the check Edlefsen received was for $1,000,
while Baines’ was for $1,000.01. If anyone
has any insight into how this is related to
Harvard’s wealth in the face of inflation, a
glass of 1975 Chateau Mouton Rothschild
is on me!)
The fourth toast is again directed to the
entire department for reaching yet another
milestone: welcoming a class of 13 PhD
students in the coming fall, marking the
first time in the department’s history that
this count has reached the double digits.
I want to take this opportunity to thank
Q
u
in
te
ss
e
n
my colleagues, staff members, and cur-
C
t
elebr
ia
l
C
o
rent students for their hard work in
a
n
ting
tr
ib
M
u
t
ajor
io
n
s:
admissions and recruiting. And, as the
S
ta
tistical
Bir
Ideas
thda
y
department chair, I cannot miss this
and
s
of
T
heir
I
opportunity to advertise. Please send
n
W
v
hen:
en
Satur
tors
your best student, colleague, friend,
W
da
her
y, S
e:
ept
Radcliff
ember 27, 2008
relative, neighbor, soul mate—who-
e G
ym, 18 M
ever you believe will do wonders for
C
ason Str
elebrating the 65th bir
eet, C
ambr
idge
, M
statistics after proper training—to us,
30th bir
thda
thda
A
y of D
onald B
as we do wonderful things here for
A P
y of his
henomenolog
“M
ultiple I
. Rubin and the
our students. Not convinced by all
(Pr
oc
eedings of the A
ical Ba
mputations in Sample Sur
yesian Appr
ve
ys:
the awards? Pay us a visit in the fall
Sur
ve
y R
meric
oach t
esear
an Statistic
o Nonr
ch M
ethods
al A
esponse
”
and enjoy Harvard’s (the world’s?) In
vit
ed Speaker
, 1978)
ssociation
, S
ec
tion on
first massage chair for graduate
: F
ritz S
cheur
students, paid for by the $25,000
C
en
elebrating the 70th bir
innovation fund. …
bir
thda
y of his
thda
y of C
ar
My fifth toast is reserved for a
Applications
“P
arametr
l N. M
or
ris and the 25th
”
ic Empir
(JA
SA
, 1983)
ical Ba
yes I
nf
truly quintessential event, an event In
er
vit
ence:
ed Speaker
Theor
y and
to which all are invited. Whether
: Andr
ew G
elman
it is coincidence or divine inter-
Celebrating the 85th bir
vention, among the dozen current
35th bir
thda
thda
y of Her
and emeritus ladder faculty mem-
K
y of his man Cher
-Dimensional Space Graphically
“T
he Use of F
aces t
noff and the
o R
epr
bers, 50% hit a “quintessential” In
esent P
vit
ed Speaker
” (JA
oints in
birthday this year: 85, 70, 65, 45,
:
St
SA
e
, 1973)
ve
W
ang
40, and 30. (What is the chance
Ce
leb
ra
tin
g
of that?) Those below the age
P
t
r
h
obable Er
e 1
00
th
b
ror of a M
irt
hd
ay
o
f W
. S
. “S
tu
d
of 50 are, of course, too busy
In
ean e
vit
nt
”
ed Speaker
” (Biometrik
a
G
os
se
t’s
“T
h
preparing their quintessential
: St
, 1908) e
ephen Stigler
papers to enjoy birthdays, but
Studen
t P
resen
ta
tion:
“F
a grand celebration is in order
rom Student t
Ev
ening
for those who have already
“S
o students
tuden
t t P
ar
”
ty
”:
at C
ambr
made quintessential contri-
idge Queen
’s Head P
butions, namely Herman
ub
Chernoff, Carl Morris, and
Donald Rubin. And what
could be a more fitting way
to honor each of them than
by celebrating one of their publications that
is also having a “quintessential” birthday (see
the invitation)? has contacted various brewers to spon-
Furthermore, this year sees the 100th sor a “Student t party”; if you are puzzled
anniversary of William Gosset’s publica- by the connection of “Student” (not stu-
tion of the “Student” t distribution (see dents!) with beer, it’s time to quench your
symbolism of our commitment to faculty
the commemorative articles in the March thirst at a historical bar. We naturally plan
and student togetherness … inside and out-
issue of JASA). Very appropriately, one to combine the birthday celebrations with
side the classroom … sober or somber. See
of our PhD students, Andrew Thomas, the Student t party, not least for its great
http://stat.harvard.edu for details. n
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