It has not been uncommon for the school to have excellent athletes who were also outstanding students. These young men would make their A's in the front row of their class, then go down and make their A's on Grant Field. Through both athletics and academics, students and faculty have worked together for the good of the school. Later that same year, the prestigious Journal of Industrial Engineering was begun on campus. Groseclose served as the journal's first editor, followed by Bob Lehrer and Johnson.
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That same philosophy holds true today, says Johnson. Today's Industrial Engineering student pursues a rigorous program of study which includes coursework in operations research, probability and statistics, production and distribution, human-machine systems, economics, computer simulation and case methodology. Our students graduate with a good technical background, rounded out with good managerial skills. GM of Industrial Engineering n the early days, it was Groseclose who shaped Tech's Industrial Engineering program, says Johnson. That legacy has carried up to the present, through successive directors Bob Lehrer, Michael Thomas, and John J. Jarvis.