Edward Burton Perrin

Background

Perrin, Edward Burton was born on September 19, 1931 in Greensboro, Vermont, United States. Son of J. Newton and Dorothy E. (Willey) Perrin.

Education

Bachelor, Middlebury College, 1953; postgraduate (Fulbright scholar) in stats, Edinburgh (Scotland) U., 1953-1954; Master of Arts in Mathematics Statistics, Columbia University, 1956; Doctor of Philosophy, Stanford University, 1960.

Career

Assistant professor department biostatistics, U. Pittsburgh, 1959-1962; assistant professor department preventive medicine, U. Washington, Seattle, 1962-1965; associate professor, U. Washington, 1965-1969; professor, U. Washington, 1969-1970; professor, department chairman biostatistics, U. Washington, 1970-1972; professor department health services, Adjunct Professor department biostatistics, U. Washington, 1975-1998; department chairman, U. Washington, 1983-1994; professor emeritus, U. Washington, since 1999; professor (honorary), West China University of Medical Sciences, Szechwan, Peoples Republic of China., 1988-1998; overseas fellow, Churchill College, Cambridge U., 1991-1992; senior scientist, Seattle Veterans Affairs Medical Center, since 1994. Clinical professor department community medicine and international health School Medicine, Georgetown University, Washington, 1972-1975. Deputy director National Center for Health Statistics, Department of Health, Education and Welfare, 1972-1973, director, 1973-1975.

Research scientist Health Care Study Center, Battelle Human Affairs Research Centers, Seattle, 1975-1976, director, 1976-1978. Director Health and Population Study Center Batelle Human Affairs Research Centers, Seattle, 1978-1983. Senior consultant biostatistics Washington/Alaska regionalmed. programs, 1967-1972.

Biometrician VA Co-op Study on Treatment of Esopageal Varices, 1961-1973. Member Epidemiology and Disease Control Study Section, National Institutes of Health, 1969-1973. Chairman health services research study section, Department of Health, Education and Welfare, 1976-1979.

Chairman health services Research and Development field program review panel, VA, 1988-1991. Chairman health services information steering committee State of Washington, 1993-1994. Member of national advisory county Agency for Health Care Policy and Research Department Health and Human Superior vena cava syndrome, United States Government, 1994-1997.

Member commission on national statistics National Research Council, NAS, since 1994. Chairman scientific advising committee Medical Outcomes Trust, since 1994.

Achievements

• Edward Burton Perrin has been listed as a noteworthy health services, biostatistician, health educator, researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member technical board Milbank Memorial Fund, 1974-1976, Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology, 1999-1904. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Public Health Association (Spiegelman Health Statistics award 1970, program development board 1971, chairman statistics section 1978-1980, governing council 1983-1985, statistics section recognition award 1989), American Statistical Association (member advisory committee to division statistical policy 1975-1977). Member Association Health Services Research (president 1994-1995, board directors 1991-2000), Institute Medicine of National Academy of Sciences (chairman membership committee 1984-1986, member board on health care services 1987-1996, forum health statistics 1994-1995, chairman committee on clinical evaluation 1990-1993), Biometrics Society (president Western North America Region 1971), Washington State Academy of Sciences (board directors 2007-2009), University Washington Retirement Association (board directors since 2006, vice president since 2009), Sigma Xi, Phi Beta Kappa.

Connections

Married Carol Anne Hendricks, August 18, 1956. Children: Jenifer, Scott.

Father:

J. Newton Perrin

Mother:

Dorothy E. (Willey) Perrin

Spouse:

Carol Anne Hendricks

child:

Jenifer Perrin

child:

Scott Perrin