Fletcher was one of the founding fathers of the American Statistical Association and was elected the association’s first president in December of 1839.
Statisticians in History
R. A. Fisher
Ronald Aylmer Fisher (1890–1962) was a British statistician and geneticist who is often considered one of the founders of modern statistics.
Stephen Fienberg
Professor. Researcher. Writer. Editor. Stephen Fienberg has taken different roles throughout his decades-long statistics career. His focus is on developing methodologies for statisticians to use in other fields of study.
Columbus Clark Cockerham
C. Clark Cockerham is remembered for his pioneering formulation of new statistical theory in quantitative genetics and for establishing principles for the understanding of heredity and the genetic improvement of animals and plants.
William G. Cochran
William Cochran is well-known for researching the effects of smoking. In 1964, based on his work, the Advisory Committee presented the Surgeon General with proof that lung cancer was a direct result of smoking. This was the first official recognition of the health risks connected to tobacco.
Ada Byron
Ada Byron, Lady Lovelace, was one of the most picturesque characters in computer history. Augusta Ada Byron was born December 10, 1815, the daughter of the illustrious poet Lord Byron.
Kimiko Bowman
Kimiko Bowman is known as a statistician that helped develop a formula for approximating the distribution of maximum likelihood estimators.
David H. Blackwell
Blackwell, a former vice president of the ASA and the first African American mathematician elected to the National Academy of Science.
Gilbert Beebe
Gilber Beebe created and was first director of the Medical Follow-up Agency of the National Research Council, which examined the after-effects of war-related injuries and diseases using 18 million Army records.
Emil Gumbel
Gumbel, sometimes called an “apostle of peace,” tracked political assassinations—among other data—in Germany prior to the outbreak of WWII.