VITA
1937 Born, Toronto, Canada
Degrees and Other Education
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1961-2 Social Science Research Council Fellow, London School of
Economics
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1961 Ph.D., Mathematics, Princeton University
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1960 M.A., Mathematics, Princeton University
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Associate of the Society of Actuaries
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1959 B.A., Mathematics, Victoria University, University of Toronto
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Lieutenant(c), Royal Canadian Naval Reserve
Academic and Research Career
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1979-81 Chair, Statistics Department, UCB
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1977 Short Term Visitor, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial
Organization, Australia
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1976 Visiting Professor of Mathematics, University of Auckland, New
Zealand
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1969- Professor of Statistics, University of California, Berkeley
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1969 Instructional Lecturer, 12th Biennial Seminar, Canadian
Mathematical Congress
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1967-8 Visiting Associate Professor, University of California, Berkeley
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1966-9 Reader, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
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1964-6 Lecturer, LSE
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1962-4 Member of Technical Staff, Bell Telephone Laboratories
(half-time)
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Lecturer in Mathematics, Princeton University (half-time)
Honors
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2010 Visiting Maclaurin Fellow, New Zealand Institute of Mathematics
& its Applications
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Honourary Member, Statistical Society of Canada
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2008 Doctor of Science (honoris causa), McMaster University, Canada
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2007 PIMS 10th Anniversary Distinguished Lecturer
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Principal Lecturer, 10th Latin American Congress on Statistics and
Probability (Unable to present due to family illness and death just
before)
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2006 Foreign Member, Brazilian Academy of Science
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2005 Neyman Lecturer, IMS
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2004 Huggins Lecturer, Acadia University, Nova Scotia
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Filmed as a Distinguished Statistician for the American Statistical
Association's Archive
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Pfizer Colloquium, University of Connecticut
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Foreign Member, Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters
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2003 Doctor of Mathematics (honoris causa), University of Waterloo.
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2002 Keynote Speaker, 34th Symposium on the Interface
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2002 Founding Fellow, Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical
Sciences
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2001 Parzen Prize for Statistical Innovation
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Honorary Member, Probability and Statistics Section, Cuban Society of
Mathematics and Computation
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2000 Britton Lecturer, McMaster University, Canada
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1999 Doctor of Science (honoris causa), University of Western Ontario
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1997 Lecturer PIMS Inaugural Meeting
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1996 Hunter Lecturer, International Environmetrics Society
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1994 Distinguished Lecturer, Simon Fraser University
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Keynote Speaker, SPIE International Society for Optical Engineering, San
Diego
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1993 Keynote Speaker, 25th Symposium on the Interface
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Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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Principal Lecturer, 5th Latin American Congress on Statistics and
Probability
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Keynote Speaker, Stochastic and Statistical Methods in Hydrology and
Environmental Engineering Conference, Waterloo, Ontario
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Keynote Speaker, Winter Meeting, Canadian Mathematical Society
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1992 Recipient Gold Medal, Statistical Society of Canada
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Herzberg Lecturer, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
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Keynote Speaker, 3rd General Meeting of the Environmetric Society,
Helsinki
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Invited Lecturer, Opening Meeting Fields Institute
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1991 R.A. Fisher Award of the Committee of Presidents of Statistical
Societies
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Distinguished Lecturer, University of Texas at Dallas.
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1989 Wilks Lecturer, Princeton University
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1985 Fellow, Royal Society of Canada
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Principal Speaker, Summer Research Institute, Australian Mathematical
Society
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Principal Speaker, 2nd Latin American Congress on Statistics and
Probability, Caracas
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1984 Hotelling Lecturer, University of North Carolina
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1983 Wald Lecturer, Institute of Mathematical Statistics
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Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
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Invited Speaker, International Congress of Mathematicians, Warsaw
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Guest Lecturer, Peking University, Beijing, China
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1982-3 Guggenheim Fellow
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1981 Jacob Marschak Seminar Speaker, UCLA
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1979 Medallion Lecturer, Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS), Los
Angeles
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1975-6 Guggenheim Fellow
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1974 Member, International Statistical Institute
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Special Invited Lecturer, Institute of Mathematical Statistics, Edmonton
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1973 Miller Research Professor, UCB
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1972 Fellow, American Statistical Association
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1969 Fellow, Institute of Mathematical Statistics
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1961-1962 Social Science Research Council Fellow
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1960-1961 Bell Telephone Laboratories Graduate Fellowship
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1959-60 Woodrow Wilson National Fellow
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1959 Canada Council Scholarship
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1959 S. H. Janes Medal, Prim in Math et Phys, Victoria University,
Toronto
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1958 One of top five competitors in Putnam Mathematical Competition
Elected or Appointed Positions
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2008-9 Member CRM-Fields-PIMS Prize Committee
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2007- Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Center for Ecological and
Evolutionary Synthesis, Norway
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2006- Editorial Board, Latin American Journal of Probability and
Mathematical Statistics
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2006-8 President, The International Environmetrics Society (TIES), the
Environmetrics Section of the ISI
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2003-5 Chair, Advisory Committee Berkeley Seismographic Laboratory
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2003-7 Chair, Committee on Publications, International Statistical
Institute (ISI)
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2003 Charter Member, Network of Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES)
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2001-2 President, Statistical Society of Canada
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Member, Advisory Committee Berkeley Seismographic Laboratory
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2000-4 Chair, Committee on Probability and Statistics in the Physical
Sciences, Bernoulli Society
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2000 Member, Committee to Consider Service Medal Awards, International
Statistical Institute
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1999-2005 Member, Scientific Review Panel, Pacific Institute for the
Mathematical Sciences (PIMS)
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1999-2000 Chair, Section U (Statistics), American Association for the
Advancement of Science
