Lawrence David Brown

Miers Busch Professor; Professor of Statistics. Respected statistician, his contributions have already been recognized by his selection as president of IMS, as editor of the Annals of Statistics, as a Wald Lecturer, by the Wilks Award and the Rao Prize. Theoretical research involved profound investigations into mathematical statistics that simultaneously enriched connections with other mathematical disciplines and supported practical statistical applications. His 1971 Annals paper laid the modern foundations for research in multivariate estimation, and his 1996 Annals paper established what is now an important classical truism about the equivalence of a range of nonparametric statistical formulations. Methodological innovations have been equally influential, particularly his 2005 JASA paper, which established approaches that are now widely followed for modern data-based applications of classical queuing theory. He is chair of the NAS Committee on National Statistics and a member of the NAS's Report Review Committee.