Curriculum Vitae
Educational record
- B.S. (Summa Cum Laude) Mathematics, Yale University, 1958
- M.A. Pure Mathematics, Princeton University, 1960
- Ph.D. Mathematical Statistics, Columbia University, 1963
"On Some Problems in the Theory of Particle Counting and Queues with Infinitely Many Servers."
Professional record
-
September 1963 - June 1964 --
Post-doctoral Research Associate
Department of Statistics, Stanford University -
July 1964 - June 1967 --
Assistant Professor
July 1967 - June 1972 -- Associate Professor
Department of Statistics, Johns Hopkins University -
September 1970 - June 1971 --
Visiting Associate Professor
Department of Statistics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138 -
July 1971 - June 1972 --
Visiting Faculty Advisor
Office of Statistical Policy, Executive Office of the President, Washington, D.C. 20503 -
July 1972 - Present --
Professor of Statistics and Economics
Department of Statistics, George Washington University, Washington, D.C. 20052 -
January - June 1979 --
Visiting Professor of Applied Mathematics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139 -
March 1981 - January 1986 --
Statistical Consultant
Office of Information and Regulatory Analysis
Office of Management and Budget, Washington, D.C. 20503 -
September 1985 - June 1986 --
Visiting Scholar (Guggenheim Foundation Fellow)
University of California at Davis, Davis, CA 95616 -
June 1999 - July 2000 --
Visiting Scientist
Biostatistics Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics
National Cancer Institute, Bethesda MD 20892
Membership in professional societies
- American Statistical Association
- Institute of Mathematical Statistics
- Royal Statistical Society
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
- International Statistical Institute (Elected, 1980)
- Industrial Relations Research Association
- International Chinese Statistical Association
- International Society for Bayesian Analysis
- Biometric Society
- International Genetic Epidemiology Society
Scientific committee and professional service
- Member, Program Committee for IMS Eastern Regional Meetings
- Publications Chairman, Business and Economics Section of ASA (1975-76)
- Chairman, ASA Committee on Privacy and Confidentiality (1975-77), Member (1977-78)
- Member, Steering Committee for U.S. Census Bureau's Conference on Women's Issues in Federal Statistics (1977-78)
- Associate Editor, Journal of American Statistical Association (Theory and Methods, 1978-79; Applications, 1980-81; Book Reviews, 1983-86; Theory and Methods, 1986-88); Book Reviews (1993-95)
- President-elect (1981-82) and President (1982-83) Washington Statistical Society
- Member, Program Committee for the Bernoulli Society's Meeting in conjunction with the 1985 I.S.I. Conference
- Organizer of a Session on Case-Control Studies for the 1987 I.S.I Conference
- Member, ASA Committee on Law and Justice Statistics (1988-1993)
- Member, Program Committee for the 2nd International Conference on Forensic Statistics (March, 1993)
- Organizer of the Statistics and Law Session for the 1993 I.S.I. Conference
- Member, Nominating Committee of the ASA (1995-96)
- Member, Program Committee for the 3rd International Conference on Forensic Statistics (July, 1996)
- Panel Member for grants to Small Business Program, National Science Foundation (Fall 1998)
- Panel Member, Measurement Methodology and Statistics Program, National Science Foundation (Spring 1999)
- Member, Program Committee for the 4th International Conference on Forensic Statistics (December, 1999)
- Member, ASA Committee on Law and Justice Statistics (2000-2001)
- Member, Program Committee for the 5th International Conference on Forensic Statistics (September, 2002)
- Member, Nominations Committee for the Section on Non-parametric statistics of the American Statistical Association (2000)
- Member, Committee to organize a special session in memory of Prof. Samuel W. Greenhouse for the spring 2001 meeting of the Biometric Society.
- Chairman, American Statistical Associations Panel on Statistical Issues in Elections (2001-2)
- Member, Program Committee for the 6th International Conference on Forensic Statistics (To be held in March, 2005).
- Member, ASA Committee on Public Affairs (2003-2004).
- Member, ASA Committee on Law and Justice Statistics ( appointed to serve during 2005-2007).
- Member, Editorial Board of Law, Probability and Risk (2002-present).
- Associate Editor, Biometrical Journal (2004- present).
Awards and honors
- Recipient of the Washington Statistical Society Award (1969)
- Fellowship in the American Statistical Association (Elected 1970)
- Fellowship in the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1971)
- Fellowship in the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (Elected 1972)
- Listed in Who's Who in Economics (1st edition 1980, 2nd ed. 1985)
- Listed in Who's Who in America (1980-81 to present)
- John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship (1985)
- Recipient of the Shiskin Award for Economic Statistics (1998)
- Co-Recipient of the American Statistical Associations Award for the Outstanding Applications Article (2002)
Membership in honorary societies
- Phi Beta Kappa
- Sigma Xi