K-State's John Boyer receives American Statistical Association's Founders Award

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Monday, October 2, 2006

K-STATE'S JOHN BOYER RECEIVES AMERICAN STATISTICAL ASSOCIATION'S FOUNDERS AWARD

MANHATTAN -- John Boyer Jr., professor and head of the department of statistics at Kansas State University, has received the American Statistical Association's Founders Award for distinguished and longtime service to the organization.

Boyer received the award at the recent annual Joint Statistical Meetings. Of the 18,000 members in the association, only five were chosen for the Founders Award this year. Award winners are nominated by other members of the association and then ultimately selected by the founders award committee.

According to the American Statistical Association, Boyer was selected for the award based on his long and distinguished leadership of a major university statistics department; for enduring contributions to Section and Council of Chapters activities including promoting prominence for statistics in science fair competitions at the state, national and international level; and for excellence in statistical consulting.

"I was very honored and excited to win this award. It means a great deal to me," Boyer said.

Boyer has been a member of the American Statistical Association since 1976. He was named a Fellow in the association in 1995 after 19 years of service. The association was founded in Boston in 1938 and is one of the country's oldest professional associations.

Boyer has been at K-State since 1981. He was promoted to full professor in 1999, served as interim department head in 2001, and was named head of the department of statistics in 2002. Boyer earned his doctorate in statistics at Michigan State University in 1976, a master's in mathematics from Michigan State in 1972, and a bachelor's in mathematics from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1969. Boyer is a native of York, Neb., and is a 1965 graduate of York High School.