談點 Shewhart Medalists

紐約時報的訃聞版1993年提到Deming 稱他為著名的經營理論家:
W. Edwards Deming, the noted management theorist
底下文章說1956年美國品管學會授給他最高獎
我可以注解如下
2007獎主 吳健 (?)福 中研院院士
2008年 George Box 89歲

Shewhart Medalists

1948		Leslie E. Simon
1949		Harold F. Dodge
1950		Martin A. Brumbaugh
1951		George D. Edwards
1952		Eugene L. Grant
1953		Harry G. Romig
1954		Edwin G. Olds
1955		W. Edwards Deming
1956		Mason E. Wescott
1957		Cecil C. Craig
1958		Irving W. Burr
1959		Paul S. Olmstead
1960		Ellis R. Ott
1961		Leonard H.C. Tippett
1962		Lloyd A. Knowler
1964		Acheson J. Duncan
1965		Paul C. Clifford
1966		Edward P. Coleman
1967		Charles A. Bicking
1968		George E.P. Box
1969		W.J. Youden
1970		J. Stuart Hunter
1971		Frank E. Grubbs
1972		Gerald J. Lieberman
1973		Sebastian B. Littauer
1974		Benjamin Epstein
1975		William R. Pabst Jr.
1976		John W. Tukey
1977		Albert H. Bowker
1978		Lloyd S. Nelson
1979		Hugo C. Hamaker
1980		John Mandel
1981		Richard A. Freund
1982		Kaoru Ishikawa
1983		Edward G. Schilling
1984		Norman L. Johnson
1985		Ronald D. Snee
1986		Donald W. Marquardt
1987		Fred Leone
1988		Harrison M. Wadsworth
1989		Dorian Shainin
1990		William J. Hill
1991		Cuthbert Daniel
1992		Gerald J. Hahn
1993		Dr. Harry Smith Jr.
1994		Dr. Brian L. Joiner
1995		Genichi Taguchi
1996		Dr. Douglas C. Montgomery
1997		John F. MacGregor
1998		Raymond H. Myers
1999		Dr. James M. Lucas
2000		John A. Cornell
2001		Søren Bisgaard
2002		William H. Woodall
2003		Wayne B. Nelson
2004		Douglas M. Hawkins
2005		Norman Draper
200 2007 C.F. Jeff Wu 6		William Q. Meeker

The Brumbaugh Award Winners
Crosby Medalist
Deming Medalist
Distinguished Service Medalists
Edwards Medalists
Feigenbaum Medalists
Freund-Marquardt Medalists
E.L. Grant Medalists
Honorary Members
Ishikawa Medalists
Juran Medalists
E. Jack Lancaster Medalists
Lifetime Achievement Award
Shainin Medalists
Shewhart Medalists

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Paul Clifford, 82, Mathematician Who Focused on Quality Control

By RANDY KENNEDY

Published: October 10, 1993

Paul C. Clifford, a professor of mathematics and a pioneer in the use of statistical equations for industrial quality control, died Wednesday at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center. He was 82 and lived in Montclair, N.J.

The cause was complications from Alzheimer's disease, his family said.

Mr. Clifford was a professor of mathematics for 41 years at Montclair State College, where he was chairman of the mathematics department for several years. Application of Statistics

But he was best known for his application of statistics to manufacturing, which he began to advocate during World War II when he worked for the Wright Aeronautical Company in Paterson, N.J. His methods were used as a way to reduce the number of flaws in airplane parts and make their production more efficient.

In 1952, he took a leave from Montclair State College and, at the request of the United Nations, traveled to India, teaching industries there how to use statistical controls. From 1954 to 1955, he taught the same methods in France for the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, which was formed under the Marshall Plan. He also worked for the U.N. and for the United States Agency for International Development in Spain, Mexico and Peru. Taught on Television

Throughout his career, he was employed as a consultant by several automakers and lectured on quality control with W. Edwards Deming, the noted management theorist. In 1965, the American Society for Quality Control presented Mr. Clifford with its highest award.

From 1961 to 1962, he also taught college-level math on Sunday mornings on the NBC-TV series, "Continental Classroom."

Mr. Clifford was born in Bismark, N.D., and was educated at Columbia University, where he received a bachelor's and master's degrees in mathematics.

He is survived by his wife of 57 years, the former Katherine Corbett; two daughters, Joanne and Catherine of Manhattan; five sons, Denis of Berkeley, Calif., Steven of Seattle, Gregory and Douglas of Manhattan and Justin of Santa Monica, Calif., and six grandchildren.