Dr. Lai, the Ray Lyman Wilbur Professor of Statistics at Stanford University, passed away on May 21, 2023, at the age of 77. He made far reaching contributions to sequential statistical analysis and a wide range of applications in the biomedical sciences, engineering and finance. Tze received many honors for his research, including being the […]
Dr. Yuan Shih Chow (1924-2022) — Obituary
–Written by Zhiliang Ying, Columbia University, and Cun-Hui Zhang, Rutgers University Yuan Shih Chow, Professor Emeritus of Statistics at Columbia University, passed away on March 3, 2022 in his hometown in Hubei, China. He suffered a stroke earlier and never recovered. He was 97 years old. He is survived by three daughters, Letitia, Eunice and […]
Dr. Kai Fun Yu – Obituary
Dear ICSA members and friends, With great sadness, ICSA announces the loss of our one of the original ICSA members and the former branch chief of biostatistics at NICHD/NIH, Dr. Kai Fun Yu. On Thursday, July 8, 2021, Kai Fun Yu, loving husband and father of two children passed away at age 70 after a […]
Dr. Xiangrong Yin – Obituary
Dear ICSA members and friends, With great sadness, ICSA announces the loss of our Award Committee Chair, Dr. Xiangrong Yin. Dr. Xiangrong Yin, 54, husband of Xiaofang Shi, passed away on Tuesday, August 11, 2020 at the University of Kentucky Hospital. Dr. Yin was born January 13, 1966 in Changxin, China to Chenchu Yin and […]