Cheiyenne Seerattan

Winston Richards (left) presents a shield and cash prize to Cheiyenne Seerattan.

While in Trinidad recently, Winston A. Richards—professor emeritus at The Pennsylvania State University—presented the Winston A. Richards Prize in Statistics to Cheiyenne Seerattan.

This cash prize is awarded to a student who has the best II and III performance in statistics.

The idea for the prize was conceived in 2010 at Richards’ 75th birthday celebration when Ingram Olkin of Stanford University gave a series of lectures.

Mir Masoom Ali

Mir Masoom Ali, George and Frances Ball Distinguished Professor of Statistics emeritus at Ball State University, served as the colloquium speaker during a recent World Statistics Day celebration at Ball State.

Ali’s talk was titled “History of the Statistics Program at Ball State University.” As the founder of the statistics program at Ball State in 1971, he spoke about the success of the students and growth of the statistics program during nearly five decades.

The day ended with a discussion session between Ali and the statistics faculty and students.

William F. Rosenberger

William Rosenberger

William F. Rosenberger, university professor and chair of the department of statistics at George Mason University, was named the 15th Armitage Lecturer at the University of Cambridge MRC Biostatistics Unit.

The Armitage Lecture was the keynote address at the November 9 symposium, dedicated to Peter Armitage’s extensive contributions to biostatistics. Rosenberger presented the lecture, “Randomization: The Forgotten Component of the Randomized Clinical Trial.” He was also invited to spend two weeks at the unit working with postdoctoral fellows and faculty.

Armitage, who is 93 years old, was unable to attend the lecture, but he was able to watch a videotape of the lecture and sent his best wishes to Rosenberger.