W. L. Gore Lecture Series in Management Science

The Alfred Lerner College of Business & Economics
proudly presents the
W. L. Gore Lecture Series in Management Science

The W.L. Gore Lecture Series in Management Science, which is sponsored by an endowment from the Gore family, will feature experts in the application of probability, statistics, and experimental design to decision making, including applications in academia, business, government, engineering, and medicine. The lecture series recognizes the key role that the fields of probability, statistics, and experimental design have played in the success of W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. The inaugural lecture in this series was given in March 2011.

Buffet Lunch and Lecture

Tuesday, April 10, 2012 from Noon - 2:00pm
Clayton Hall Conference Center
100 David Hollowell Drive
Newark, DE 19716


 

Speaker:  Dr. J. Stuart Hunter (Stu)
Topic:  Everyday Examples of Experimental Design with Applications in Marketing, Health Care, Education, Biometry and Engineering

Registration:  Seating for this event is limited and is by registration only. 
      Registration Period: March 1 - March 31 or until seating is filled.   
      Registration Fee:  $10 per person (non-refundable after March 26, 2012).   
      Link to Registration Website:   Click here to enter the registration site.

Dr. Hunter - Biographical Highlights

Dr. J Stuart Hunter (Stu) is a statistician and Professor Emeritus, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Princeton University. He is the founding editor of the journal Technometrics (1958) and was President of the American Statistical Association (1992). He became an Honorary Member of the American Society for Quality in 1999 and elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2005. He received the Shewhart Medal (1970) S. S. Wilks Medal: U.S. Army (1987), the Deming Medal (1986), and the Founders Award of the American Statistical Association (1994). He also received a Doctor of Science, Honoris Causa, from his alma mater North Carolina State University in 2006 and from the Pennsylvania State University in 2008. He has published extensively and is the co-author with I. Guttman and S. S. Wilks of the text Introductory Engineering Statistics and with G. E. P. Box and W. G. Hunter of the book Statistics for Experimenters. He remains active as a consultant and lecturer.