Background
Bangdiwala, Ishver Surchand was born on January 9, 1922 in Surat, Gujarat State, India. Son of Surchand D. and Kamala (Jariwala) Bangdiwala. came to the United States, 1948, naturalized, 1960.
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Ishver Surchand Bangdiwala
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Bachelor of Science, University Bombay, 1943; Master of Sciences, University Bombay, 1946; Juris Doctor, U. Bombay, 1946; Master of Sciences, University North Carolina, 1950; Doctor of Philosophy, University North Carolina, 1958.
Career
Head statistics section and legal adviser, K.A. Pandit (consultant actuary), Bombay, India, 1944-1948;
statistician, head statistics department, Agricultural Experiment Station, U. P.R., 1952-1958;
director research, Superior Ednl. Council, U. P.R., Rio Piedras, 1958-1966;
lecturer statistics, Institute Statistics U.P.R., part-time 1953-1967;
professor, U. P.R., 1966-1982;
professor emeritus, U. P.R., since 1982;
honorary professor, U. P.R. Medical School, since 1969. Consultant statistics and research to national and international agys.
Lecturer in field.
Achievements
Membership
Trustee El Hogar del Nino, Cupey Alto, 1963-1980. Fellow American Statistical Association (president P.R. chapter), International Statistical Institute, Royal Statistical Society London, Academy de N'mero of Puerto Rican Academy Arts and Sciences. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Institute Mathematics Statistics, Biometric Society, P.R. Teachers Association, American Ednl.
Research Association, P.R. Association Ex-Alumnae U. North Carolina, New York Academy Sciences, International Platform Association, P.R. Statistical Society (founder, president 1968-1970), American Academy Political and Social Sciences, Association Retired professors ofU. P.R. (treasurer 1992-1994), Lions, Sigma Xi, Pi Mu Epsilon, Phi Delta Kappa, Gamma Sigma Delta.
Connections
Married Pushpa Sukhadia, May 2, 1947. 2 sons, Dweepkumar I., Shrikant I.
