Background
Anderson, Richard Loree was born on April 20, 1915 in North Liberty, Indiana, United States. Son of George W. and Mabel (Schrader) Anderson.
Anderson, Richard Loree was born on April 20, 1915 in North Liberty, Indiana, United States. Son of George W. and Mabel (Schrader) Anderson.
Bachelor of Arts, DePauw University, 1936; Master of Science, Iowa State College, 1938; Doctor of Philosophy, Iowa State College, 1941.
Member faculty department statistics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 1941-1966;
associate professor, North Carolina State University, 1945-1950;
professor, North Carolina State University, 1951-1966;
research mathematician, Princeton University, 1944-1945;
professor statistics, Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana, 1950-1951;
research professor statistics, U. Georgia, Athens, 1966-1967;
professor department statistics, U. Kentucky, Lexington, 1967-1980;
department chairman, U. Kentucky, 1967-1979;
assistant to dean College Agriculture, U. Kentucky, 1980-1985. Vice president clinical trial research, 1985-1998. Member economics research advising committee United States Department of Agriculture, 1965-1968.
Consultant various defense government institutions, 1955-1967, also International Mathematics and Statistics Libraries, 1970-1989. Visiting professor U. Umea, Sweden, 1977, Indian Statistical Institute, 1977.
Fellow American Statistical Association (member census advising committee 1972-1977, Chairman of Commission 1977, director 1976-1978, member commission on statistics and environmental 1979-1986, chairman 1980-1981, president 1983), Institute Mathematics Statistics (member of council 1955-1957, 62-64), American Association for the Advancement of Science (chairman Section U 1979). Member Biometric Society (president Eastern North America region 1966), International Statistical Institute, International Association for Statistical Computing, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi, Gamma Sigma Delta.
Married Mary E. Turner, January 31, 1946. Children: Kathryn Hart, William Bayard.