Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- William P. Drews papers
- Dates:
- 1982-1995
- Creators:
- Drews, William P.
- Extent:
- 4.5 Linear Feet
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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[identification of item] William P. Drews Papers (SC1175). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Background
- Scope and content:
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William P. Drews (1926-1999) worked at Exxon for many years. When he retired in 1982, he began working on a monograph on a computable function space for the optimization of linear programming. This collection contains three boxes of working files for his monograph. Drews created a code or abbreviation for many of the subject files related to the monograph.
The collection also includes some correspondence and monograph revisions from Drews' son Carl Drews and Drews' friend and colleague Richard G. Segers.
- Biographical / historical:
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William P. Drews (1926-1999), commonly called Bill, studied at Berkeley under George Dantzig from December through June of 1962. Bill Drews was employed by Esso (now Exxon Mobil) in operations research and used linear programming techniques to assist with the company's long range planning. He used George Dantzig (later a professor at Stanford University) as a consultant many times for assistance in solving massive linear programming problems. Bill and one of his co-workers published a paper "MATHEMATICAL APPROACH TO LONG-RANGE PLANNING" By Leo Rapoport and William P. Drews Harvard Business Review Vol. 40, No- 3, May–June 1962, pp. 75–87.
Drews was the source of the "Drews institutionalized divvy economy" paper by George Dantzig from 1973, and presented a paper at the symposium honoring Dantzig's 85th birthday.
Drews retired from Exxon in 1982, but he worked on and completed a monograph on a computable function space for the optimization of linear programming before he died in 1999.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift, 2012.
- Physical location:
- Special Collections and University Archives materials are stored offsite and must be paged 48 hours in advance. For more information on paging collections, see the department's website: https://library.stanford.edu/libraries/special-collections.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-03-24 10:23:35 -0700 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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The materials are open for research use. Audio-visual materials are not available in original format, and must be reformatted to a digital use copy.
- Terms of access:
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While University Archives is the owner of the physical and/or digital items, permission to examine collection materials is not an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns.
- Preferred citation:
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[identification of item] William P. Drews Papers (SC1175). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
- Location of this collection:
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Stanford University Archives, Green Library557 Escondido MallStanford, CA 94305-6064, US
- Contact:
- (650) 725-1022