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Sir David Roxbee Cox died suddenly at his home in Oxford on January 18, 2022, leaving Joyce, his patient and supportive wife of almost 75 years, and their four children. David was so engaged and energetic in research that his death came as a shock.
David was born on July…
Michael Barrett Woodroofe, IMS Fellow and former Leonard J. Savage Collegiate Professor of Statistics at the University of Michigan, passed away on February 22, 2022 at the age of 81.
Michael was born on March 17, 1940 in Corvallis, Oregon, and grew up in the small town of Athena in…
Yuan Shih Chow, Professor Emeritus of Statistics at Columbia University, passed away on March 3, 2022 in his hometown in Hubei, China. He suffered a stroke earlier and never recovered. He was 97 years old. He is survived by three daughters, Letitia, Eunice and Grace, two sons, Patrick and Nelson,…
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.
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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…