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Honorary Membership Award


Honorary Membership in the SSC is intended to honour a probabilist or a statistician or, in special circumstances another individual, who has made exceptional contributions to the development of the discipline.

Nominations
  • Nominations are open to people whose work was done primarily in Canada or who had a major impact in this country.
  • Membership in the SSC is not a prerequisite.
  • A nomination consists of a recent curriculum vitæ, at least three letters of support, and a suggested citation to accompany the award.
  • Nominations are submitted to the Chair of the Awards Committee at sscawards-chair@ssc.ca.
  • The SSC values and encourages Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in all of its nominations and awards. Please see the SSC guidelines on implicit bias (pdf). 

John D. Kalbfleisch, Honorary Members 2015

John D. Kalbfleisch

John D. (Jack) Kalbfleisch, Professor Emeritus of Biostatistics at the University of Michigan, has been named an Honorary Member of the Statistical Society of Canada. This award is intended to honor an individual who has made exceptional contributions to the development of the statistical sciences in Canada and whose work has had a major impact in this country.