children birth_date spouse article_title education name occupation alma_mater
4 21 august 1959 susan john r. grout
 b.s. -lrb- 1984 -rrb- ph.d. -lrb- 1990 -rrb- john r. grout dean college of the campbell school of business at berry brigham young university pennsylvania state university
john r. grout

john r. grout is an american educator who serves as dean of the campbell school of business at berry college .
he received a b.s. from brigham young university 's marriott school of management in 1984 , receiving the operations/systems award for being the highest ranked graduating senior in his major .
after working a few years for signetics , grout returned to school , earning a ph.d. in management science from pennsylvania state university in 1990 .
after graduation , grout worked at southern methodist university from 1990 to 1997 , subsequently accepting a position at berry college .
some of grout 's most notable research focuses on the japanese term `` poka-yoke '' , or `` mistake-proofing '' .
in may 2004 , grout received the shingo prize for manufacturing excellence in research in connection with research in this field .
grout and his wife , susan , have four children .
