Background
Marquardt, Donald Wesley was born on March 13, 1929 in New York City. Son of Kurt C. and Amelia P. (Moller) M.
Marquardt, Donald Wesley was born on March 13, 1929 in New York City. Son of Kurt C. and Amelia P. (Moller) M.
Master of Arts, University Delaware, 1956. Research engineer/mathematician East.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Incorporated., Wilmington, Delaware, 1953-1957, research project engineer/senior mathematician, 1957-1964, consultant supervisor, 1964-1972, consultant manager engineering department, 1972-1989. Manager quality management and technical center, 1989-1991.
President Donald West. Marquardt and Associations, Incorporated., Wilmington, Delaware, 1991.
Member National Research Council evaluation panel for applied mathematics for National Bureau Standards, 1981-1984. Member American National Standards Institute commission on quality assurance, vice chairman, 1983, chairman, 1984, director, 1985-1992, 95, chairman management committee, 1992-1995.
Representative to International Organisation Standardization technical commission on quality management and quality assurance, international chairman Strategic Planning Advisory Group, 1993-1995, chairman"s advisory group,1995. National chairman United States technical advisory group, head of the United States delegation, 1989.
Adjunct Professor U. Delaware, 1983-1991.
Participant time faculty management science Penn State University, 1993. Senior examiner Malcolm Baldrige Quality Award, 1988. Member National Research Council Master of Science 2000 Committee, 1988-1991.
Marquardt joined DuPont in 1953 and worked there for 39 years. He also founded and managed the DuPont Quality Management & Technology Center. In 1963 he published his famous paper "algorithm for least-squares estimation of nonlinear problems" in Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics journal.
Marquardt developed his algorithm to solve fitting nonlinear chemical models to laboratory data.
As manager of the DuPont Applied Statistics Group, he led development of the Product Quality Management(PQM) methodology and computer systems that implemented the company"s continuous improvement initiatives from the mid-1970s to the late 1990s. In 1991, he established his own company, Marquardt and Associates, which provides consulting and training in quality management, quality assurance, International Organization for Standardization 9000 standards, applied statistics, strategic planning and organizational change.
He died from a heart attack at the age of 68.
Member editorial board Communications in Statistics, 1977-1983. Served with United States Army, 1951-1952. Fellow American Statistical Association (president 1986, Founders award 1995), American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society for Quality Control (Youden prize 1974, Shewell prize 1984, Shewhart Medalist 1986).
Member International Statistical Institute (elected.
Married Margaret East. Rittershaus, September 13, 1952. Children: Paul East. (deceased), Joan North. Bachelor of Arts, Columbia University, 1950.