We are deeply saddened to announce that IMS member Paul Joyce, professor of mathematics and Dean of the College of Science at the University of Idaho, was killed in a car accident on April 22, near Orofino, Idaho. He was only 57. An obituary on the University of Idaho (UI)…

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Ingram Olkin (Photo by Ed Souza) Ingram Olkin, professor emeritus of statistics and education at Stanford University, died at home in Palo Alto on April 28 at the age of 91. Ingram Olkin was an eminent scholar, teacher and stalwart contributor to many civil rights causes. He is best known…

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Professor Paul A. Herzberg, a long-time faculty member in the Psychology Department at York University in Toronto, died on December 2, 2015 at age 79. Paul joined York University in 1966 and retired from the Department of Psychology in 2002. He was named a senior scholar at the University. Paul’s…

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Professor Geetha Ramachandran, Professor of Statistics at the California State University at Sacramento passed away on February 18; she was 67. Professor Ramachandran worked in the areas of sampling and complex surveys and obtained her PhD from the Indian Statistical Institute, where she was a close academic associate of Debabrata…

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On 9 January 2016, in Melbourne, Australia, the statistics community lost one of its greatest statisticians. Peter Hall was born in Sydney, Australia, to William Hall and distinguished radio astronomer Ruby Payne-Scott. He earned his degrees from the University of Sydney, the Australian National University (ANU) and the University of…

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