Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
Date | Event |
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1900, Oct. 14 | Born, Sioux City, Iowa |
1921 | B.S., electrical engineering, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyo. |
1922-1924 | Assistant professor of physics, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colo. |
1922 | Married Agnes Bell (died 1930) |
1924 | M.S., mathematics and mathematical physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colo. |
1924-1925 | Assistant professor of physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colo. |
1925-1927 | Instructor in physics, Yale University, New Haven, Conn. |
1927-1939 | Mathematical physicist, Bureau of Chemistry and Soils, Agriculture Department |
1928 | Ph.D., mathematics and mathematical physics, Yale University, New Haven, Conn. |
1930-1944 | Special lecturer, National Bureau of Standards |
1932 | Married Lola Shupe (died 1986) |
1935-1953 | Head, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Graduate School, Agriculture Department |
1936 | Studied under Sir Ronald Aylmer Fisher and Jerzy Neyman at University College, London, England |
1938 | Published Some Notes on Least Squares (Washington, D.C.: Graduate School, Department of Agriculture. 181 pp.) |
1939-1945 | Head mathematician and advisor in sampling, Bureau of the Census |
1940-1950 | Consultant to secretary of war and secretary of defense |
1942-1944 | Taught statistical quality control courses to defense supply industries |
1942-1953 | Advisor for sampling, Bureau of the Budget |
1943 | Published Statistical Adjustment of Data (New York: John Wiley and Sons. 261 pp.) |
1946-1993 | Professor of statistics, Graduate School of Business Administration, New York University, New York, N.Y. Consultant in statistical studies for industry |
1947 | Advisor for sampling techniques, Supreme Command of the Allied Powers, Tokyo, Japan |
1947-1952 | Member, United Nations Subcommission on Statistical Sampling |
1950 | Lecturer, Union of Japanese Scientists and Engineers Creation of the Deming Prize in Japan Published Some Theory of Sampling (New York: John Wiley and Sons. 602 pp.) |
1955 | Awarded Shewhart Medal, American Society for Quality Control |
1960 | Decorated, Second Order of the Sacred Treasure, Japan Published Sample Design in Business Research (New York: John Wiley and Sons. 517 pp.) |
1980 | Television broadcast of National Broadcasting Co. (NBC) documentary "If Japan Can, Why Can't We?" featuring Deming |
1980-1993 | Lectured on management principles to corporate and management personnel |
1982 | Published Quality, Productivity, and Competitive Position (Cambridge, Mass.: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Center for Advanced Engineering Study. 373 pp.) |
1986 | Published Out of the Crisis (Cambridge, Mass.: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Center for Advanced Engineering Study. 505 pp.) |
1987 | Awarded National Medal of Technology by President Ronald Reagan |
1993 | Published The New Economics for Industry, Government, Education (Cambridge, Mass.: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Center for Advanced Engineering Study. 240 pp.) |
1993, Dec. 20 | Died, Washington, D.C. |