We learned just before we went to print with the June/July issue that Bruce Lindsay, 68, passed away May 5 in State College, PA. An obituary was printed in The Dalles Chronicle. Bruce was holder of the Eberly Family Chair in Statistics at Penn State; he contributed important innovations in…

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Evarist Giné-Masdeu, known as Evarist Giné, last June at the conference in his honor in Cambridge, UK Evarist Giné-Masdeu—or just Evarist Giné—passed away on March 13 in Hartford, CT. He was a significant contributor and co-creator of several branches of modern probability theory that have been profoundly influential, in particular…

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Featuring news about Evarist Giné and Gopinath Kallianpur

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Kathryn Chaloner accepting her COPSS Elizabeth Scott Award at last year’s JSM. Photo: Eric Sampson/ASA Kathryn Chaloner, 60, passed away on October 19, 2014. She was a fellow of the ASA and the AAAS, and an elected member of the ISI. From 2002 to October 2014, Kathryn was Professor and…

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Robert V. “Bob” Hogg, Professor Emeritus of Statistics and Actuarial Science, passed away on December 23, 2014, in Highlands Ranch, CO, aged 90. Professor Hogg was an internationally renowned statistics textbook author, pioneering researcher, and an award-winning teacher. Blessed with a fun-loving, charismatic personality and a sharp mind, Bob has…

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