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July 16, 2013
Bill Studden in 1970. Photo: Purdue University Department of Statistics
William J. Studden passed away suddenly on March 19th, 2013.
Bill was born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada on September 30, 1935. Professor Studden received his B.Sc. from McMaster University (1958) and his PhD in Statistics in 1962 from Stanford University…
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A February 27, 2013 posting by Alice Meadows on the website scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org bore the title Are Scholarly Societies Still Relevant to Young Researchers? Perhaps Surprisingly, Yes They Are. The article dealt with the reality that many professional…