Mikel Harry

Mikel J. Harry (born: December 28, 1951; died: 25 April 2017) was a statistician, quality expert, and author[2][3][4] who is credited for developing Six Sigma, along with Bill Smith. Harry was sometimes referred to as the 'father of Six Sigma'. One of his books, Six Sigma: The Breakthrough Management Strategy Revolutionizing the World’s Top Corporations (published by Crown Business, 2000) has been on the bestseller list of The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg Businessweek and Amazon.com.[5]

Mikel Harry
Born(1951-12-28)December 28, 1951 [1]
Anderson, Indiana, United States
DiedApril 25, 2017(2017-04-25) (aged 65)
Chandler, Arizona
NationalityAmerican
Alma materBall State University, Arizona State University
OccupationChairman, SSMI
OrganizationDr. Mikel J Harry Six Sigma Management Institute Inc.
Known forSix Sigma
Spouse(s)Sandra Harry
ChildrenSabrena Harry, Melissa Fried
Websitewww.mikeljharry.com

At the age of 65, he died on 25 April 2017, in Chandler, Arizona.[5]

Bibliography

Books
  • Mikel J. Harry; J. Ronald Lawson (1992). Six Sigma Producibility Analysis and Process Characterization. ISBN 9780201634129.
  • Mikel J Harry; Jack Prins (1993). Six Sigma Metrics.
  • The vision of six sigma: tools and methods for breakthrough. Sigma Pub. Co. 1994. ISBN 9780964355538.
  • The Vision of Six Sigma: Tools and Methods for Breakthrough. Tri Star-Boze Publications. 1997.
  • Mikel J Harry; Reigle Stewart (1988). Six Sigma Mechanical Design Tolerancing. Motorola University Press. ISBN 9781569460160.
  • Mikel J. Harry; Richard Schroeder (2000). Six sigma: Prozesse optimieren, Null-Fehler-Qualität schaffen, Rendite radikal steigern. Campus-Verlag. ISBN 9783593365510.
  • The Nature of Six Sigma Quality. Motorola University Press. 1988. ISBN 9781569460092.
  • Six SIGMA. Six SIGMA. 2001.
  • Mikel J. Harry; Don R. Linsenmann (2006). The Six Sigma Fieldbook: How Dupont Successfully Implemented the Six Sigma Breakthrough Management Strategy. Doubleday. ISBN 9780385504669.
  • Mikel J Harry; Richard L. Hulbert; Christopher Jay Lacke; Ofelia C. De Hodgins, Prem S. Mann (2010). Practitioner's Guide to Statistics and Lean Six Sigma for Process Improvements. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9781118210215.

Awards & recognition

Mikel J. Harry received the lifetime Engineering Excellence Award from Arizona State University in 2002.[5] He was inducted into the "Who's Who" Registry of Global Business Leaders in 1993.

Death

He passed away on 25 April 2017.[5]

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See also

References
  1. "Grand-Daddy of Quality: Mikel Harry". GoLeanSixSigma. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
  2. "Control Charts: Keep It Simple". Qualityd Digest. December 18, 2018.
  3. "Meet the man who trained Jack Welch". Indiatimes.com. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
  4. "Steve Jobs – Yogananda Paramahansa Link Unraveled". siliconeer.com. June 9, 2018.
  5. "Six Sigma Pioneer Mikel Harry Dies at 65". Quality Digest. April 26, 2017.


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