16 Facts About Gilbert Laporte

Gilbert Laporte is a full professor of operations research at HEC Montreal.

Gilbert Laporte holds the Canada Research Chair in Distribution Management.

Gilbert Laporte earned a bachelor's in mathematics from McGill University and a master's degree from Lancaster University.

Gilbert Laporte moved to London with his wife to pursue a PhD from the London School of Economics in operational research.

In 2004, Gilbert Laporte received the Glover-Klingman Award and TSL Best Paper Award from the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences.

The next year, Gilbert Laporte was named a Fellow of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences.

In 2007, Gilbert Laporte was the recipient of the Innis-Gerin Medal from the Royal Society of Canada for his sustained contribution to the literature of the social sciences.

In 2012, Gilbert Laporte was named the third most influential researcher in the field of management in Canada by the Hirsch-Index Benchmarking of Academic Research.

Gilbert Laporte tied with Danny Miller for the Pierre Laurin Award.

Gilbert Laporte took sabbatical leave from HEC from June 1 to December 31,2015, and again from June 1,2016, to December 31,2016.

Gilbert Laporte became the first HEC Montreal professor to ever receive this distinction.

In December 2018, Gilbert Laporte was honoured with the Order of Canada.

In June 2019, Gilbert Laporte became only the third researcher to become a fellow of the Vehicle Routing and Logistics Optimization.

Gilbert Laporte serves as an associate editor for the Journal of the Operational Research Society.

Gilbert Laporte was awarded the 2021 Killam Prize in Engineering.

Gilbert Laporte married full professor Ann Langley on August 3,1974.