Obituary
“A giant in the field of statistics” passes away
Prominent British statistician Sir David Cox has passed away at the age of 97. Cox, who was described on the awarding of the inaugural International Prize in Statistics as “a giant in the field of statistics,” made many contributions including introducing…
On September 21, 2021, mathematical statistics lost an emblematic figure, Constance van Eeden. Constance, an IMS (and ASA) Fellow since 1973, made an enormous contribution to statistical science as an educator and researcher, through a very active career that spanned more than half a century.
Beginnings
Constance was born in…
Kjell Doksum, IMS Fellow, died on November 20, 2021 at the age of 81. He was Professor Emeritus of Statistics at the University of California, Berkeley, and Senior Scientist in the Statistics Department at University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Kjell was born in Sandefjord, Norway, and grew up in Oslo. His parents…
Aristotle Arapostathis, ‘Ari’ to his friends, lost his battle with cancer of the liver on May 19th, 2021, not too long after he was diagnosed with it. Born in 1954 in Athens, Greece, he was the only son of Theodoros and Eleni Arapostathis. After his schooling in Athens College, he…
Harry Cohn was born on 27 July, 1940, in Bucharest, Romania, to Ionel and Perla Cohn (née Lachman). He died on 7 May, 2021, in Melbourne, Australia. Harry’s father Ionel was a mathematician, and also a music lover: Harry inherited from him his love for mathematics and music. His mother…