Background
Forsythe, Alan Barry was born on November 3, 1940 in Brooklyn. Son of Daniel and Hilda Forsythe.
educator pharmaceutical company executive
Forsythe, Alan Barry was born on November 3, 1940 in Brooklyn. Son of Daniel and Hilda Forsythe.
Bachelor of Science in Mathematics, Brooklyn College City University, 1962. Master of Science in Biostatistics, Columbia University, 1964. Doctor of Philosophy in Biometry, Yale University, 1967.
Computer systems designer, University of California at Los Angeles, 1967-1984; Adjunct Professor, University of California at Los Angeles Medical School, since 1984; regional director, Kaiser Permanente, Pasadena, California, 1978-1987; senior vice president, ICN Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Costa Mesa, California, 1987-1991; director biomedical information, Amgen, Inc., Thousand Oaks, California, since 1991.
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Computer Society, American Statistical Association (secretary and chairman computer section, associate editor Jour Theory and Methods, Book Review), Association Computing Machinery, Biometric Society, Drug Information Association, Institute of Mathematics Statistics, International Association Statistical Computing.
Married Dina L. Garfinkel, June 10, 1962. Children: Donna, Lane, Michael.