2012 Challis Lecturer Ed George

Ed George is Universal Furniture Professor and Professor in the Department of Statistics at The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.  He received his PhD from Stanford University in 1981. He is a fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA) 1997 ,and a Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS) 1995.  He received the CBA Foundation Award for Oustanding Research Contributions in 1998 and the CBA Foundation Award for Research Excellence 1995. He also received the Excellence in Education Award in 2001. and the Joe D. Beasley Award for Teaching Excellence 1996, The University of Texas at Austin McKinsey Award for Excellence in Teaching 1987 and the Emory Williams Award for Excellence in Teaching 1987, The University of Chicago  He was the Executive Editor of the Statistical Science 2004-2007.