1. Dennis Lynn Meadows was born on June 7,1942 and is an American scientist and Emeritus Professor of Systems Management, and former director of the Institute for Policy and Social Science Research at the University of New Hampshire.
12 Facts About Dennis Meadows
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Dennis Meadows is President of the Laboratory for Interactive Learning and widely known as a co-author of The Limits to Growth.
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Dennis Meadows received a BA from Carleton College, a PhD in Management from the MIT Sloan School of Management, and holds four honorary doctorates.
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Dennis Meadows started working at the faculty of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the late 1960s.
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Dennis Meadows has facilitated workshops and developed innovative and complex strategic games all over the world for decades.
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Dennis Meadows has been the Director of three university research institutes: at MIT, Dartmouth College and the University of New Hampshire.
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Dennis Meadows is the Past President of the International System Dynamics Society and the International Simulation and Games Association.
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Dennis Meadows has been a corporate board member and a consultant for government, industry and non-profit groups in the US and many countries abroad.
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Dennis Meadows co-founded the Balaton Group, an international network of over 300 professionals in over 30 nations involved in systems science, public policy and sustainable development.
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Dennis Meadows has received numerous international awards for his work, including the Japan Prize in April 2009.
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From 1970 to 1972 at MIT Dennis Meadows was director of the "Club of Rome Project on Predicament of mankind at MIT" which constructed the world model underlying that publication.
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Dennis Meadows has written or co-authored 10 books on systems, futures, and educational games, which have been translated into more than 30 languages.