This month, we highlight the contributions of seven pioneering Black and African American statisticians.
David Blackwell
Charles Bernard Bell Jr.
Charles Bernard Bell Jr. was a pioneering statistician elected as an ASA Fellow and an Institute of Mathematical Statistics Honored Fellow. Bell earned his doctorate in mathematical statistics from the University of Notre Dame in 1953.
This Month in Statistics History: April
Who developed the first formal significance test in 1710? Who introduced the concept of the ‘average man’ and what became the Body Mass Index? Find out in this month’s history in statistics.
People News for January
News and information about members of the ASA highlighted in the January issue. For a complete listing of news and information about the members of the ASA, click here.



