# Beale Medal

> Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Beale_Medal
> Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Beale_Medal.md
> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beale_Medal
> Source revision: 1343765729
> License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

The **Beale Medal** is the [Operational Research Society](/source/Operational_Research_Society)'s award for sustained contribution to the theory, practice, or philosophy of [operations research](/source/Operations_research) in the UK over a period of years. It is first awarded in 1992 and named after the late [Martin Beale](/source/Martin_Beale), a British mathematician and a pioneer of operations research in the UK.[1]

## Past recipients

The list of past recipients of the medal are

- 1992 [Jonathan V. Rosenhead](/source/Jonathan_Rosenhead)[2]
- 1993 [Douglas J. White](/source/Douglas_J._White)[3]
- 1995 Anthony (Tony) H. Christer[4]
- 1998 George H. Mitchell
- 1999 H. Paul Williams[5]
- 2005 Rolfe C. Tomlinson
- 2006 [Peter Checkland](/source/Peter_Checkland)[6]
- 2007 [Colin Eden](/source/Colin_Eden)
- 2008 Lyn Thomas[7]
- 2009 Jeff Griffiths
- 2010 K. Brian Haley[8]
- 2011 Frank P. Kelly
- 2012 Mark Elder[9]
- 2013 Kevin Glazebrook
- 2014 Robert Fildes[10]
- 2015 John Friend[11]
- 2016 Richard Ormerod
- 2017 [Michael C. Jackson](/source/Michael_C._Jackson)[12]
- 2018 Russell Cheng[13]
- 2019 [Ailsa Land](/source/Ailsa_Land)[14]
- 2020 [Val Belton](/source/Valerie_Belton)
- 2021 Chris Potts[15]
- 2023 Robert G. Dyson
- 2024 [Sally Brailsford](/source/Sally_Brailsford)[16]
- 2025 Stewart Robinson[17]

## References

1. ["The Beale Medal"](https://www.theorsociety.com/ORS/ORS/Membership/Awards/Medals/Beale-Medal.aspx). *Operational Research Society*

1. Rosenhead, Jonathan V. (1993). ["Beale Medal 1992"](https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1057/jors.1993.112). *Journal of the Operational Research Society*. **44** (6): 636–636. [doi:10.1057/jors.1993.112](https://doi.org/10.1057/jors.1993.112). [ISSN 0160-5682](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0160-5682)

1. White, Douglas J. (1994). ["Beale Medal 1993"](https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1057/jors.1994.163). *Journal of the Operational Research Society*. **45** (8): 975–976. [doi:10.1057/jors.1994.163](https://doi.org/10.1057/jors.1994.163). [ISSN 0160-5682](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0160-5682)

1. Christer, Tony (1996). ["Beale Medal 1995"](https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1057/jors.1996.185). *Journal of the Operational Research Society*. **47** (11): 1431–1431. [doi:10.1057/jors.1996.185](https://doi.org/10.1057/jors.1996.185). [ISSN 0160-5682](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0160-5682)

1. ["Medal Awards 1999"](https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1057/palgrave.jors.2600947). *Journal of the Operational Research Society*. **51** (3): 380–381. 2000. [doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2600947](https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.jors.2600947). [ISSN 0160-5682](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0160-5682)

1. University, Lancaster. ["Professor’s pioneering OR initiatives earn top accolade"](http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/news/articles/2013/professors-pioneering-or-initiatives-earn-top-accolade/). *Lancaster University*

1. ["Lyn Thomas 1946–2016"](https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1057/s41274-016-0126-y). *Journal of the Operational Research Society*. **67** (10): 1338–1339. 2016. [doi:10.1057/s41274-016-0126-y](https://doi.org/10.1057/s41274-016-0126-y). [ISSN 0160-5682](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0160-5682)

1. Rand, Graham K. (2017). ["K. BRIAN HALEY 1933–2016 (Editor, Journal of the Operational Research Society , 1971–1980, President of the OR Society, 1982–1983)"](https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1057/s41274-017-0193-8). *Journal of the Operational Research Society*. **68** (7): 859–860. [doi:10.1057/s41274-017-0193-8](https://doi.org/10.1057/s41274-017-0193-8). [ISSN 0160-5682](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0160-5682)

1. Elder, Mark (2015). ["Using Simulation - You Know it Makes Sense!"](https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/2058802X.2015.11963978). *Impact*. **1** (2): 20–25. [doi:10.1080/2058802X.2015.11963978](https://doi.org/10.1080/2058802X.2015.11963978). [ISSN 2058-802X](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/2058-802X)

1. ["The OR Society: Awards - The Beale Medal"](http://www.theorsociety.com/Pages/Awards/Beale.aspx). *www.theorsociety.com*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20150503072304/http://www.theorsociety.com/Pages/Awards/Beale.aspx) 2015-05-03 at the Wayback Machine.

1. Thomas, Natalie (2023). ["John Friend obituary"](https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/feb/17/john-friend-obituary). *The Guardian*. [ISSN 0261-3077](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0261-3077). Retrieved 2026-02-28.

1. ["Beale Lecture and Medal - University College Oxford (Univ) - Univ"](https://www.univ.ox.ac.uk/news/beale-lecture-and-medal/). *University College Oxford (Univ)*

1. ["Beale Lecture 2020 | CORMSIS Centre for Operational Research, Management Sciences and Information Systems | University of Southampton"](https://www.southampton.ac.uk/cormsis/news/events/2020/02/27-beale-lecture.page). *www.southampton.ac.uk*

1. INFORMS. ["Land, Ailsa H."](https://www.informs.org/Explore/History-of-O.R.-Excellence/Biographical-Profiles/Land-Ailsa-H). *INFORMS*

1. ["OR Society awards Beale Medal to Professor Chris Potts"](https://www.southampton.ac.uk/maths/news/2021/12/02-or-society-awards-beale-medal-to-professor-chris-potts.page). *University of Southampton*

1. ["Prof Sally Brailsford recognised with Beale Medal for her sustained contribution to OR"](https://www.southampton.ac.uk/cormsis/news/2025/01/prof-sally-brailsford-recognised-with-beale-medal-for-her-sustained-contribution-to-or.page). *University of Southampton*

1. ["Business School Dean Awarded Prestigious Operational Research Society Beale Medal"](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/business/news/stewart-robinson-beale-medal/). *www.ncl.ac.uk*. 2025-12-02.

---
Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Beale Medal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beale_Medal) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beale_Medal?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.