Dr. Frank M. Gryna was named an ASQ Honorary member. His citation reads, “For an exemplary lifetime of dedicated service to the global quality community as author, educator, consultant, and mentor for his exceptional contributions to the disciplines of quality management and industrial engineering.”
An ASQ Fellow, Gryna is professor emeritus of industrial engineering at Bradley University. He was the recipient of ASQ’s Distinguished Service Medal in 2002, Edwards Medal in 1993, and the Grant Award in 1979.
Gryna is perhaps best known as the co-author with Joseph M. Juran of the first four editions of the Juran’s Quality Control Handbook and the first two editions of Quality Planning and Analysis: From Product Development through Use. He was also a senior vice president of the Juran Institute for more than 15 years. His most recent book, Work Overload-Redesign the Work, was published by ASQ Quality Press.
A specialist in quality engineering and quality management, Dr. Gryna authored or co-authored five books, including Quality Planning and Analysis: From Product Development through Use, now in its fourth edition. He was a Distinguished Professor of Industrial Engineering Emeritus at Bradley University and was Distinguished University Professor of Management at the University of Tampa. Dr. Gryna also held positions as senior vice president of the Juran Institute and manager of reliability and quality assurance at the Space Systems Division of Martin-Marietta. Dr. Gryna was named an ASQ Honorary member in 2004.
He earned his doctorate in industrial engineering from the University of Iowa.
On February 22, 2005, ASQ Honorary member Dr. Frank Gryna passed away in Chesterfield, MO.
Reference: http://www.asq.org/about-asq/who-we-are/bio_gryna.html
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