C(harles) West Churchman, the grand old man of the ‘systems approach’, has passed away. Born on 29 August 1913 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he was 90 years of age. After a rich and significant life of scholarship, he died on 21 March 2004 in Bolinas, California. A former student and collaborator of Professor Churchman offers this commemorative essay. The paper offers a short biography of CW Churchman; an introduction to some central themes of his thinking; and some reflections on what remains of his work and how we might carry it forward today.
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