Francis H. Barron ’64 ScM

Francis H. Barron ’64 ScM, of Raleigh, N.C.; Dec. 9. He attended the U.S. Army Infantry Officer basic course, graduating in 1964 as a second lieutenant. After serving two years of active duty as an intelligence officer at Edgewood Arsenal in Maryland, discharged with the rank of captain, he earned a doctorate in operations research at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1970. He began a career at the University of Kansas, where he worked from 1970 to 1982, rising to the rank of professor. He then worked as a professor and department chair at the University of Alabama from 1982 to 2000. He was published in numerous journals and a consistent contributor to the Subjective Probability Utility and Decision Making Conference. Phi Beta Kappa. He is survived by his wife, M.K. Sibylle Janssen Barron ’64; a daughter, three sons, nine grandchildren, two sisters, and a brother.