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William F. Eddy
that have undergone the most rapid change chosen as the 2007–2008 statistician of the
since humans and chimpanzees separated year. The award will be presented to Wallace
William F. Eddy, a
from a common ancestor. at a dinner at the East Bank Club in Chicago
professor of statistics
Pollard received her bachelor’s degree on May 15, 2008. For more information,
at Carnegie Mellon
from Pomona College in 1995, and a mas- contact Richard Smiley at (312) 525-3606
University, recently
ter’s and doctorate in biostatistics from UC or
rsmiley@ncsbn.org.
received the school’s
Berkeley in 2000 and 2003, respectively.
first John C. Warner
She carried out postdoctoral research at
Professorship of
UC Santa Cruz, where she was part of the Ronald Wasserstein
Statistics. A distin-
consortium that sequenced the chimpanzee
guished scholar, Eddy
Submitted by Lou DiGioia, Executive
genome. Pollard joined the faculty at UC
has published more
Director, MATHCOUNTS Foundation
William F. Eddy
Davis in 2005.
than 100 research
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation awards
papers and authored or edited 20 books
The MATHCOUNTS Foundation, a
118 Sloan Research Fellowships each year
and monographs.
national nonprofit organization dedicated
to young scientists in the areas of chemistry,
Eddy has worked in a variety of disci-
to increasing middle-school mathemat-
computational and evolutionary molecu-
plines, with research covering theoretical
ics achievement through competition and
lar biology, computer science, economics,
probability, statistics, and applied prob-
enrichment programs, recently added
mathematics, neuroscience, and physics.
lems. His current research focuses on the
Ronald Wasserstein, executive director of
The fellowships are aimed at helping scien-
data generated by functional Magnetic
the American Statistical Association, to its
tists at an early stage in their careers who
Resonance Imaging (fMRI), a technique
board of directors.
show outstanding promise for making fun-
used by cognitive neuroscientists to chart
“Ron’s leadership and commitment to
damental contributions to knowledge.
brain activity. Eddy is studying other types
service are tremendous assets to the ASA
of imaging, as well.
and its members,” said MATHCOUNTS
“For more than 30 years, Bill Eddy has
Harry M. Rosenberg
board of director’s chair E. Bruce Lawson.
had an enormous impact both on Carnegie
“His energy and passion are precisely what’s
Mellon, on the field of statistics, and on
Harry M. Rosenberg
needed in order to continue the incred-
science,” said John Lehoczky, dean of the
recently received
ibly important work that we’re doing at
university’s College of Humanities and
the 2007 Halbert E.
MATHCOUNTS.”
Social Sciences. “He has been a leader in
Dunn Award from the
“I’m truly an advocate of the type of
statistical computing and graphics, and he
National Association of
engaging programs that MATHCOUNTS
is widely recognized for his contributions to
Public Health Statistics
has created, and of the initiatives that they’ve
neuroscience and brain imaging. This chair
and Information
developed,” said Wasserstein. “Everyone
recognition is richly deserved.”
Systems. The award
involved shares a common goal, which is to
A pioneer in the field of statistics, Eddy
is the highest recogni-
bring attention to the importance of boost-
started the Journal of Computational and
Harry M. Rosenberg
tion given by the asso-
ing confidence and inspiring math excel-
Graphical Statistics, a joint publication of
ciation for outstanding
lence at such a critical age for students. I’m
the American Statistical Association, the
contributions to public health statistics.
looking forward to working with the board
Institute for Mathematical Statistics, and
A Fellow of the American Statistical
and the MATHCOUNTS staff to identify
the Interface Foundation of North America.
Association, Rosenberg, who is now retired,
opportunities that will allow us to make an
He was cofounding editor of CHANCE, a
spent much of his career at the National
even greater impact on improving numera-
statistics magazine, and founding chair of
Center for Health Statistics, where he was
cy and problemsolving skills.”
the board of the Interface Foundation.
chief of the Mortality Statistics Branch,
Wasserstein joins a group of leaders from
The professorship is named after John
Division of Vital Statistics. Rosenberg was
across the corporate, association, and edu-
C. Warner, who served as Carnegie Mellon’s
also the first head of the World Health
cational spectrums. While he is the first
president from 1950–1965.
Organization’s Mortality Reference Group.
executive director of the ASA to be a mem-
He graduated from The University of
ber of the board, MATHCOUNTS has
North Carolina and earned his PhD from
had an ASA member serve on its board for
Katherine Pollard
The Ohio State University. Rosenberg is
many years.
married to Barbara Filner; they reside in
MATHCOUNTS was created in
Katherine Pollard, assistant professor in the
Bethesda, Maryland. He can be reached at
1983 as a joint effort by the National
Department of Statistics and at the UC
HarryMRosenberg@aol.com.
Society of Professional Engineers, CNA,
Davis Genome Center, was recently award-
and the National Council of Teachers
ed the Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship,
in Mathematics to address a growing
worth $45,000 over two years.
David L. Wallace
concern about the ability and growth
Pollard uses computational methods to
of America’s work force. For the past 25
study areas of rapid evolution in the human
The Chicago Chapter is pleased to announce
years, these organizations have partnered
genome. With colleagues at UC Santa Cruz,
that David L. Wallace, professor emeritus of
with MATHCOUNTS to support the
she identified specific areas of human DNA
statistics at The University of Chicago, was
idea that math is essential in preparing
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