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History of the Department of Statistics
Part 2a
Tom HettmanspergerJim Rosenberger
Part 1
Bill Harkness
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1988-1990: Moving Forward on New Challenges
• 1988: Hettmansperger becomes new headFour major challenges:• negotiations with C. R. Rao to accept the
Eberly Chair in Statistics • hardening supplemental funds into
permanent support• a concerted effort to recruit female faculty • the plan for a departmental move from
Pond Lab to Thomas Building.
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Negotiations with C. R. Rao
• Babu visited Rao at the University of Pittsburg-- found (early in 1988) that Rao might be receptive to coming to PSU
• February 1988, Rao made a visit to PSU & talked to Dean Zimmerman and Provost Richardson
• Issues: transferring Office of Naval Research (ONR) and Army contracts to PSU along with a large Vax computer
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Negotiations with C. R. Rao
• Other issues that needed to be resolved: • bringing Journal of Multivariate Analysis with him• Rao needed 1 or 2 secretaries for the Center• space for 12 or so summer visitors each year &
about 6 research assistants and PhD students.• requested a 3 year appointment (he would be 70
in September, 1990 and would have to retire).
Harkness
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Negotiations with C. R. Rao
• Difficult to get Rao to make a final commitment. • Summer, 1988, Tom called Rao with instructions
‘make every effort to get a final answer from him’• Tom said that PSU would meet all his requests;
said Provost was eager to make appointment. • Rao hesitated, excused himself briefly. Tom
said “I could hear him in discussion with Mrs. Rao”. He came back on the phone and accepted our offer!
Harkness
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When a distinguished appointment is made and the appointment comes from a sister university:
5:30 pm Rao Accepts
5:35 I call the Dean
5:45 The Dean calls the Provost
6:00 The Provost calls the President
6:30 PSU President calls the President of Pitt
Negotiations with C. R. Rao
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Effort to Recruit Female Faculty
• Early 1988: Georgia Thompson (University of Texas, Dallas) and Dawn Peters (U. of Florida) were interviewed (not appointed)
• Also in 1988Yvonne Zubovic was interviewed, offer was made & accepted.
• February, 1989, a second female appointment was made, to Susan Murphy
Harkness
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Barbara Ryan 1968-
Currently President of Minitab
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Janice Derr 1984-1998
Currently at the Food and Drug Administration
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Yvonne Zubovic 1988-93
Currently at IPFW (Indiana-Purdue, Fort Wayne, Indiana)
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Susan Murphy 1989-97
Currently at University of Michigan
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Francesca Chiaromonte 1997-
The Chiaromonte Twins
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Ingrid Van Keilegom 1998-99
Currently at Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium
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Jia Li 2000-
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Naomi Altman 2001-
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Aleksandra Slavković 2004-
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Damla Senturk 2004-2011
Will be at UCLA
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Mosuk Chow
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Pat Buchanan
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Laura Simon
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Linda Strauss
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Graduate Dean and Vice Provost for Research at the University of Washington Executive Vice President and Provost of The Pennsylvania State University1984-1990
President of Johns Hopkins University
President of The W.K. Kellogg Foundation
William C. Richardson
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Move from Pond Lab to Thomas Building
• In late 1989 Old Main informed us that we could move with the Dean’s offices to a new ‘Classroom Building’ (later named the Thomas Building).
• We were promised 9000 square feet of space. • Harkness and Rosenberger served on the new
space committee. We designed our new space: offices for faculty, instructors, and graduate students; space for clerical personnel, and seminar rooms. We moved into the new building in June, 1990
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1990-2005: Dramatic Rise in Program
• 1990 Rosenberger becomes Acting Head and then Head in 1991
• Statistical Computing Facilities improve dramatically
• Statistical Consulting Support Solidified • Faculty Recruiting has big successes• Undergraduate Major Added• One Dean’s Assessment of ‘Essential” and other
Departments ??? at Stat Faculty Meeting