Guillermo Owen
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Guillermo Owen (born May 4, 1938 in Bogotá, Colombia) is a mathematician. He obtained a B.S. degree from Fordham University in 1958, and a Ph.D. degree from Princeton University under the guidance of Dr. Harold Kuhn, in 1962. Dr. Owen is known for his work in Game Theory. His scholarly work includes approximately one hundred papers published in journals such as Management Science, Operations Research, International Journal of Game Theory, American Political Science Review, and Mathematical Programming, among others. On top of that, he has authored, translated and/or edited thirteen books. His book Game Theory (Academic Press, 1968, 1982, 1995) became known worldwide as it has been translated into many languages.
Professor Owen has taught at Fordham University (1961–1969), Rice University (1969–1977) and Los Andes University in Colombia (1978–1982), apart from having given lectures in many universities in Europe and Latin America. Dr. Owen currently holds the position of Distinguished Professor of Applied Mathematics at the Naval Postgraduate School (Monterey, California). He is member of the Colombian Academy of Sciences, The Royal Academy of Arts and Sciences of Barcelona (Spain) and the Third World Academy of Sciences. He is associate editor of the International Journal of Game Theory.
The XV Italian Meeting on Game Theory held in Urbino (Italy) in July 9–12, 2003 had Dr. Owen as a special guest on the occasion of his 65th birthday. Following, Professor Owen has been considered one of the founding fathers of Game Theory in the special issue of the scientific journal “Theory and Decision” (Vol. 56, No. 1-2, February 2004). Also in 2004, the series “Theory and Decision Library C: Game Theory, Mathematical Programming and Operations Research” published the book “Essays in Cooperative Games” (Gianfranco Gambarelli (Ed.) ,Vol. 36, Springer-Verlag) in honor of Dr. Owen.
The “Escuela Naval Almirante Padilla” of Cartagena (Colombia) gave him an honorary degree of Naval Science Professional in June 2004.
