1947

The American Statistician was introduced as a publication that attempted to implement the growth of American statisticians. It was established to provide an editorial medium for the association and carry the official and unofficial announcements of the association, including new projects, meetings, and activities of the association’s sections.

1971

The ASA Board and Council endorsed the establishment of an ad hoc Committee on Women in Statistics.

1988

In the summer of 1988, the publishing company Springer-Verlag and editors William F. Eddy and Stephen Fienberg produced the first issue of CHANCE. The purpose of the magazine was to entertain and focus on topics in statistics and the uses of computing. The first cover story was “Gentleman Tasting Pastrami,” based on R.A. Fisher’s Lady Tasting Tea.

1990

The ASA Center for Statistical Education held its first Poster and Project Competition for K–12 students interested in statistics. The winning posters were displayed at the Joint Statistical Meetings in Anaheim, California, that August.

1991

On August 13, W. Edwards Deming attended the unveiling of his newly painted portrait and dedication of the Deming Library at the ASA headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia.

The ASA office gets email! Thanks to Dan Horvitz of NISS, Jim Wright of Research Triangle Institute, and Ed Wegman of George Mason University, the main ASA office could receive and accept email messages. The address was asa@sybil.rti.org and ran on a VAX system administered by Research Triangle Institute.

Famous Birthdays

Egon Pearson, Florence N. David