Wayne Fuller Receives an Honorary Doctorate Degree from NC State University

At the North Carolina State University Commencement Ceremonies, on May 9th, 2009, Professor Wayne A. Fuller received an Honorary Doctorate of Science Degree! Professor Fuller is an Emeritus Distinguished Professor in Statistics and Economics at Iowa State University. He received his Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics from Iowa State. He has been publishing extensively in survey sampling, time series analysis and measurement error models. He is the author of Introduction to Statistical Time Series and Measurement Error Models, and is currently completing a book on sampling statistics. He graduated at least 67 Phd’s and counting! Two of his students, David Dickey and Sastry Pantula, have been on the faculty at NC State. A third student of his, A. Ronald Gallant, was a faculty member at NC State for several years, before moving to two other universities (UNC and Duke) in the Research Triangle area. Professor Fuller has held teaching positions at Stanford University, the University of South Hampton, U.K., and the University of New England, Australia. He also served as a visiting professor at NC State. Professor Fuller is a Fellow of the American Statistical Association, the Institute of Mathematical Statistics, and the Econometric Society. He served as the Vice President of the American Statistical Association for a three year period, 1991-1993, and served on many ASA committees and sections. He worked on research problems funded by organizations such as the Natural Resources Conservation Service, NASS, Census Bureau, NSF and BLS.