About Robert Markland

Robert Markland of Columbia, South Carolina, former Distinguished Professor emeritus of management science at the University of South Carolina, earned a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Missouri S&T in 1963. He also earned a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in math from Washington University in St. Louis. Markland held faculty positions ranging from instructor at Washington University and progressing through professor at Arizona State University; associate dean and director of graduate studies at the University of Missouri-St. Louis; chair of academic affairs, director of graduate studies, professor of management science and associate dean at Moore School of Business; and management science chair and associate dean at the University of South Carolina. Markland has served the USC Business Partnership Foundation as executive director, vice president, president and program chair of the Decision Sciences Institute, and vice president of the Institute of Management Sciences Publications. A longtime United Way volunteer, he also volunteers with the food bank and the zoo’s horticulture and gardens in Columbia, South Carolina. Through his church, Markland took six humanitarian and relief trips for hurricanes Sandy and Katrina to rebuild homes and provided humanitarian relief in repairing and rebuilding homes in West Virginia, Kentucky and other Appalachia areas. He authored or co-authored over 130 publications on mathematical programming, production scheduling, manufacturing and service operations management and received the AMOCO Excellence in Teaching Award, the Best All-Around Professor Award and the Alfred G. Smith Excellence in Teaching Award and was named Decision Sciences Institute fellow. Markland and his wife, Mylla, have been married 58 years. They have two sons and 10 grandchildren. He enjoys horticulture and landscaping and volunteering in his community. An avid sports fan, he enjoys golf, tennis, skiing and long-distance running, and he has completed three marathons.