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IMS Bulletin 39(5)
Volume 39 • Issue 5 IMS1935–2010 Bulletin June 2010 IMS Carver Award: Julia Norton Contents Julia A. Norton, Professor Emerita in the 1 IMS Carver Award Department of Statistics and Biostatistics at California State University, East Bay in 2–3 Members’ News: new US National Academy mem- Hayward, California, USA has received bers; Donald Gaver; Marie the 2010 Carver Medal from the Institute Davidian; tributes to Kiyosi of Mathematical Statistics. The presenta- Itô, Ehsanes Saleh tion of the medal will take place August 4 Laha Award recipients 10, 2010 at a special ceremony during the IMS Annual Meeting in Gothenburg, 5 Statistics museum Sweden. Rietz lecture: Michael Stein 6 Professor Norton receivesThe candidate the award for IMS President-Elect is Medallion Preview: Marek for contributions to the IMS throughout 7 Ruth Williams Biskup her career, and especially for her conscien- tious and pivotal service as IMS Treasurer 8 NISS/SAMSI award; during the period when the IMS Business Samuel Kotz Julia A. Norton Office was moved from California to 9 Obituary: Hirotugu Akaike Ohio. 10 Annual survey She said she was greatly surprised to receive the award, commenting, “I just said yes to all sorts of new ideas that came the way of the Institute during my two terms 11 Rick’s Ramblings: with Larry Shepp as Treasurer.” She added, “Like most things, the best part of the job is the fantastic teamwork displayed by the staff. I am most proud of my hand in helping to hire and Terence’s Stuff: Changes, 12 keep [Executive Director] Elyse in our employ.” courses and committees The Carver Medal was created by the IMS in 2002 13 IMS meetings in honor of Harry C. -
IMS Bulletin 39(6)
Volume 39 • Issue 6 IMS1935–2010 Bulletin July 2010 IMS at 75: A Little History Contents Peter, Hall IMS President-Elect, writes about 75 years of the Institute of Mathematical 1 IMS at 75 Statistics: The founding of the IMS in 1935 actually followed, by some five years, that of the 2–3 Members’ News: Stephen Stigler; Sally Morton; Jean journal that established its reputation, The Annals of Mathematical Statistics. That Opsomer; Sastry Pantula; Annals was established by Harry Carver, with financial assistance from the American Robert Rodriguez Sta tistical Association. Willford King, an economist at New York University’s School of Commerce and an ASA member, wrote in the first issue in 1930 that: 5 2010 IMS Fellows 6 Wald lectures: Jean-François For some time past ... it has been evident that the membership of our organi zation Le Gall [the ASA] is tending to become divided into two groups—those familiar with 7 Medallion Preview: Edward advanced mathematics, and those who have not devoted themselves to this field. The George mathematicians are, of course, interested in articles of a type which are not intelligible 8 Nominations for awards; to the non-mathematical readers of our Journal. The Editor of our Journal has, then, IMS Treasurer found it a puzzling problem to satisfy both classes of readers. (King, 1930) 9 Obituary: Samuel Kotz I’ve heard avid, contemporary JASA readers, who have turned to the Annals for 10 Tweedie lecture: Harrison enlightenment, make similar remarks today. Clearly King, and those whose needs the Zhou; NISS grants new journal was intended to fill, faced a dichotomy that is still familiar to us. -
The Kennan Institute 38
KENNAN INSTITUTE 30 Year Report KENNAN INSTITUTE KENNAN INSTITUTE KENNAN INSTITUTE 30 Year Report Kennan Institute Staff Blair A. Ruble, Director Margaret Paxson, Senior Associate Nancy Popson, Senior Associate F. Joseph Dresen, Program Associate Jennifer Giglio, Program Associate Atiq Sarwari, Program Associate Summer Brown, Program Specialist Edita Krunkaityte, Program Assistant Erin Trouth, Program Assistant Kennan Moscow Project Galina Levina, Program Manager Ekaterina Alekseeva, Program Manager and Editor Irina Petrova, Office Manager Pavel Korolev, Program Officer Anna Toker, Accountant Murad Pateev, Technical Support Kennan Kyiv Project Yaroslav Pylynskyi, Project Manager Nataliya Samozvanova, Office Manager WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOLARS Lee H. Hamilton, Director BOARD OF TRUSTEES Joseph B. Gildenhorn, Chair; David A. Metzner, Vice Chair. Public Members: James H. Billington, Librarian of Congress; John W. Carlin, Archivist of the United States; Bruce Cole, Chair, National Endowment for the Humanities; Roderick R. Paige, Secretary, U.S. Department of Education; Colin L. Powell, Secretary, U.S. Department of State; Lawrence M. Small, Secretary, Smithsonian Institution; Tommy G. Thompson, Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Private Citizen Members: Joseph A. Cari, Jr., Carol Cartwright, Donald E. Garcia, Bruce S. Gelb, Daniel L. Lamaute, Tamala L. Longaberger, Thomas R. Reedy WILSON COUNCIL Bruce S. Gelb, President. Elias F. Aburdene, Jennifer Acker, Charles S. Ackerman, B.B. Andersen, Russell Anmuth, Cyrus A. Ansary, Lawrence E. Bathgate II, Theresa Behrendt, John Beinecke, Joseph C. Bell, Steven Alan Bennett, Rudy Boschwitz, A. Oakley Brooks, Donald A. Brown, Melva Bucksbaum, Richard I. Burnham, Nicola L. Caiola, Mark Chandler, Peter B. Clark, Melvin Cohen, William T. -
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20 Points East Education, Henan University. mous Region… near the Chinese border, issary who arrived in Birobidzhan in 11.Wong Yang, On the Jewish culture in the 1930s… 2002, just before the new synagogue was during the Holocaust. College of Arts, completed six years ago, said that the Henan University. The town of 80,000 is developing quickly community is going through hard times. 12.Duan Hetian, On the development of by Russian standards, and there is a newer Chabad suffered a funding crisis last year Jewish education from 6th century BC to synagogue and Jewish community center when its main donor lost a significant 2nd century AD. Arts and Science Experi- off the main square… portion of his wealth. Roman Leder, the mental Class, Henan University. head of the community that runs the new The town receives a cultural budget from synagogue and community center, said Prof. Zhang Ligang is Director of the In- the government in Moscow each year to Chabad’s funding to the city was cut in Vol. 25 No. 2 A Publication of the Sino-Judaic Institute stitute of Jewish Studies at Henan Univer- sustain Jewish activities like an Interna- half. July 2010 sity. tional Jewish Cultural Festival the week before the anniversary. In mid-September, The biggest benefactor of the Jewish com- SINIC & SEMITIC ESOTERICA: THE HONG KONG the Jewish educational organization munity there, the American Jewish Joint EXPLORING THE BRIDGE BETWEEN HERITAGE PROJECT Chinese Jewish New Limmud held a conference here. Distribution Committee, warned of im- pending cuts but they never came. The DAOISM AND KABBALAH by Amelia Allsop Year’s Cards Available Nearly 4,000 miles from Moscow, the nine community groups supported by the by Cody Bahir Jewish Autonomous Region is unique center continued unscathed, he said… The Kadoorie Family are Sephardi Jews who originally emigrated Wendy Abraham has designed a set among the patchwork of entities that Though certain affinities and similarities between both the cul- from Baghdad in 1880 to settle in the Far East.