Robert H. Shumway
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Robert H. Shumway | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 21, 1936 |
| Died | May 13, 2025 (aged 89) |
| Education | Carleton College George Washington University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | time series analysis |
| Institutions | Teledyne Technologies George Washington University University of California, Davis |
| Doctoral advisor | Solomon Kullback |
| Doctoral students | Stephen Lagakos David S. Stoffer[1] |
Robert Herman Shumway (January 21, 1936 – May 13, 2025)[2] was an American statistician known for his contribution to time series analysis.
Shumway was born in Northfield, Minnesota. He attended Carleton College, where he received a BA in mathematics in 1958. He went on to study statistics at Iowa State University, where he obtained an M.S. in 1960.[3] He worked briefly for the U.S. Navy and was assigned for the analysis of atomic bomb test debris. He continued his graduate study at the George Washington University while working for Teledyne Technologies and obtained his PhD in mathematical statistics in 1965 under the supervision of Solomon Kullback. Shumway remained at George Washington University as an assistant professor just after graduation and was promoted to associate professor. He later joined University of California, Davis in 1980 as one of the early faculty members in the Department of Statistics, where he proceeded to become professor of statistics.[4][2]
