Call for Nominations
Nominate a Member for Fellow
John H. Thompson, Chair of the 2009 Committee on Fellows
B
ecoming an ASA Fellow is one of the the association and asks that special consider-
highest honors bestowed by our orga- ation be given to nominating members from
nization. On behalf of the ASA, the industry and government, as well as those
Committee on Fellows strongly encourages who practice in isolated environments or may
the nomination of deserving members. not have colleagues to nominate them.
Committee members do not make nomina- In making decisions, committee mem-
tions, but rely on nominations submitted by bers rely heavily on the information in the
the general membership. Committee members nomination packages that details profes-
also encourage ASA chapters, sections, and sional accomplishments of the nominees. It is
committees to search for and nominate deserv- important that a nomination package describe
ing members from their respective constituen- the nominee’s most significant contributions
cies. Nominators and authors of supporting and their effect. These contributions may
letters need not be Fellows. include advancing theory and methodology,
A major strength of our profession is the consulting, teaching, collecting data, working
many ways members of the ASA contribute as an administrator, and serving the profes-
to science and society at large. The committee sion and the ASA. Outstanding work in relat-
is aware of concerns expressed by some ASA ed fields (e.g., economics and psychology) is
members that priority is given to nominations judged in terms of its statistical contributions.
from academic institutions and will take steps Nominees are evaluated on actual contribu-
Word file. Members who do not have access
to ensure deserving candidates from industry, tions, not future promise.
to the online form may contact Pam Craven
government, and smaller academic institu- The nomination form and guidelines are
at pamela@amstat.org to have a form emailed,
tions are not overlooked. Thus, the commit- available at www.amstat.org/fellows. This form
faxed, or mailed. Please give careful attention
tee encourages nominations from all sectors of may be printed or downloaded as a Microsoft
to all instructions on the form. Although pre-
vious nominations are not carried over, candi-
dates may be renominated. Supporting mate-
rials for renomination should be updated.
Letters of support (copies or faxes of let-
ters are acceptable) should be sent to the
nominator, who is responsible for including
the support letters in the nomination pack-
age. The committee cannot guarantee letters
sent to the ASA office independently of the
nomination package will be reviewed. The
complete nomination package should be
addressed to the Committee on Fellows and
sent to the American Statistical Association,
c/o Pam Craven, 732 North Washington
Street, Alexandria, VA 22314. The complete
nomination package must be received at the
above address by Monday, March 2, 2009.
Fellow nominees for 2009 must have con-
tinuous ASA membership between March
1, 2006, and February 28, 2009. Questions
about membership as it affects the Fellows
process may be directed to Craven. Also, be
sure potential nominees have not already been
inducted; a searchable list of ASA Fellows is
available at www.amstat.org/fellows.
The Committee on Fellows works dili-
gently to ensure the most deserving nominees
are recognized and appreciates the member-
ship’s enthusiasm for this process. Suggestions
for improvement are always welcome. n
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