O'Hair

Quinlan

Michelle Quinlan was this year’s Gertrude Cox 5k fun run women’s winner, with a time of 20:41:00. The men’s winner was Joel O’Hair, with a time of 17:05:00. This year marked the 20th anniversary of the fun run, which takes place at the Joint Statistical Meetings. The race was sponsored by RTI and organized by the Caucus for Women in Statistics and the ASA Committee on Women in Statistics.

The Getrude Cox Scholarship was established in 1989 to encourage more women to enter statistically oriented professions. Visit the ASA web site for more information about the Gertrude M. Cox scholarship and an application.