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AWARD DEADLINES AND INFORMATION
Don Owen Award
The San Antonio Chapter of the American
Statistical Association presents the Don Owen
Deadlines and Contact Information for ASA National Awards,
Award each year to a statistician who embodies Special Lectureships, and COPSS Awards
the three-fold accomplishments of Donald B.
Owen: research, statistical consultation, and January 15, 2009 Marianthi Markatou
service to the statistical community. Before
COPSS George W. Snedecor Award Chair, Snedecor Award Committee
his death in 1991, Owen was distinguished Visit www.niss.org/copss for nomination
Department of Biostatistics
professor of statistics at Southern Methodist
information.
722 West 168th Street, Room 632
Columbia University
University in Dallas, Texas, and the author New York, NY 10032
of seven textbooks, seven monographs, and
mm168@columbia.edu
more than 75 articles in refereed journals.
He also trained 19 doctoral and master’s stu-
dents, served as an applied statistician for 10
January 15, 2009 Juliet Shaffer
years at the Sandia Corporation, and oper-
COPSS Florence Nightingale David Award Chair, F. N. David Award Committee
ated his own consulting firm that special-
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Department of Statistics
ized in quality control. Owen was editor of
information
325 Evans Hall
.
University of California-Berkeley
Communications in Statistics for both Series
Berkeley, CA 94720-7360
A and B and associate editor of Technometrics
shaffer@stat.Berkeley.edu
and JASA. Additionally, he edited more
than 50 textbooks, including many for
Taylor & Francis.
January 15, 2009 Mark van der Laan
As the sponsor of this award, Taylor &
COPSS Presidents’ Award Chair, Presidents’ Award Committee
Francis promotes scientific research, sup-
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Biostatistics & Statistics
ports educational programs, and rewards
information.
University of California, Berkeley
108 Haviland Hall
outstanding academic achievement in
Berkeley, CA 94720-7360
the sciences. The San Antonio Chapter is
laan@berkeley.edu
accepting nominations for the 2009 Don
Owen Award from ASA chapters in North
America. The nominee must be a mem-
January 31, 2009 Carlos J. Morales
ber of the ASA, but is not required to be
ASA Noether Senior and Young Scholar Awards Chair, Noether Awards Committee
a member of the nominating chapter. In
Visit www.amstat.org/awards/index.
Wellington Management Company, LLP
addition to a cover letter highlighting the
cfm?fuseaction=noether for nomination
75 State Street
information. If you have questions, contact the
Boston, MA 02109
accomplishments of the nominee, the nom-
committee chair.
cmorales@wellington.com
ination packet must contain the following
supporting information:
 Name of the nominee March 3, 2009
John H. Thompson
Fellows Award
National Opinion Research Center
 Degrees (titles, dates, schools)
55 E. Monroe Street, Suite 4800
Visit www.amstat.org/fellows for nomination Chicago, IL 60603-5805

information. If you have questions, contact the THOMPSON-JOHN@norc.org
Present position(s), followed
committee chair.
by significant former positions
(with dates)

March 5, 2009 Jai Won Choi
List of major publications having
SPAIG Award Chair, SPAIG Award
statistical content
Visit http://www.svsu.edu/orgs/spaig for
NCHS, 153 Brickinridge Dr.

nomination information. If you have questions,
North Augusta, SC 29841
List of activities related to teaching
contact the committee chair.
jchoi@mcg.edu
and dissemination of statistical
knowledge

March 15, 2009
Eleanor Feingold
List of consulting activities related
ASA Gertrude M. Cox Scholarship
Chair, Gertrude M. Cox Scholarship Committee
to statistical problems or editorial
University of Pittsburgh
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contributions
Graduate School of Public Health
index cfm?fuseaction=cox-scholarship for 130 DeSoto St., A310

information and application forms. If you have Pittsburgh, PA 15261-0001
List of activities supporting the
questions, contact the committee chair. feingold@pitt.edu
mission of the ASA and related
professional organizations
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