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Call for Nominations for 2019 Don Owen Award

1 January 2019 965 views No Comment

The San Antonio Chapter of the American Statistical Association presents the Don Owen Award to a statistician who embodies the three-fold accomplishments of Donald B. Owen, who before his death in 1991 was Distinguished Professor of Statistics at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. Owen’s illustrious career serves as the standard against which nominees are evaluated for excellence in research, statistical consultation, and service to the statistical community. Among his accomplishments, Owen authored seven textbooks, seven monographs, and more than 75 articles in refereed journals; and trained 19 doctoral and master’s students. He served as an applied statistician for ten years for the Sandia Corporation, and operated his own private consulting firm, specializing in quality control. Owen was editor of Communications in Statistics for both Series A and B, associate editor of Technometrics and of JASA; and he edited over 50 textbooks.

The San Antonio Chapter is currently accepting nominations for the 2019 Don Owen Award from ASA chapters in North America. The nominee must be a member of the ASA, but is not required to be a member of the nominating chapter. In addition to a cover letter highlighting the accomplishments of the nominee, the nomination packet must contain the following supporting information:

1. Name of the Nominee

2. Degrees (titles, dates, schools)

3. Present position(s), followed by significant former positions (with dates)

4. List of major publications having statistical content

5. List of activities related to teaching and dissemination of statistical knowledge,

6. List of consulting activities related to statistical problems or editorial contributions, and

7. List of activities supporting the mission of the ASA and related professional organizations

To submit a nominee, please send the nomination packet in PDF format to: Keying Ye, writing “Owen Award” in the subject field.

Alternatively, six copies of the nomination packet can be mailed to Keying Ye, Department of Management Science and Statistics, the University of Texas at San Antonio, One UTSA Circle, San Antonio, TX 78249.

The deadline for nominations is February 15, 2019.

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