Chris Heyde

Chris Heyde
Born	20 April 1939 (1939-04-20) Sydney, Australia
Died	6 March 2008 (2008-03-07) (aged 68) Canberra, Australia
Nationality	Australian
Fields	Probability theory, Stochastic processes, Statistics
Institutions	Columbia University, University of Melbourne, CSIRO, University of Manchester, University of Sheffield, Michigan State University, The Australian National University, Canberra.
Alma mater	The Australian National University
Doctoral advisor	Patrick Alfred Pierce Moran

Christopher Charles "Chris" Heyde AM (20 April 1939, Sydney – 6 March 2008, Canberra) was a prominent Australian statistician who did leading research in probability, stochastic processes and statistics.

Heyde was a professor at Columbia University, the University of Melbourne, CSIRO, University of Manchester, University of Sheffield, Michigan State University, and The Australian National University, Canberra.^[1][2][3][4]

In 2008, he died due to metastatic melanoma.

Honours

• 1972 - Member of the International Statistical Institute
• 1973 - Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics
• 1977 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
• 1981 - Honorary Life Member of the Statistical Society of Australia Inc. (SSAI)^[5]
• 1988 - Awarded the Statistical Society of Australia's Pitman Medal^[5] and served as President of the Society
• 1994 - Shared the Australian Academy of Science's Hannan Medal with Peter Hall.
• 1995 - Thomas Ranken Lyle Medal of the Australian Academy of Science.^[6]
• 1998 - D.Sc. honoris causa, University of Sydney
• 2003 - Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (FASSA)
• 2003 - Appointed Member of the Order of Australia (AM) "for service to mathematics, particularly through research into statistics and probability, and to the advancement of learning in these disciplines".^[7]

Offices held

• Vice President of the International Statistical Institute
• President of the Bernoulli Society
• Vice President of the Australian Mathematical Society
• Editor of the Australian Journal of Statistics
• Editor of Stochastic Processes and Their Applications (1983–1989)
• Editor-in-chief of Journal of Applied Probability (1990–2008)
• Editor-in-chief of Advances in Applied Probability (1990–2008).

References

1. ^ Joe Gani and Eugene Seneta, Obituary: Christopher Charles Heyde AM, DSc, FAA, FASSA, Journal of Applied Probability, vol 45, pp.587-592 (2008)
2. ^ Paul Glasserman and Steven Kou, "A conversation with Chris Heyde", Statistical Science, 2006, vol 21, No. 2, pp 286-298.
3. ^ CAP, Center for Applied Probability at Columbia University
4. ^ Christopher C. Heyde 1939 - 2008, Department of Statistics, Columbia University
5. ^ ^{a b} Awards, Statistical Society of Australia Inc.
6. ^ Thomas Ranken Lyle Medal, Australian Academy of Science, retrieved 2010-06-06.
7. ^ "Heyde, Christopher Charles, AM". It's an Honour. Government of Australia. 26 January 2003. http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=1042199&search_type=simple&showInd=true. Retrieved 2008-03-17. 

External links

• Chris Heyde at the Mathematics Genealogy Project.
• Memoir full transcription from Historical Records of Australian Science, vol.20, no.1, 2009

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Name	Heyde, Chris
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Date of birth	20 April 1939
Place of birth	Sydney, Australia
Date of death	6 March 2008
Place of death	Canberra, Australia