In Memory of Wolter J. Fabrycky: A Pioneer of Systems Engineering and US-Sino Academic Exchange

The passing of Professor Wolter “Wolt” Fabrycky, an outstanding member and great leader, is a big loss to our international systems engineering professional community. “Wolt was a legend in the systems engineering community with his teaching, advising, and dissemination of knowledge through the books he authored.”, as stated by Professor Eileen Aken, a former student of Wolt and the head of the Virginia Tech's Grado Department of Industrial and Systems Engineeirng where Wolt had served and led for 30 years and retired as John L. Lawrence Professor emeritus.