UD's Olsen Award presented to University of Surrey professor
Peter L.M. Jones, center, with the Michael D. Olsen Research Achievement Award. Also pictured are, from left, Muzzo Uysal of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, the 2009 recipient; Hailin Qu of Oklahoma State University, the 2008 recipient; Anna Mattila of Pennsylvania State University, the 2007 recipient; Stowe Shoemaker of the University of Houston, a 2003 recipient; Jones; Barbara Almanza of Purdue University, also a 2003 recipient; Kaye Chon of Hong Kong Polytechnic University, the 2002 recipient; and Robert Nelson, chair of UD's Department of Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Management.

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8:31 a.m., Jan. 20, 2011----Peter L.M. Jones, ITCA Professor of Production and Operations Management in the School of Management at the University of Surrey, has been presented the Michael D. Olsen Research Achievement Award by the University of Delaware's Department of Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Management in the Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics.

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The award, which honors Olsen, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University professor emeritus, for his contribution to the body of hospitality knowledge and for his mentoring of graduate students, was presented Jan. 7 during the 16th annual Graduate Education and Graduate Student Research Conference in Houston.

The award is supported by UD's Department of Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Management and former graduate students and friends of Olsen.

The Olsen Award recognizes someone who has made a significant contribution through sustained and focused research leading to important contributions to the body of knowledge in hospitality and tourism. It considers the overall contribution to the academy, including serving on editorial review boards, international symposia and conferences, graduate education and mentoring of graduate students.

“The award represents the outstanding productivity of a scholar who has contributed significantly to the body of knowledge in hospitality,” Olsen said, adding, “Dr. Jones' work demonstrates how important it is for all hospitality researchers to pursue the advancement of knowledge and to share it with academics and practitioners alike.”

"I am greatly honored to receive the Michael D. Olsen Research Achievement Award,” Jones said. “Michael Olsen has been an inspiration and leader for many hospitality researchers and I am particularly moved that I should be recognized with an award given in his name.”

For additional information or to support the Olsen Award, contact Robert Nelson, chair of the department, University of Delaware, Raub Hall, 14 W. Main St., Newark, DE 19716, or via email at [bnelson@udel.edu].

Photo by Michael Scott, Conrad N. Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management at the University of Houston
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