Herbert Fred Spirer

Background

Spirer, Herbert Fred was born on October 8, 1925 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Irvin E. and Rose (Rice) Spirer.

Education

Bachelor Engineering Physics, Cornell University, 1951. Master of Science, New York University, 1965. Doctor of Philosophy, New York University, 1970.

Career

Director Research and Development, CGS laboratories, Stamford, Connecticut, 1954-1960; president, Engineering Information Associations, Stamford, 1960-1962; manager servos, American Machine and Foundry Research Laboratory, Stamford, 1962-1966; operations manager, General Time Corporation, Stamford, 1966-1970; professor Master of Business Administration program, U. Connecticut, Stamford, since 1970.

Achievements

• Herbert Fred Spirer has been listed as a noteworthy management educator, statistician, consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Misused Statistics, Second Edition (Popular Statistics)

    ("Revised and updated edition of a standard in the field. ...)

  • Business statistics: A problem-solving approach (Irwin series in quantitative analysis for business)
  • Misused Statistics:2nd (Second) edition

Membership

Vice president Institute for Study of Genocide, John Jay College Criminal Justice, since 1988. With United States Navy, 1943-1946, PTO. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Statistical Association (chair science freedom and human rights committee since 1989).

Interests

• Avocation: dancing.

Connections

Married Louise Ziegler, February 3, 1950. Children: Jeffrey David, Daniel Rice, Ellen Ruth.

Father:

Irvin E. Spirer

Mother:

Rose (Rice) Spirer

Spouse:

Louise Ziegler

child:

Daniel Rice Spirer

child:

Jeffrey David Spirer

child:

Ellen Ruth Spirer