1943
Born to parents Gilbert and Muriel in Bayside, NY.
1965
Earns a Bachelor of Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
1967
Earns a Master of Science from MIT.
1969
Earns a PhD in operations research at MIT.
1969
Serves as a professor at MIT until 2019.
1972
Dr. Larson’s book, “Urban Police Patrol Analysis,” receives the Frederick W. Lanchester Prize from the Operations Research Society of America.
1981
Co-authors “Urban Operations Research” via Prentice-Hall.
1990
Establishes Queues Enforth Development Inc. (QED), an independent consulting firm specializing in public safety software.
1993
Serves two separate terms as president of the Operations Research Society of America until 1994.
1995
Serves as director of the Center for Advanced Educational Services until 2003.
2002
Earns the President’s Award from the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS).
2005
Serves as president of INFORMS.
2017
Earns the Daniel Berg Lifetime Achievement Medal from the International Academy of Information Technology and Quantitative Management.
2019
Earns post-tenure status at MIT.
2023
Authors “Model Thinking for Everyday Life, How to Make Smarter Decisions.”
2023
QED becomes a part of 22nd Century Technologies Inc.
2025
Earns the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award.