ASA
Awards
Nominations Needed
T
he ASA joins sections, chapters, and several prominent have made significant contributions in the fields related to those
institutions to recognize outstanding statisticians or bud- in which Deming devoted his career, including survey sampling,
ding statisticians in graduate programs. While the ASA statistics in the transportation industry, quality management,
awards nomination deadlines are listed below, check the sections and quality improvement. More broadly, the nominee has made
and chapters in this and other Amstat News issues for additional
significant contributions through effective promotion of statis-
deadlines. Members are encouraged to nominate their peers for
tics and statistical thinking in business or industry. The lecture
any award. For more information about awards sponsored and
should be presented in the spirit of Deming’s views about his sta-
cosponsored by the ASA, visit www.amstat.org/profession.
tistical practice. The Deming Lecturer receives travel expenses to
JSM, a $1,000 honorarium, and an award plaque. Nominations
are due by December 7, 2008. Visit www.amstat.org/awards/
Nominate Deming Lecturer
index.cfm?fuseaction=deming for details and nomination forms. If
The Deming Lectureship Committee is currently seeking nomi- you have questions, contact Nicholas Fisher, committee chair, at
nations for the 2009 Deming Lectureship. The nominee should nif@valuemetrics.com.au.
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