Stephen M. Stigler, Ph.D.

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Stephen M. Stigler graduated from Carleton College with a degree in mathematics and received his PhD in statistics from the University of California at Berkeley. He previously taught at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, and is now at the University of Chicago, where he is the Ernest DeWitt Burton Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Statistics and the Committee on the Conceptual and Historical Studies of of Science. His research has involved statistics on a broad scale, from mathematical theory (including asymptotic distribution theory for robust estimators) to applications in the social, physical, and biological sciences. He has also done extensive research on the history of statistics, a subject upon which he has written two books. He is involved in various professional organizations, including the International Statistical Institute (Presidnt from 2003-2005), the Institute of Mathematical Statistics, where he was President from 1993-1994, and the American Statistical Association, where he was Editor of the Journal from 1979-1982. He has also served on National Research Council Committees on the evaluation of research-doctorate programs and on the use of DNA in forensic science. He is currently engaged in research on the history of statistics and on models for the transmission of intellectual influence in scientific work.