Larry Richards is a long-time member of American Society for Cybernetics and regular attendee at its conferences. He served for nine years (1983-1991) as Treasurer, President and Past President of ASC, and received its Norbert Wiener Medal in 2006. He is also a past President and Fellow of the American Society for Engineering Management. Larry currently serves as the administrative head (Interim Vice Chancellor and Dean) of Indiana University-Purdue University Columbus, a campus of Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. Until July 1, 2015, he was Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Professor of Management and Informatics at Indiana University East (where he also served a year as Interim Chancellor). His books include “Constraint Theory” and “Craft and Constraint, Clocks and Conversation” (a web book available at http://www.pearlheatherforge.wordpress.com).