Manufacturing Industry
Dr. Joseph M. Juran Has Passed Away
Manufacturing Engineering, May 2008
Noted author and "father" of modern day Quality Management, Dr. Joseph Juran, passed away February 28, 2008, at the age of 103.
He founded the Juran Institute, an organization that provides training and consulting services designed to improve business performance. Dr. Juran retired from the Institute in 1995 but remained Chairman Emeritus. At the time of his death he was working on another textbook, while caring for himself and Sadie, his wife of 81 years. Dr. Juran was honored by Manufacturing Engineering in our "Masters of Manufacturing" series in July 2005.
Copyright Society of Manufacturing Engineers May 2008
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