Obituary
Ruben H. Zamar, professor of statistics at the University of British Columbia, passed away on June 28, 2023. Ruben’s inquisitive mind combined with his innovative ideas expanded and improved the field of Robust Statistics making it more relevant.
Ruben was born in San Pedro, Province of Jujuy, Argentina, on December…
A.K. Md. Ehsanes Saleh, Professor Emeritus and Distinguished Research Professor of Statistics at the School of Mathematics and Statistics, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, passed away on September 3, 2023. Professor Saleh died at the age of 91 with his family beside him. Born in the Munshigonj district in Dhaka, Bangladesh,…
C. R. Rao, a giant in statistical theory who blazed the field over an 80-year research career died on August 22, 2023, two weeks short of his 103rd birthday.
Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao was born in Karnataka, India, on September 10, 1920. Rao was known to be a very good student…
Professor C.R. Rao, Penn State Eberly Professor Emeritus of Statistics and statistics legend, passed away in Buffalo, New York, on August 22, 2023. His family members Teja, Vincent, Vera and Malini were with him. He was 19 days away from his 103rd birthday. Among a very large number of…
Distinguished Emeritus Professor Richard Floyd Gundy passed away peacefully on February 20th, 2023. He was 89 years old.
Dick graduated from Illinois College. He went on to earn a PhD in Experimental Psychology at Indiana University, followed by a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Chicago. Fascinated with the statistics…