William Hunter (statistician)
- William Hunter (statistician)
'William Gordon Hunter, or Bill Hunter as he was usually called, was a statistician at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He was co-author of the classic book "Statistics for Experimenters", and founder of the Center for Quality and Productivity Improvement.
Hunter was born March 27, 1937 in Buffalo, New York. He got a Bachelor's degree from Princeton in 1959 and in 1960 a Master's from the University of Illinois. He then became the first doctoral student at the new department of statistics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison with George Box. He contributed to the book "Statistics for Experimenters" by Box, William Hunter, and Stuart Hunter (no relation to William Hunter). He founded the Statistics Division of the American Society for Quality and the Center for Quality and Productivity Improvement in Madison, Wisconsin. The American Statistical Association gives an annual award called the William G. Hunter Award.
According to Box, "He wanted to make a difference in the lives of less fortunate people, and he and his family spent extended periods of time helping third world countries."
Hunter died of cancer on December 29, 1986 at the age of 49.
External links
* [http://www.asqstatdiv.org/documents/newsletters/Vol%208%20No%2011%20Spring%201988.PDF Obituary] (starting on page 5)
* [http://williamghunter.net/ Web page by his son]
* [http://www.engr.wisc.edu/centers/cqpi/reports/pdfs/r100.pdf Assessment of his life] by George Box
* [http://williamghunter.net/award/ Hunter Award presented by the Statistics Division of the American Society for Quality]
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