California Chapters Collaborate on Statistical Tribute

摘要

The Orange County/Long Beach, San Diego, and Southern California chapters-three chapters in which the late Bob Newcomb played vital roles-sponsored a statistical tribute to him November 15, 2014, at the City of Hope Medical Center in Duarte, California. The morning session, organized by Harold Dyck of California State University, San Bernardino, featured several of Newcomb's former students and colleagues, each speaking movingly of his influence as a builder of statistical community at both local and national levels. At the University of California, Irvine, where he taught statistics for more than 40 years, Newcomb was the founding director of the UCI Center for Statistical Consulting, and he played a critical role in the establishment of the department of statistics in 2002. In 2012, the department established an annual lecture and the Robert L. Newcomb Graduate Fellowship Fund in his honor.