Kenneth Willcox Wachter

Background

Wachter, Kenneth Willcox was born on January 13, 1947 in Brooklyn. Son of John Henry and Evelyn Ardelle (Sidman) Wachter.

Education

Bachelor, Harvard University, 1968; Doctor of Philosophy, Cambridge (England) University, 1974.

Career

Research fellow, St. Catherine's College, Oxford, England, 1971-1974; assistant professor, then associate professor statistics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1974-1978; associate professor, professor statistics, University of California, Berkeley, 1979-1985; professor stats, University of California, since 1985. Member commission on national statistics National Research Council, 1985-1991. Member special advisory panel on censusadjustment unites states department Commerce, 1989-1991.

Achievements

• Kenneth Willcox Wachter has been listed as a noteworthy Statistics educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences. Member Social Science Research Council (board directors since 1994).

Connections

Married Bernadette Bell, August 27, 1982.

Father:

John Henry Wachter

Mother:

Evelyn Ardelle (Sidman) Wachter

Spouse:

Bernadette Bell