Physical and Engineering Sciences
Statisticians Coming Soon
Some say
to a School Near You
it ain’t
Janet Buckingham, Industrial Speakers Program Chair, Southwest Research Institute easy being
green, but
T
he SPES Marquardt Memorial statisticians have to say about their pro-
Industrial Speakers Program is gear- fession. Speakers can visit for a full or half
ing up for visits to universities across day, presenting a seminar and meeting with
we disagree!
the country in the spring and fall of 2008. professors and students. We already have
This program was established in memory of three schools lined up for visits in 2008 and
Donald W. Marquardt, an ASA Fellow and are trying to match speakers to schools. If
former ASA president, to enhance the inter- you are interested in having a speaker visit
The ASA is going
action between industrial/applied statisticians your school, contact Janet Buckingham at
and academic statisticians and students. The jbuckingham@swri.org.
green with the
SPES section has approved eight speaker vis- To find out more about the speak-
2008 Election.
its in 2008. ers program, visit www.amstat.
After contacting all the ASA member org/sections/SPES. Just click on the
universities and colleges to tell them about “Outreach and Education” link in the
our program, we had a great response— left column. ■
schools really want to hear what applied
We’re paperless!
Look for your
electronic ballot
to be sent
via email.
(ASA annual election of officers
opens March 17, 2008.)
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