Died: Leo A. Aroian, professor of industrial administration emeritus, died May 10 at his home in Schenectady. He was
eighty-eight.
Born in Holden, Mass., he earned his BA, MA, and Ph.D. from the University of Michigan, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.
He taught statistics and mathematics at Hunter College and Colorado State University. From 1950 to 1960, he headed the mathematics section and was director of the computation facility for Hughes Aircraft. He became senior staff mathematician for TRW Systems in Redondo Beach, Calif., before the joining the faculty of the Graduate Management Institute at Union in 1968. He retired from teaching in 1972 and was named research professor of management emeritus.
He was the author of two books and more than 120 articles, including a paper on the establishment of quality levels for industrial and consumer products that was published by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
The Leo A. Aroian Research Fellowship was established in his honor.
Survivors include his wife, Amine; two daughters, Julie Carpenter, of Boulder, Colo., and Lois Aroian, of Nairobi, Kenya; and two grandchildren. Memorial contributions maybe made to Hospice of Schenectady, the Union Presbyterian Church, the Union College Aroian Endowment Fund, or the Armenia Fund USA.