Obituary
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…
Donald Guthrie passed away peacefully on November 18, 2022, with family by his side. He was 89.
Don was born to Donald and Clair Guthrie in Eureka, CA, on July 8, 1933. Don graduated high school at 16 and subsequently graduated from Stanford University. He went on to complete an…
Don Pierce had a habit of continuing email threads with his collaborators years after a previous message without missing a beat in the conversation. Such instant-restart conversations reflected a profound intellectual concentration, a dogged pursuit of deeper understanding, and the special importance he placed on his collaborative relationships. These conversations…