Gerald W. Smith
Writer, Author
1929 –
Who is Gerald W. Smith?
Gerald W. Smith is the American author of "Engineering Economy: Analysis of Capital Expenditures" the textbook used by several generations of Industrial Engineering college students from around the world. He is an Emeritus Professor of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa where he was a Professor of Industrial Engineering from 1956-1988. He received degrees in Engineering from Iowa State University with a Bachelor of Science in 1952, Masters of Science in 1958, P.H.D. in 1961. His 1958 masters theses was entitled "The Obsolescence Allowance in Equipment Replacement Decisions" and his 1961 P.H.D. dissertation "Regulatory Policies on Liberalized Depreciation and Their Effects Upon Public Utilities."
Four editions of his textbook were published in 1968, 1973, 1979, and 1987. While writing his book, Smith worked in his home office next to a window overlooking the house next door where Iowa State University professor John Vincent Atanasoff had lived while building the world's first electronic digital computer from 1937-1942.
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- Born
- Dec 1, 1929
Des Moines - Also known as
- Gerald Smith
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Iowa State University
- Lived in
- Ames
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on July 23, 2013
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