The principal purpose of the Ingram Olkin S3 forums is to highlight an important issue and the opportunities for statistical involvement.
Olkin
Remembering Ingram Olkin
Olkin was a mentor, friend, role model, leader, and legend in the statistical community and beyond.
Response to Olkin
Jean Gibbons responds to Ingram Olkin’s Amstat News article, “Where Have All the Tenured Women Gone?”
Where Have All the Tenured Women Gone?
Ingram Olkin explains the fluctuation of the number of tenured women faculty members within statistics departments.
Olkin Named Recipient for Marvin Zelen Leadership Award in Statistical Science
The department of biostatistics at the Harvard School of Public Health recently named Ingram Olkin the recipient of the 2010 Marvin Zelen Leadership Award in Statistical Science. Olkin, professor of statistics and education and CHP/PCOR Fellow at Stanford University, delivered a lecture titled “Measures of Heterogeneity. Diversity and Inequality” on May 21 at Harvard University.
People News for April 2010
News and information about members of the ASA highlighted in the April issue. For a complete listing of news and information about the members of the ASA, click here.