This award is presented by the Washington Statistical Society to the outstanding full-time graduate student of statistics at each University in the Washington metropolitan area with a graduate statistics program. All current full-time graduate students in the M.S. or Ph.D. programs are eligible (graduation in the current year is not required). The award is made by vote of the Department of Statistics faculty with consideration given to all around performance in academics and as a GTA or GRA. The award is presented at the annual banquet of the Washington Statistical Society. The recipient is also presented with one-year memberships in the American Statistical Association and the Washington Statistical Society.
1990 |
Steven Oshry |
1991 |
Qiang Luo |
1992 |
Kelly J. Buchanan |
1993 |
Hiroko Kawasaki |
1994 |
Tammy Tang |
1995 |
Michael E. Marciniak |
1996 |
Yiheng “Julia” Zhu |
1997 |
Darryl V. Creel |
1998 |
Romain D. Parsad |
1999 |
Ru Sun |
2000 |
Amanda Singh |
2001 |
Lisa X. Chen |
2002 |
Salem S. Reyen |
2003 |
Haixia Xu |
2004 |
Xiaojing Lin |
2005 |
Carol Chang |
| 2006 | Chunling Zhang |
2007 |
Oleksandr Sverdlov |
2008 |
Zorayr Manukyan |
2008 |
Not Awarded |
This award is presented of each year to the outstanding graduate student in the M.S. in Statistical Sciences program. All students in the M.S. program who graduated since August of the previous year are eligible. The award is determined by vote of the Department of Statistics faculty with primary consideration given to academic performance as measured by GPA. Exceptional performance as a GTA or GRA may also be a factor.
1989 |
Barbara E. Dreon |
1990 |
Melanie Thompkins |
1991 |
Kaleli P. Ramanayke |
1992 |
Kelly J. Buchanan |
1993 |
Samuel Scarlett |
1994 |
Farid Haq |
1995 |
Mark P. DeLisi |
1996 |
John N. Hopper |
|
James A. Shine |
1997 |
Dean D. DeWolfe |
|
Elizabeth Smith Lacher |
|
Tamar Rosenfeld |
1998 |
Amy E. Gebhard |
1999 |
Jack C. Barr |
2000 |
Wendy J. Scholetzky |
2001 |
Dallas E. Frederick |
2002 |
Neil J. Maresca |
2003 |
Anastasios Markitsis |
2004 |
Laurie A. Kujawa |
2005 |
Xiaojing Lin |
| 2006 | Carl Minton |
2007 |
Elizabeth Bishara Windust |
2008 |
Matthew J. Grecco |
This award was established in 2000 by former chair Dr. Richard Bolstein to recognize academic excellence of students in our master's degree programs. Selection is made by the Chairman after consultation with the faculty. All students enrolled in the Department’s graduate programs who graduated since August of the previous year are eligible.
2000 |
Paul E. Raca |
2001 |
Marie G. Gantz |
2002 |
Not Awarded |
2003 |
Robert B. Fowler |
|
Carla G. Grosz |
2004 |
Nicholas A. Corea |
|
Stephen P. Wilcox |
2005 |
Stephen Mark Busselberg |
|
Yi Li |
2006 |
Yingxin Hou |
| Jill McCracken | |
| 2007 | Victoria Plamadeala |
|
Sean Sullivan |
| 2008 | Li Yang |