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Jeff Wu
and PhD degrees in statistics attests to his
profound influence on students.
C. F. Jeff Wu, Coca-Cola chair profes-
On a national level, Moore has worked
STATISTICIANS
sor at Georgia Tech’s School of Industrial
to improve the teaching of statistics at lib-
and Systems Engineering, received three
eral arts colleges and to create a network of
IN THE NEWS
prestigious awards this summer for his
teachers of statistics. This work began in the
seminal contributions to statistical theory
Read about your colleagues
mid-1980s with the cofounding of SLAW
and methods and applications to science
and friends in the news. Go to
(Statistics in the Liberal Arts Workshop),
and engineering. He received the 2008
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a group that continues to flourish today.
Shewhart Medal from the American Society
“Statisticians in the News.”
Moore also has made significant contri-
for Quality for “seminal contributions to
butions in service to both the American
parameter design and quality improvement;
Statistical Association and the Mathematics
for defining and building a modern system
Association of America. In 1998, he was
of experimental design; for education of
recognized as a Fellow of the ASA for his
a generation of quality professionals and
many contributions to statistics education.
professors; and for dedicated professional
and editorial service in promoting qual-
ity improvement.” The Shewhart Medal is
named after Walter Shewhart, pioneer of
modern quality control.
I. J. Good
Linton Author Writes Another
He was also selected as the 2008
Book, Donates Copy to Library
ASA Quality and Productivity Research
Timberly Ferree of The Greene
Conference honoree for “seminal contri-
butions to statistical theory and methods
County Daily World— Linton,
for quality and productivity.” The confer-
Indiana’s, weekly paper— reports
ence, jointly honoring Wu and fellow stat-
on Larry Massa’s new book,
istician George Box, was held on June 4 in Catacombs. A Department of the
Madison, Wisconsin.
Navy mathematical statistician
Wu also won the 2008 Pan Wen-Yuan
for 20 years, Massa also wrote
Award, which is regarded as Taiwan’s most
Armageddon Now.
prestigious technology award. He is the
first statistician or applied mathematician
Alex Rodriguez, Clutch Hitter
to have won this award.
David Banks (left) and Eric Smith (right) present
The Wall Street Journal Numbers
I. J. Good with the first copy of The Good Book, a
Guy, Carl Bialik, asks statistician Jim
collection of Good’s comments and conjectures. Albert: Does clutch hitting exist,
Tom Moore
The Virginia Tech Department of
and if so, does Alex Rodriguez
Statistics organized a small reception in
excel at it?
Mu Sigma Rho,
honor of I. J. Good on September 5, 2008.
the national honor
The occasion was triggered by the publica-
Statistics Smackdown: Experts
society for statistics,
tion of volume 1 of The Good Book, a collec-
Duel Over Vytorin Cancer Data
presented its ninth
tion of Jack’s “comments, conjectures, and Jacob Goldstein of The Wall Street
Statistical Education
conclusions” that was compiled with the
Journal reviews two statisticians’
Award to Thomas L.
assistance of David Banks and Eric Smith.
opposing views on whether the
Moore of Grinnell
These CCCs, as Jack calls them, cover
College. The award
cholesterol drug Vytorin increases
his usual wide range of statistical and not-
recognizes excellence
so-statistical topics; the excursions embrace
the risk of cancer.
Moore
in undergraduate or
the law, computation, physics, biology, and
graduate statistics
tidbits of statistical history. They represent
education at the institutional, regional, or
the closest approach in statistics to John
national level.
Littlewood’s A Mathematician’s Miscellany,
Moore’s teaching career spans nearly
association with one of the best statistical
which is rather apt as Littlewood was one of
four decades and includes teaching at both
minds of Good’s generation. As customary
Good’s advisors. The book is available from
the high-school and college levels. He is
with Bayesian celebrations, there was a lib-
Rice University Press.
recognized as an outstanding teacher and
eral amount of wine and good fellowship.
The September celebration marked
has been a role model and mentor for many
The photograph shows the presentation of
a lifetime of foundational contributions
undergraduates during his time at Grinnell
the first copy to Good. Good turns 92 in
to the philosophy and practice of statis-
College. The large number of Moore’s stu-
December. Congratulatory email can be
tics. Virginia Tech is proud of its long
dents who have gone on to earn master’s
sent to ijgood@vt.edu. n
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