CV Dennis Meadows

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CV: Dennis Meadows

Professor Emeritus of Systems Policy, University of New Hampshire
President, Laboratory for Interactive Learning

Education:

June 1964 BA in Chemistry, Carleton College, Northfield, MN, USA
June 1969 PhD in Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA

Full-time Positions:

Research Chemist, US Atomic Energy Commission, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, 1963-64.
Assistant Professor – Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1969-1972.
Associate and Full Professor - Tuck School of Business and Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, 1972-1988.
Senior Fellow, Population Institute of the East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1974.
Visiting Scientist, Norwegian National Institute for Technology (NTNF), Oslo, Norway, 1976.
Visiting Scholar, Energy Division, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxemburg, Austria, 1978.
Director of the Division for Special Projects, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxemburg, Austria, 1983-84.
Visiting Professor, Karl Marx University, Budapest, Hungary, 1986.
Visiting Scientist, Netherlands National Institute for Environmental Technology (RIVM), Bilthoven, Netherlands, 1994.
Professor of Systems Policy and Director, Institute for Policy and Social Science Research, University of New Hampshire 1988 - 2004.
President, Laboratory for Interactive Learning, 2003 – present.

Publications, Honours, Activities

Publications (partial list):

Author, co-author, or editor of ten books, collectively translated into 35 languages. One of them, The Limits toGrowth, was awarded the 1974 German Peace Prize and selected by an association of environmental writers as one of the ten most influential environmental books of the 20th century.

Dynamics of Commodity Production Cycles, 1970
The Limits to Growth, 1972
Dynamics of Growth in a Finite World, 1974
Toward Global Equilibrium, 1976
Alternatives to Growth, 1976
Beyond the Limits, 1992
Creating High Performance Teams, 1997
Games from Many Nations- International Handbook of Games for Leadership and Management Training, 2000
Systems Thinking Playbook, 2001
Limits to Growth – the 30-Year Update, 2006

Creator of numerous computer-assisted, role-playing simulations that have been translated into at least ten languages and manufactured in several thousand sets for use with groups from 12 - adult. One of the games, FishBanks, Ltd., was the first computer game ever selected by the US Department of Education as an exemplary teaching program and supported for national distribution. It was featured in a special program of the McNiel-Lehrer evening television news. A second, Strategem, was adopted by the World Bank for use in their training division. A game for WHO in Geneva was used throughout Africa to train senior officials in the principles of combatting the spread of HIV. Another game was developed for the Italian Foreign Aid Ministry for training African doctors in the principles of drug demand forecasting and inventory maintenance.

Honors & Awards:

Recipient of three honorary doctorates for contributions to environmental education:
Honorary PhD in Economics, Budapest University for Economic Sciences, Budapest, Hungary, September, 1988.
Honorary PhD in Environmental Engineering, Mendeleev Technical University, Moscow, Russia, 1989.
Honorary PhD, Environmental Education, International University, Moscow, Russia, 1994.
Fulbright Fellowship in Environmental Sciences, USSR, 1989.
Recipient of the Prize for the Protection of Nature of the Bavarian Society for Nature Protection, Munich, Germany, 1975.
Recipient of the Jay W. Forrester Award for the most important contributions to the field of system dynamics ,1991.
International recipient of the Pangea Foundation Award for Contributions to the Solution of Humanity’s Problems, Prague, Czech Republic, 1999.
Member Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, and Sigma Xi.
Elected Honorary Professor of the Moscow State University, 2005

Professional Activities (partial listing):

US Director of the US-USSR Environmental Education Exchange Program, 1984-1988.
President and Past President, International System Dynamics Society.
President and Past President, International Simulation and Games Association.
Consultant on game design and training to over 50 international, corporate, and academic organizations.
Associate Editor, International Journal of Simulation and Games, mid 1980s - present.
President of the Balaton Group, a flourishing network in 25 nations of 100 scientists that are dedicated to research, teaching, and consulting on issues of sustainable development, 1982-present.

Corporate Experience

Frequent speaker for sessions of the Young Presidents’ Organization. Founding director of Resource Systems Group, a consulting firm of 60 professionals that specializes in the use of computer-based modeling on transportation and environmental issues for an international clientel. Consultant and speaker to many dozens of senior corporate management teams.
Member of the board of directors of Blue Cross/Blue Shield - New Hampshire, 1993-2000.
Member of the board of WindSolar, a Germanl firm involved in development of alternative energy systems from China to Spain, 1999 - 2003.
Member of board of directors of Source IQ, a US firm involved in development of corporate software management systems, 2002 - 2004.
Member of e-Coast Angels, a venture capital source for new, high-technology companies.

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