Ali S. Hadi
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Ali S. Hadi is an Egyptian American emeritus professor at Cornell University, USA. He was a former vice provost and director of graduate studies and research at American University, Cairo. He is the chairman and the founder of the Actuarial Science Program at the American University in Cairo. He is an elected member of the International Statistical Institute, the American Statistical Association and African Academy of Sciences.[1][2][3][4][5]
Ali Hadi was born in Saft El-Nour, Egypt. His father died when he was two months old and he spent his formative years with his illiterate and dedicated mother who passionately wanted him to be educated.[2] In 1972, he obtained his first degree in Accounting from Ain Shams University (Cairo, Egypt).[6][2] In 1975, he left for the U.S. at his own expenses and obtained his MSc degree in Statistics at New York University in 1980. In 1982 and 1984, he obtained M.phil and PhD from the same university.[4][6]