Background
Cornell, Richard Garth was born on November 18, 1930 in Cleveland. Son of Russell Gervas and Grace (Garlick) Cornell.
Cornell, Richard Garth was born on November 18, 1930 in Cleveland. Son of Russell Gervas and Grace (Garlick) Cornell.
Bachelor of Arts, University Rochester, 1952; Master of Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1954; Doctor of Philosophy, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1956.
Statistician,, National Communicable Disease Center, Atlanta, 1956-1958; chief laboratory and field station statistics unit, National Communicable Disease Center, 1958-1960; associate professor statistics, Florida State University, 1960-1968; professor statistics, Florida State University, 1968-1971; professor, biostatistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1971-1996; professor emeritus biostatistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, since 1996; department chairman, University of Michigan, 1981-1984, 90-93; interim dean public health, University of Michigan, 1993-1995. Consultant to government and industry.
Served with United States Public Health Service, 1956-1958. Member Biometric Society (program chairman 1968, 71, president Eastern North America region 1975, council since 1978), American Statistical Association (chairman biometrics section 1973, program chairman annual meeting 1981), Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi., Phi Kappa Phi, Pi Mu Epsilon.
Married Valma Yvonne Edwards, June 3, 1961. Children: Sharon Cornell Murray, Russell Glenn, Carol Elizabeth Wheelock.