Albert S. Paulson (SM'80) received the B.S. degree from King's College and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA.He is jointly Professor of Management and Professor of Operations Research and Statistics at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY. He has published numerous papers in engineering, economics, insurance, statistics, and large-scale modeling.