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Dr. Mikel J. Harry
Dr. Mikel J. Harry
Born	December 28, 1951 ; Anderson, Indiana, United States
Died	April 25, 2017 (aged 65); Chandler, Arizona, US
Monuments	Dr. Mikel J Harry Museum, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Alma mater	Ball State University, Arizona State University
Occupation(s)	Chairman, SSMI
Organization	Dr. Mikel J Harry Six Sigma Management Institute Inc.
Known for	Six Sigma
Spouse(s)	Debbie Harry, Colleen Harry, Sandy Harry, Sherry L. Harry, Wafa Harry, Sandra Harry
Children	2
Website	www.mikeljharry.com

Mikel J. Harry (born: December 28, 1951; died: April 15, 2017) was a prolific author^[2]^[3]^[4] who is credited for developing Six Sigma, along with Bill Smith.^{[citation needed]} Harry was sometimes referred to as the 'father of Six Sigma'.^{[citation needed]} 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] He graduated with a PhD from Mary Lou Foulton Teachers College.

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. Addison-Wesley. 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. ISBN 9780964355576.
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 and 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.