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Activity Number: 309
Type: Invited
Date/Time: Tuesday, August 8, 2006 : 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM
Sponsor: Memorial
Abstract - #304891
Title: The Life and Times of Holly Fryer
Author(s): John E. Boyer*+
Companies: Kansas State University
Address: Department of Statistics, Manhattan, KS, 66506,
Keywords: Holly Fryer ; biography ; administration
Abstract:

Holly Fryer was the first PhD in statistics from Iowa State University and the founding father of statistics at Kansas State University. This presentation tells Holly's life story and details some of his professional, administrative, and academic accomplishments, including his successful efforts to establish a Department of Statistics and Statistical Consulting Service at Kansas State.

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