡內基美隆大學的校長(1972年就任)。從1981 年7月7日,命案後第5天起,多年來,塞爾特校長從不放棄他對陳文成事件真相調查的努力。

事件發生後,他經由校方發表聲明,指出「陳文成死於政治因素」。他在聲明中疾呼,要求國民黨照實公布約談陳文成的經過,並要求美國政府採取適當的行動。他同時極為關切陳素貞母子的安全。

1981年7月30日,他出席美國國會聽證會,說:「陳教授之死,已使每一個相信自由民主的台灣人感到恐怖。」他抨擊台灣監察院發佈的調查報告內容,主持卡內基美隆大學的陳文成追悼會和記者會,並委派該校狄格魯教授和驗屍官(刑事鑑驗專家)魏契赴台灣驗屍

他寫信給蔣經國,要求繼續調查這件謀殺命案,直到水落石出,並且呼籲台灣當局在經濟上協助陳素貞母子。他表示,「有謀殺案件就要偵破,為政治理由去掩蓋謀殺案,不但犯法,而且罪惡。」

塞爾特校長一向剛正且見義勇為。早年卡大曾有青年研究員,被麥卡錫議員誣陷為共產黨,職位幾乎不保,也是塞爾特挺身而出,為他辯護,洗清罪名。

陳文成事件之後,塞爾特校長除致力追查真相之外,也透過不同管道阻止特務系統侵害人權的行為。他曾在美國國會聽證會裡,揭發國民黨政權在美國校園佈下的特務系統。他在大學裡成立熱線,提供受特務迫害的學生求援的機會;並明言卡大的學生若被查出是校園特務,即以退學處分。此外,他也曾到白宮陳情,要求美國政府停止軍售給戕害人權的國民黨政府。

塞爾特校長的身體力行,是一位教育家追求真理、悲天憫人的典範。

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註1:圖為塞爾特校長在美主持的記者會。
註2:本文引用來源:http://www.cwcmf.org.tw/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=43&Itemid=89
註3:參閱【下士虐死案/仲丘用生命告訴我們的事】一文,作者:成大管理學院院長
http://udn.com/NEWS/OPINION/X1/8040340.shtml#ixzz2ZcsWdekh

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