Fritz Scheuren’s path to statistics was almost accidental, but his five-decade career in official statistics, mentoring, and human rights work shows how he chose to use the discipline to help people. His friends and colleagues honored him with an ASA Legacy Page.
Peace Award
Karl E. Peace Award Recognizes Outstanding Leaders in Data for Good
The award honored Nalini Ravishanker for her international mentorship and work with national statistical offices and Amy Braverman for her pioneering climate data fusion and uncertainty quantification.
Stats4Good: Peace Award Recognizes Biostatistician, Teacher, and Mentor Michael H. Kutner
David Corliss says that, by awarding the Peace Award to Kutner, the ASA has honored a person dedicated to strengthening the statistical profession and statisticians for generations to come.
Karl E. Peace Award Recognizes Work of Patrick Ball
The American Statistical Association’s 2018 Karl E. Peace Award for Outstanding Statistical Contributions for the Betterment of Society recognized the work of leading human rights mathematician Patrick Ball of the Human Rights Data Analysis Group.