Abigail Loe and Olivia McGough received the 2025 Gertrude M. Cox Scholarship. Here, they talk about what life has been like since then.
Gertrude Cox
This Month in Statistics History: ASA’s First Female Fellows
In honor of Women’s History Month, we feature the first 14 women elected ASA Fellows between 1918 and 1951.
This Month in Statistics History: January
Learn about trailblazers like Gertrude Cox, Edna Paisano, and Genichi Taguchi, as well as other trailblazers in statistics and data science. What other birthdays and events took place in January?
Paul Dixon Minton
Funded primarily by a training grant from the National Institutes of Health for training biostatisticians, Minton established a new Department of Statistics at Southern Methodist University in 1962.
Statistics and Data Science Hall of Fame
ASA President Dionne Price welcomes your nominations to the Statistics and Data Science Hall of Fame.
Gertrude M. Cox Scholarship Applications Now Being Accepted
Applications are due February 23 for this scholarship, which was established to encourage women to enter statistically oriented professions.
Deadlines and Contact Information for Select ASA National Awards, Special Lectureships, and COPSS Awards
The ASA’s extensive awards program recognizes statisticians who have made outstanding contributions through research, teaching, consulting, and service to the association and statistical profession.
Gertrude M. Cox
Cox’s contributions include active participation in statistical societies and organizations. In 1947 she founded the Biometric Society. She was president of the ASA in 1956 and of the Biometric Society from 1968 and 1969.
Many Honored at Presidential Address and Awards Ceremony
Many people were honored for their contributions to the various causes that advance the field of statistics during this year’s Joint Statistical Meetings.
Sharon Lohr
Sharon Lohr became a statistician because she liked math, but did not want to be restricted to one narrow area of scholarship. In 2014, she became the first woman to give the Deming Lecture.