B.S. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 1959 (Electrical Engineering)
M.S. Stanford University, Stanford, California 1961 (Electrical Engineering)
Ph.D. Stanford University, Stanford, California 1963 (Electrical Engineering)

EXPERIENCE

Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering 1963-1967 Stanford University, Stanford, California

1967-1971 Associate Professor, Department of Engineering-Economic Systems Stanford University, Stanford, California (One of the original founders of the department.)

1971- present Professor, Department of Engineering-Economic Systems and Operations Research, Stanford University, Stanford, California

1971-1972 Technical Assistant to the Director, U.S. Office of Science and Technology, Executive Office of the President, Washington DC (Technical assistant to the President's Science Advisor.)

1976 Visiting Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, Massachusetts

1980-91 Chairman, Department of Engineering-Economic Systems Stanford University, Stanford, California

1986 Guest Professor, The Technical University of Denmark Lyngby, Denmark

1987-1988 President, Society of Economic Dynamics and Control

Consulting activities: Professor Luenberger has served as a consultant to several companies, including Westinghouse; Stanford Research Institute; Systems Control, Inc.; Optimization Technology, Inc.; and Citicorp.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Associate Editor, Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications

Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control

Co-Editor, Financial Engineering, A special volume of the Annals of Operations Research

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

Fellow: Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)

Member: Econometric Society, Society for Economic Dynamics and Control, Society for the Promotion of Economic Theory, Institute for Op. Research and the Mgt. Sciences (INFORMS)

Fellow, IEEE, 1975 (for contributions to modern control theory)

1970 -Honorable Mention, JACC Best Paper Award, "Control Problems with Kinks," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, AC-15 (1970), 570-575.

1971 -First Place, ASEE­PSW Young Engineeering Teachers Contest

1986 -Outstanding Paper Award, IEEE Control Systems Society, T. Yamada and D. Luenberger, "Generic Controllability Theorems for Descriptor Systems," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, AC- 30:2 (1985), 144-152.

1990 -Bode Prize, IEEE Control Systems Society.

1998 -Oldenburger Medal, ASME.

1999 -Expository Writing Award of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (in recognition of the impact of his textbooks in the field)

2000 -Special issue of the Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, Vol. 105, No. 3, June 2000 (for contributions to many areas of applied mathematics, in particular, mathematical programming and optimal control)

Professor Luenberger was one of the original founders of the Department of Engineering-Economic Systems in 1967. He served as chairman for eleven years. He has over 70 technical publications on systems, optimization, economics, and investment.