David. M. Umbach
Outstanding Statistical
outstanding contributions to the
National Institute of
Application Award
practice of statistical consult-
Environmental Health Sciences
Each year, the ASA recognizes
ing. The 2009 awardee is Doug
Zahn of Zahn & Associates for
Christopher J. Wild
a paper that is an outstand-
his outstanding contributions to
University of Auckland
ing application of statistics
in the physical, biological, or
advancing the art and science of
Rick L. Williams
medical sciences. This year’s
statistical consulting.
RTI International
winner is Robert D. Gibbons of
Waller Education Award
Qiwie Yao
the University of Illinois for the
Retired ASA Executive Director
London School of Economics
development of new and innova-
Ray Waller and his wife, Carolyn,
and Political Science
tive statistical approaches to drug
safety and for clarifying the rela-
established the Waller Education
tionship between antidepressant
Award in 2002 to recognize a sta-
Other Awards pharmacotherapy and suicide.
tistics teacher early in his/her career
Many more people were honored
for excellence and innovation in
during the Presidential Address
W. J. Youden Award in
teaching introductory statistics at
and Awards Ceremony for their
Interlaboratory Testing
the undergraduate level. The 2009
contributions to various causes
waller Award winner is Nicholas
The W. J. Youden award was
that advance the field of statis-
J. Horton of Smith College for
established in 1985 to recognize
tics. Following is a list of awards
his outstanding contributions to
publications that make out-
and recipients:
and innovation in the teaching of
standing contributions to the
elementary statistics.
design and/or analysis of inter-
Samuel S. Wilks
laboratory tests or that describe
Memorial Award
The SPAIG Award
ingenious approaches to the
The ASA established the SPAIG
The Samuel S. Wilks Memorial
planning and evaluation of
Award was established in 1964
data from such tests. This year’s
Award in 2002 to recognize out-
to honor the memory and dis-
awardee is Blaza Toman of the
standing partnerships between
tinguished career of Sam Wilks
Statistical Engineering Division
academe and business, industry,
by recognizing outstanding con-
of NIST in recognition of her
and government organizations
tributions to statistics that carry
paper, “Bayesian Approaches to
and to promote new partner-
on the spirit of his work. The
Calculating a Reference Value in
ships. It is the only ASA award
2009 Wilks award winner is
Key Comparison experiments,”
that recognizes organizations.
Lee-Jen Wei of Harvard University,
published in Technometrics, Vol.
This year’s SPAIG award is given
who is honored for statistical
49, No. 1.
to Iowa State University and Los
Alamos National Laboratory for
methods used in clinical trials. The
Wilks award is made possible in
Edward C. Bryant Scholarship
their partnership since 2000.
part by a donation from Alexander
Trust Fund Award
20th Annual Gertrude M. Cox
Mood, a student of Wilks. The Bryant scholarship trust is
Scholarships
a permanent scholarship fund
Gottfried E. Noether Awards
endowed by Westat to honor its
Grace Deforest of Stanford
The Noether awards were estab- co-founder and long-time leader,
University and Martha Skup of
lished in 1999 by the wife and Edward C. Bryant. The award
Yale University are the winners of
daughter of the late Gottfried honors an outstanding graduate
the 20th annual Gertrude M. Cox
Emanuel Noether of the student who is studying survey
scholarships. Since 1989, the Cox
University of Connecticut as a statistics. The 2009 scholarship
scholarship has been awarded by
tribute to his memory. They rec- recipient is Qixuan Chen of the
the AsA Committee on women
ognize distinguished researchers University of Michigan for her
in Statistics and the Caucus for
and teachers and support research outstanding graduate work in
Women in Statistics to encour-
in nonparametric statistics. The survey statistics.
age women to enter statistically
Gottfried E. Noether Young
oriented professions. The follow-
Scholar Award winner for 2009 is
W. J. Dixon Award for
ing women were awarded honor-
Harrison Zhou of Yale University. Excellence in Statistical
able mentions: Katherine Furgol
The Gottfried E. Noether Senior
Consulting
of the University of Iowa, Shira
Scholar Award winner for 2009 is
Mitchell of Harvard, Gina-Maria
Established through a gift
Grace Wahba of the University of
Pomann of North Carolina State
from the family of William
Wisconsin-Madison.
University, and Andrea Rau of
Dixon, this award recognizes
Purdue University. n
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