Shayle Robert Searle Doctor of Philosophy

Education

Bachelor – Victoria University of Wellington – 1949

Master of Science – Victoria University of Wellington – 1950

Doctor of Philosophy – Cornell University – 1958

Doctor of Science (hc) – Victoria University of Wellington – 2005.

Career

He was a leader in the field of linear and mixed models in statistics, and published widely on the topics of linear models, mixed models, and variance component estimation. Searle was one of the first statisticians to use matrix algebra in statistical methodology, and was an early proponent of the use of applied statistical techniques in animal breeding. He died at his home in Ithaca, New New York

Research Statistician – New Zealand Dairy Board – 1953 to 1955, 1959 to 1962 Statistician – University Computing Center, Cornell University – 1962 to 1965 Professor of Biological Statistics – Cornell University – 1965 to 1996.

Achievements

• Winner, Humboldt Research Award of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Fellow, American Statistical Association Fellow, Royal Statistical Society Honorary Fellow, Royal Society of New Zealand, 1999.