Operations Research 2004 Meritorious Service Award Recipients and Appreciation to 2004 Referees

All too often, the hard work that members of the scholarly community do to support our profession goes unrecognized. For the sixth year, the Editorial Board of Operations Research has decided to reward outstanding service to the journal’s scholarly mission. Associate editors and referees who did an exceptionally professional job by submitting timely, unbiased, and thoughtful reviews were considered for this award. This award is just a small token of the appreciation for exceptional work performed on behalf of Operations Research and our profession. We regret that the following names were inadvertently omitted from the list published in the July–August issue, and we thank these individuals for their effort to make Operations Research the premier journal of the field.The Editorial Board would like to thank the following individual who acted as a referee for papers considered or published during the 2004 calendar year. Without the assistance of our valued referees, it would be impossible for INFORMS to publish a journal of high professional standards. We regret that the following name was inadvertently omitted from the list published in the July-August issue, and we thank him for his effort to make Operations Research the premier journal of the field.