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1998-2001 Section Editor, Encyclopedia of Environmetrics
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1998-2001 Member, Synge Prize Committee, Royal Society of Canada
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1998- Associate Editor, Brazilian J. Probability and Statistics
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1997 Member, NASA Panel to Review the Haystack Radar
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1997- Faculty Participant, Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research
Center (PEER)
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1996-7 Member, International Committee to Review Canadian Mathematics
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1996- Deputy Editor, Environmetrics
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1995-7 Editor, Statistical Science
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1995- Editorial Board, Resenhas, now Sao Paulo Journal of Mathematical
Sciences
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1995 Board, National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS)
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Member, IMS Committee on Liaison with Bernoulli Society
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1994-5 President, Institute of Mathematical Statistics
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Member, Awards Committee, Statistical Society of Canada
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1994-7 Member-at-Large, Section on Statistics, AAAS
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1994-8 Editor, Statistical Science
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Member, Parzen Prize Committee
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1993-7 Advisory Committee, Earthquake Engineering Research Center
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1993-5 Member, Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies (COPSS)
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1992-4 Consulting Editor, Canadian Journal of Statistics
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1992-8 Member, Scientific Advisory Panel, Fields Institute, Canada
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1991-2002 Co-Chair, Group in Biostatistics
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1991-4 Editorial Board, Case Studies in Biometry
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1990-6 Editorial Advisory Board, Environmetrics
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1990 Member, Blue Ribbon Committee on the Establishment of Mediterranean
Fruit Fly in California
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1988- Faculty Participant, Earthquake Engineering Research Center
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1988-90 Board of Governors, Institute for Mathematics and its
Applications, University of Minnesota
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1987-93 Editorial Board, Chance
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1987-91 Editor, International Statistical Review
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1987-90 Member, Grant Selection Committee for Statistics, National
Research Council of Canada
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1987-8 Chair, Awards Committee, Statistical Society of Canada
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1986-7 Member P. Robillard Award Committee, Statistical Society of
Canada
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1985-7 Member, Committee on Research Support, Statistical Society of
Canada
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1985-6 Member, Committee on Honourary Fellows, Statistical Society of
Canada
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1984-7 Editor, Statistical Science
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1982-91 Member, Statistical Methods Advisory Committee, Statistics
Canada
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1980-92 Member, Demography Group
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1980-7 Board of Editors, Journal of Theoretical Neurobiology
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1980-3 Member, Committee on Applied and Theoretical Statistics, National
Research Council
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1979-87 Editorial Board, Journal of Time Series Analysis
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1979-81 Member, Committee to Prepare Roster of Statisticians,
International Statistical Institute
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1978-80 Member, Committee on the Integration of Statistics,
International Statistical Institute
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1978-82 Member, Panel on Fertility Determinants, National Research
Council
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1978-9 Member, Regional Activity and Demographic Review Committee
(READ), U.S. Department of Energy
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1977-9 Member, Committee on Corporate Members, Mathematical Association
of America
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1977-87 Associate Editor, Canadian Journal of Statistics
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1977-80 Member, Grant Selection Committees for Mathematics and
Statistics, National Research Council of Canada
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1977-9 Member, National Statistics Committee, National Research Council
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1977-8 Member, Statistical Task Force, Weather Modification Advisory
Board
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Chair, Advisory Committee, Survey Research Center
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1977-8 Vice Chair Statistics Department
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1976-87 Editorial Board, Springer-Verlag Series in Statistics and
Lecture Notes in Statistics
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1976-8 Publications Committee, Institute of Mathematical Statistics
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1976 Chair, Nominating Committee, Institute of Mathematical Statistics
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1975-8 Editorial Board, Journal of Multivariate Analysis
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1975-92 Research Associate, Seismographic Stations, UCB
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1975-9 Council of the Bernoulli Society
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1975-7 Advisor on Graduate Studies in Mathematics, Council of Ontario
Universities
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1975-6 Chair, Editor Selection Committee, Institute of Mathematical
Statistics
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1974-7 Council of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics
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1974-5 Vice Chair, Statistics Department
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1972-83 Member, Analysis Advisory Committee, National Assessment of
Educational Progress
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1972-8 Associate Editor, Annals of Probability
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1972-8 Associate Editor, Annals of Statistics
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1973-1976 Member, Advisory Board, Survey Research Center
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1973 Co-Organizer, Conference on Forecasting Air Pollution for
California
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1972-8 Chairman, Evans Hall Computer Committee
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1970-2 Associate Editor, Annals of Mathematical Statistics
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1968-9 Editorial Board, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series
B
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Member, Research Section Committee, Royal Statistical Society
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1960-1 Chair, Graduate College Committee, Princeton University
Member
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Institute of Mathematical Statistics
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Royal Statistical Society
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American Statistical Association
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Statistical Society of Canada
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Statistical Society of Brazil
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The International Environmetrics Society
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American Association for the Advancement of Science
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Royal Society of Canada
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Norwegian Academy of Sciences and Letters
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Brazilian Academy of Sciences
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American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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Seismological Society of America
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Canadian Mathematical Society
Consultant (partial list)
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United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority Seismological Group, Blacknest,
Berks
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National Broadcasting Corporation, New York City
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National Assessment of Educational Progress, Denver
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Houston
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Geomatrix Inc., Oakland
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Institute of Biometry and Community Medicine, University of Exeter,
England
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Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)
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United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority