Marvin L. Manheim Award For Significant Contributions in the Field of Workflow
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The Marvin L. Manheim Award For Significant Contributions in the Field of Workflow is an industry recognition created by the Workflow Management Coalition
in honor of the late Professor Marvin L. Manheim
. Professor Manheim was a co-founder of both the Black Forest Group
and the Workflow Management Coalition, and was also the William A. Patterson Distinguished Professor of Transportation at the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University
from 1983 until his death in August 2000.
The workflow award is given annually, since 2002, to recognize an individual or a specific group for their "influence, contribution, or distinguished use of workflow systems." The criteria for consideration is based on any significant contribution and not limited to members of the Coalition. Both software developers and software end users have finalists and award recipients.
Professor Manheim was also a founder of Cambridge Systematics
, who in 2001 established a separate awards program called the "Marvin L. Manheim Award" to honor his memory and promote innovation in the field of transportation. This is a separate program and not related to the workflow award.
Workflow Management Coalition
Workflow Management Coalition is a consortium, formed to define standards for the interoperability of workflow management systems. It was founded in May 1993 as an offshoot of the Black Forest Group with original members including IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Fujitsu, ICL, Staffware and approximately 300...
in honor of the late Professor Marvin L. Manheim
Marvin Manheim
Marvin Manheim was co-founder of the Black Forest Group and instrumental in the formation of the Workflow Management Coalition. He was professor at Northwestern University where he has appointments in the Kellogg Graduate School of Management and the ....
. Professor Manheim was a co-founder of both the Black Forest Group
Black Forest Group
Black Forest Group is a global information technology consortium for standards and usage. Voting members are users from the business, academic and research realms; vendors can join but they cannot vote...
and the Workflow Management Coalition, and was also the William A. Patterson Distinguished Professor of Transportation at the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University
Northwestern University
Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois, USA. Northwestern has eleven undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools offering 124 undergraduate degrees and 145 graduate and professional degrees....
from 1983 until his death in August 2000.
The workflow award is given annually, since 2002, to recognize an individual or a specific group for their "influence, contribution, or distinguished use of workflow systems." The criteria for consideration is based on any significant contribution and not limited to members of the Coalition. Both software developers and software end users have finalists and award recipients.
Professor Manheim was also a founder of Cambridge Systematics
Cambridge Systematics
Cambridge Systematics is a company that was founded in 1972 by four Massachusetts Institute of Technology professors and a transportation consultant in Cambridge, Massachusetts...
, who in 2001 established a separate awards program called the "Marvin L. Manheim Award" to honor his memory and promote innovation in the field of transportation. This is a separate program and not related to the workflow award.
Recipients of the Marvin L. Manheim Award
- 2006: David Hollingsworth, Fujitsu Computer Corp, UK
- 2005: Robert Shapiro, Global 360, USA
- 2004: none
- 2003: Keith Swenson, Fujitsu Computer Corp, USA
- 2002: Jon Pyke, TIBCO Staffware, UK
- 2001: Dr Haruo Hayami, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT), Japan