C. Jackson "Jack" Grayson, Jr. (October 8, 1923 – May 4, 2017) was the chairman of APQC, dean of two business schools, head of the U.S. Price Commission (1971), a farmer, newspaper reporter and FBI agent. In 1977 he founded APQC as a private sector, non-profit organization.
C. Jackson Grayson was the U.S. chairman of the Price Commission in the United States from 1971 to 1973 under President Richard Nixon.[1] In that position under the Economic Stabilization Act of 1970, Grayson oversaw price controls and the process through which companies request permission to increase prices. Grayson gained exposure to productivity issues and how they related to product pricing. Grayson went on to found the American Productivity and Quality Center[2] in 1977 where he resided as chairman and oversaw the organization's public education improvement initiatives.
Member of Board of Directors, Global Alliance for Transnational Education[5][failed verification]
Bibliography
Articles and Monographs
Grayson has written over 60 monographs, papers, and articles in various publications.
Books
Decisions Under Uncertainty: Drilling Decisions by Oil and Gas Operators, Division of Research, Harvard Business School, Harvard University, Boston, 1960
Confessions of a Price Controller, Dow Jones-Irwin, Homewood, Illinois, 1974
American Business: A Two-Minute Warning, co-authored with Carla O'Dell, The Free Press, New York, 1988
If Only We Knew What We Know, co-authored with Carla O'Dell, The Free Press, New York, 1998
Awards
2000 Named by Teleos,[6] an English research firm, as one of the 10 “Most Admired Knowledge Leaders” in North America.
2003 The American Society for Quality (ASQ) awards Grayson its Distinguished Service Medal. The medal honors the lifetime contribution of any person who has been recognized as a long-term enabler, catalyst or prime mover in the quality movement.
2006 Southern Methodist University names an endowed MBA scholarship in entrepreneurial studies and an annual faculty innovation award in Grayson's honor.