BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH ---- JAN EVENSMO

Born:    August 10, 1939,  Oslo, NORWAY

Education:  Siviløkonom, Norwegian School of Management BI, 1978;
Cand. Real (Physics – Cybernetics), University of Oslo, 1965

Profession: Associate professor, Quantitative methods/Operations Research/ Project Management, Norwegian School of Management BI
Course responsible “Asian studies” BI

Social organizations:
Chairman Norway – China Friendship Association (current)
Leader Chinese Cultural Festival, 2004
Honorary Citizen Shandong Province, China, 2004
Honorary member Norway – Malaysia Association
Chairman Norwegian Operations Research Society (former)
Research director Norwegian Jazz Archives (current)
Board member Oslo Jazz Circle (current)
Member of Ertegun Jazz Hall of Fame International Voting Panel
 
Hobbies:
Jazz collecting and research (“jazz archaeologist”), 5000 LPs, 900 CDs, 1000 78s, 800 cassettes, 150 jazz books
Author of numerous jazz books, including:
History of Jazz Tenor Saxophone, black artists, Vol. 1 – 5 (1917 – 1954)
Jazz Solography Series, Vol. 1 – 14
Jazz Tenor Saxophone in Norway, 1917 – 1959 (coauthor Johs Bergh)

Family:
Four children: (Ole Martin 1979, Tiril Kristine 1980, Morten 1986, Nora 1992)

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