Award

Professor Thomas J. Allen to be honored by Barcelona University

September 2002

The academic board of Ramon Llull University in Barcelona, Spain, has notified Dr. Thomas J. Allen that he will be awarded the title of Doctoris Honoris Causa. Dr. Allen is a Margaret MacVicar Faculty Fellow, the Howard W. Johnson Professor of Management at the MIT Sloan School. and Professor of Engineering Systems at MIT's Engineering Systems Division.

In notifying Professor Allen of this honor, Miguel Gassiot, rector of the university, noted that the proposal was supported unanimously by the members of the academic board "on the ground of your exceptional merits in the field of management of technology and innovation."

The honor is scheduled to be bestowed in early April.