Guillermo Owen
Guillermo Owen is a Colombian mathematician, and Professor of Applied Mathematics at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, known for his work in Game Theory.Biography
Guillermo Owen was born May 4, 1938, in Bogotá, Colombia, and obtained a B.S. degree from Fordham University in 1958, and a Ph.D. degree from Princeton University under the guidance of Dr. Harold Kuhn, in 1962.
Owen has taught at Fordham University, Rice University and Los Andes University in Colombia, apart from having given lectures in many universities in Europe and Latin America. He is currently holding the position of Distinguished Professor of Applied Mathematics at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California.
Owen is member of the Colombian Academy of Sciences, The Royal Academy of Arts and Sciences of Barcelona, and the Third World Academy of Sciences. He is associate editor of the International Journal of Game Theory, and fellow of the International Game Theory Society.Honors and awards
The Escuela Naval Almirante Padilla of Cartagena gave him an honorary degree of Naval Science Professional in June 2004.
Owen was named Honorary President of the XIV Latin Ibero American Congress on Operations Research - CLAIO 2008. Cartagena, Colombia, September 2008.
The university of Lower Normandy, in Caen, France, gave him an honorary doctorate in October 2017.Publications
Owen has authored, translated and/or edited thirteen books, and approximately one hundred and forty papers published in journals such as Management Science, Operations Research, International Journal of Game Theory, American political Science Review, and Mathematical Programming, among others. Books, a selection:
