Deming, W. Edwards (William Edwards), 1900-1993

Variant names
Dates:
Birth 1900-10-14
Death 1993-12-20
Americans,
English,

Biographical notes:

Statistician and educator; died 1993.

From the description of W. Edwards Deming papers, 1795-1994 (bulk 1930-1993). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70983563

Biographical Note

1900, Oct. 14 Born, Sioux City, Iowa 1921 B.S., electrical engineering, University of Wyoming,Laramie, Wyo. 1922 1924 Assistant professor of physics, Colorado School of Mines,Golden, Colo. 1922 Married Agnes Bell (died 1930) 1924 M.S., mathematics and mathematical physics, University of Colorado,Boulder, Colo. 1924 1925 Assistant professor of physics, University of Colorado,Boulder, Colo. 1925 1927 Instructor in physics, Yale University,New Haven, Conn. 1927 1939 Mathematical physicist, Bureau of Chemistry and Soils, Agriculture Department 1928 Ph.D., mathematics and mathematical physics, Yale University,New Haven, Conn. 1930 1944 Special lecturer, National Bureau of Standards 1932 Married Lola Shupe (died 1986) 1935 1953 Head, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Graduate School, Agriculture Department 1936 Studied under Sir Ronald Aylmer Fisher and Jerzy Neyman at University College,London, England 1938 Published Some Notes on Least Squares (Washington, D.C.: Graduate School, Department of Agriculture. 181 pp.) 1939 1945 Head mathematician and advisor in sampling, Bureau of the Census 1940 1950 Consultant to secretary of war and secretary of defense 1942 1944 Taught statistical quality control courses to defense supply industries 1942 1953 Advisor for sampling, Bureau of the Budget 1943 Published Statistical Adjustment of Data (New York: John Wiley and Sons. 261 pp.) 1946 1993 New York, N.Y. New York City Chelsea New York Professor of statistics, Graduate School of Business Administration, New York University,New York, N.Y. Consultant in statistical studies for industry 1947 Advisor for sampling techniques, Supreme Command of the Allied Powers,Tokyo, Japan 1947 1952 Member, United Nations Subcommission on Statistical Sampling 1950 Japan Japan Creation of the Deming Prize in Japan Lecturer, Union of Japanese Scientists and Engineers Published Some Theory of Sampling (New York: John Wiley and Sons. 602 pp.) 1955 Awarded Shewhart Medal, American Society for Quality Control 1960 Japan Japan Decorated, Second Order of the Sacred Treasure,Japan Published Sample Design in Business Research (New York: John Wiley and Sons. 517 pp.) 1980 Television broadcast of National Broadcasting Co. (NBC) documentary If Japan Can, Why Can't We? featuring Deming 1980 1993 Lectured on management principles to corporate and management personnel 1982 Published Quality, Productivity, and Competitive Position (Cambridge, Mass.: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Center for Advanced Engineering Study. 373 pp.) 1986 Published Out of the Crisis (Cambridge, Mass.: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Center for Advanced Engineering Study. 505 pp.) 1987 Awarded National Medal of Technology by President Ronald Reagan 1993 Published The New Economics for Industry, Government, Education (Cambridge, Mass.: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Center for Advanced Engineering Study. 240 pp.) 1993, Dec. 20 Died, Washington, D.C.

From the guide to the W. Edwards Deming Papers, 1795-1994, (bulk 1930-1993), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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Subjects:

  • Elections
  • Freight and freightage
  • Management
  • Music
  • Quality control
  • Railroads
  • Statistics
  • Telephone companies

Occupations:

  • Educators
  • Statisticians

Places:

  • Great Britain (as recorded)
  • India (as recorded)
  • Japan (as recorded)
  • India (as recorded)
  • Turkey (as recorded)
  • Great Britain (as recorded)
  • Japan (as recorded)
  • Turkey (as recorded)

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