Richard Loree Anderson

Richard L. Anderson
Born (1915-04-20)April 20, 1915
North Liberty, Indiana
Died February 19, 2003(2003-02-19) (aged 88)
Lexington, Kentucky
Nationality American
Fields Econometrics
Institutions University of Kentucky
North Carolina State University
Alma mater Iowa State College
DePauw University
Doctoral advisor Gerhard Tintner
Doctoral students Alva Finkner
Emil Jebe
Daniel Teichroew
Geoffrey Watson

Richard Loree Anderson (April 20, 1915 – February 19, 2003) was an American econometrician. He was a Professor of Statistics at North Carolina State University from 1941 to 1966. In 1967, he took up chairmanship of the newly established Department of Statistics at the University of Kentucky, a position he held until 1979.[1] In 1951 he was elected as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association.[2] While a professor at the University of Kentucky, he consulted with a number of drug companies on clinical trials. Even before, he had been consulting several computer programming companies including IMSL, BMDP, and SAS.[3]

References

  1. Anderson, R. L. (1982). "My Experience as a Statistician: From the Farm to the University". The Making of Statisticians. Springer. pp. 129–148. ISBN 0-387-90684-3.
  2. View/Search Fellows of the ASA, accessed 2016-07-23.
  3. "Richard L. Anderson: 1915–2003". AMS.
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