1960-1970 O'Connor and Robertson, 2005

J.J. O'Connor and E.F. Robertson George Dantzig Biographies of Mathematicians http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Mathematicians/Dantzig_George.html 2005, 1966, 1960, 1960s, 1952

       "However, feeling that the RAND Corporation was not providing him with a source of fresh ideas, he took up an appointment as professor at Berkeley in 1960 and he was appointed Chairman of the Operations Research Center. While there he wrote Linear programming and extensions (1963). A reviewer wrote:-

      "An impressive book, the work is very complete, its scientific level high, and its reading pleasant."

      "In 1966 he was appointed Professor of Operations Research and Computer Science at Stanford University where he remained for the rest of his career."

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