Obituary
Damodar Nagesh Shanbhag passed away at his residence in Sheffield, UK, on December 13, 2022. He was 85 years old.
Dr. Shanbhag was born in 1937, in the state of Karnataka, India to Nagesh G. and Rama Shanbhag. He earned his Master’s degree in Statistics from Karnataka University securing a…
Professor Don Ylvisaker passed away peacefully on March 20, 2022. Don played a pivotal role in establishing the UCLA Department of Statistics. As head of the Division of Statistics within the UCLA Mathematics Department, he was instrumental in shaping the personality of the emerging department as one focused on not…
Jerome S. Sacks, 91, passed away peacefully on January 2, 2023. He was born on May 8, 1931 in the Bronx, was a graduate of the Bronx High School of Science and received his BA (1952) and PhD (1956) in mathematics from Cornell University, with Jack Kiefer as his advisor.…
On July 8, 2022, Dr. Bruce E. Trumbo, Professor Emeritus of Statistics and Biostatistics at California State University East Bay passed away. He was 84 years old.
Bruce Trumbo was a nationally and internationally recognized contributor to the field of Statistics. Bruce was a fellow of both the American Statistical…
Anthony (Tony) Lancaster, died on December 10, 2022 at HopeHealth Hulitar Hospice Center in Providence, Rhode Island, with his family by his side. Jane, Clare, Tom and Rob shared the ten-day vigil at the hospice. He was 84 years old.
Tony was born in Eccles, near Manchester, England, on June…