AWARD DEADLINES AND INFORMATION
Nominations Sought for Rao Prize
contributions to leadership and research
T
he C. R. and
Bhargavi Rao
in statistics, a current curriculum vita, and Past Rao Prize Winners
Prize was
two supporting letters, to be submitted by
2007 – Lawrence D. Brown, Miers
established to honor
December 1, 2008, to the chair or the Rao
Busch professor and professor of
and recognize out-
Prize Selection Committee, 326 Thomas
statistics at the Wharton School,
standing and influen-
Building, Penn State University, University
University of Pennsylvania
tial innovations in the
Park, PA 16802-2111.
theory and practice of
C. R. Rao held the Eberly Chair in
2005 – Jayaram Sethuraman,
mathematical statis-
Statistics at Penn State University from
Rao
former Robert O. Lawton
tics, international
1988–2001. He now serves as Holder
distinguished professor and current
leadership in directing statistical research,
Emeritus of the Eberly Chair in Statistics.
professor emeritus and adjunct
and pioneering contributions by a recog-
He was the founding director of the
professor at Florida
nized leader in the field of statistics. The
Center for Multivariate Analysis.
State University
Rao prize is awarded every two years (odd-
A President's National Medal of
numbered years) by the Department of
Science Laureate, Rao is recognized 2003 – Bradley Efron, Max H. Stein
Statistics at Penn State University to a
worldwide as one of the pioneers of professor in the Department of
nominee selected by members of the Rao
modern statistical theory and one of the Statistics at Stanford University
prize committee who is working in the
world’s top five statisticians, with multi-
United States. The winner will receive a
faceted distinctions as a mathematician,
statistics, econometrics, electrical engineer-
medal, cash prize, and an invitation to give
researcher, scientist, and teacher. His con-
ing, and many other disciplines at universi-
a talk at Penn State.
tributions to mathematics and statistical
ties throughout the world. For more infor-
Nominations should include a let-
theory and applications have become part
mation, see
www.stat.psu.edu/news/awards/
ter describing the nominee’s outstanding
of undergraduate and graduate courses in
raoprize.html. n
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