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Jeff Wu and J. N. K. Rao
STATISTICIANS
Submitted by Mary Thompson and Changbao Wu, University of Waterloo
IN THE NEWS
A
t its 96th convocation on June
13, 2008, the University of
Read about your colleagues and friends
Waterloo awarded honorary
in the news. Go to
www.amstat.org and
Doctor of Mathematics degrees to two click on “Statisticians in the News.”
statistical scientists. Jeff Wu, Coca-Cola
Chair in Engineering Statistics at the
Georgia Institute of Technology, was
honored for his path-breaking contribu-
tions to the design of experiments in
industry and manufacturing design. Wu
held the GM/NSERC Chair in Quality
and Productivity at Waterloo from 1988
Jeff Wu (far right) at the convocation
to 1993. Exclusive Interview: An M.I.T. and a
J. N. K. (Jon) Rao, distinguished Yale Professors’ Cure for the Electoral
research professor at Carleton University, College
was celebrated for his fundamental con-
Chris Weigant of the online news
tributions to the theory of survey sam-
magazine the Huffington Post interviews
pling and its practice by government
Arnold Barnett and Edward Kaplan
agencies and research organizations.
about their statistical plan to cure the
Through their work and their stu-
Electoral College. The interview includes
dents, both honorees have had a pro-
a PDF download of their original article
found impact on statistics, in Canada
published in the ASA’s CHANCE magazine:
and internationally. n
“A Cure for the Electoral College?”
J. N. K. Rao (far right) at the convocation
Lies, Damned Lies and … Coverage of
JSM Sessions
Sharon Begley of Newsweek speaks up for
statisticians and writes why: “In the Wild
Joseph Glaz
Software and Multivariate Data Reduction West that is genome research, statisticians
and Discrimination with SAS Software. He
are the new sheriffs in town.”
Joseph Glaz, a professor of statistics at the
also co-edited Handbook of Statistics, Volume
University of Connecticut, recently received
22: Statistics in Industry and Computational
Guilt by Graph?
the AAUP 2008 Excellence in Research
Methods in Biomedical Research. He is a Fellow
Newsweek’s Sharon Begley interviews
Award. He also was appointed associate
of the American Statistical Association,
retired statistician Jack O’Gara to find
department head and director of graduate
an elected member of the International
out why he analyzed the career stats of
programs in the Department of Statistics.
Statistical Institute, and a winner of the Young
pitcher Roger Clemens.
Statistician Award from the International
Cotton Acreage Down Nationally
Indian Statistical Association.
Shiela Corley, a cotton statistician with
Ravindra Khattree
the U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Ravindra Khattree, professor of statis-
reports on the effect corn and soybeans
tics at Oakland University in Rochester,
Karl E. Peace have on the national cotton crop.
Michigan, was recently awarded Oakland
Karl E. Peace, Georgia Cancer Coalition
Statistics Experts, CbS Director
University’s Research Excellence Award for
Distinguished Cancer Scholar and pro-
of Surveys to Discuss Accuracy of
his outstanding contributions to statistics
fessor of biostatistics in the Jiann-Ping
Election Polls
and applied mathematics. This is the high-
Hsu College of Public Health at Georgia
Kathleen Frankovic, director of surveys
est honor OU bestows annually on one of
Southern University, was honored by the
and producer for CBS News, will
its faculty members. Georgia House of Representatives on April
participate in a discussion of election poll
Khattree is internationally known and 4, when it passed House Resolution 2118.
accuracy in one of the conference’s two
well recognized for his contributions to sta- The resolution recognizes Peace for his
late-breaking sessions during the 168th
tistical inference, multivariate analysis, exper- contributions to the medical field, to the
annual Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM).
imental design, biostatistics, and industrial Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health,
statistics. He is the coauthor of two books: to Georgia Southern University, and to the
Read these and other stories at www.
Applied Multivariate Statistics with SAS citizens of the State of Georgia. n
amstat.org.
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