The Statistical Consulting Laboratory was established by Kansas State University President Milton S. Eisenhower on July 3, 1946, with Dr. Holly C. Fryer named as Director.
The Department of Statistics was established by the Kansas Board of Regents on July 1, 1959. Dr. Holly C. Fryer was named the Department Head.
Members of the faculty in the first year of operation were:
Robert Cochran
Arlin M. Feyerherm
Holly C. Fryer
Gary F. Krause
Stanley Wearden
The Department of Statistics awarded its first M.S. degree to Robert Cell in 1950. His M.S. report was entitled “Sequential Analysis in Industrial Sampling” and he did his work under the direction of Dr. Holly Fryer.
Department Heads for the Department of Statistics with terms of
service
Dr. Holly C. Fryer
1959-1974
Dr. Arthur Dayton
1975-1985
Dr. George A. Milliken
1985-1990
Dr. James J. Higgins
1990-1995
Dr. Dallas E. Johnson 1995-2001
Dr. John E. Boyer, Jr.
2001-present
Several persons associated
with the department have been named Fellow by the American Statistical
Association
The list below may not be complete
Faculty Former faculty Graduates
Holly Fryer
’66 Shelley Zacks
’73 Ron Iman
‘82
Dallas Johnson ’83
Jay Conover
’79 Dennis Cook ‘82
George Milliken ’89
Ray Waller
’96 Dick Beckman ‘89
John Boyer ’95
Sallie Keller-McNulty ’97 Ron Wasserstein ‘03
Jim Higgins ’99
Lyman McDonald
‘98
Deborah Rumsey
‘06
In addition, at least five of the above have received the Founders Award from the American Statistical Association (this is the highest honor awarded by the Association)
These are:
Ron Iman
‘91
Sallie Keller-McNulty ‘02
Dallas Johnson
‘04
Ray Waller
‘04
John Boyer
‘06
Updated: March 13, 2008 lp