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Stoumbos joined the faculty of Rutgers reliability section of the Institute for
Business School in 1994 and was elected Operations Research and the Management
Daniel Joseph Corrigan department chair in 2001. Sciences (INFORMS). He was a senior
Longtime ASA member Daniel Joseph
Among his major honors, he was elect- member of ASQ and the Institute of
Corrigan passed away at the age of 69. He
ed a Lifetime Fellow of the International Industrial Engineers. He was a member of
was the son of the late Robert and Clara
Statistical Institute in 2005, and, in 2007, INFORMS, the ASA, and the International
Corrigan and the husband of Jutta, who
he was elected Fellow of the American Federation of Nonlinear Analysts. He also
he was married to for 44 years. He was the
Statistical Association, an honor reserved was a member of the editorial review board
devoted father of three sons: Dion, Sean,
for a very small number of ASA members of the Journal of Quality Technology.
and Jason.
for making outstanding contributions in Stoumbos was widely published in lead-
their field. ing research journals and served as a sci-
Stoumbos was the recipient of the entific adviser and consultant for a large
Obituary
2003 Jack Youden Prize of the ASA and number of major corporations and organi-
Zachary G. Stoumbos
the American Society for Quality (ASQ) zations nationally and internationally. His
for the best research paper in the physical, research interests included statistical pro-
The faculty, staff, and students of Rutgers chemical, and engineering sciences. He also cess control, data mining and classification
Business School–Newark and New Brunswick was the recipient of the highly prestigious analysis, time series analysis and forecast-
mourn the loss of Zachary G. Stoumbos, who 2004 ASQ Brumbaugh Award for the paper ing, information systems and technology,
passed away on January 28 after a long and with the greatest single contribution to the financial and risk modeling, public health
valiant struggle with leukemia. He was 44. development of the industrial application of surveillance, terrorism and bioterrorism
An award-winning researcher, teacher, quality control and statistical process con- preparedness, psychometrics, and supply
and chair and professor of management sci- trol. Stoumbos was twice the recipient of the chain management.
ence and information systems, he is described Paul Nadler Teaching Excellence Award and Stoumbos is survived by his wife, Julia,
by Executive Vice Dean Rosa Oppenheim as a recipient of outstanding researcher awards and their three children. For more infor-
“above all, a most devoted friend and col- at Rutgers Business School. mation, visit
http://zachary.rutgers.edu. n
league who inspired all of us with his bravery He served as the 2004 chair-elect and
and optimism.” 2005 chair of the quality, statistics, and
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