戴明博士的兩張履歷書(1974年和1993年)

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本處將有漢譯本. 

Over the course of his life, Dr. Deming constantly updated his resume. The following excerpts show an interesting contrast in his approach, wording and emphasis. The first was used around 1974 and the second was from the 1990's.
Circa 1974:
My name is W. Edwards Deming. I am a consulting statistician and my address is 4924 Butterworth Place, Washington 20016. I have worked in the theory and the practice of statistical methods for over 40 years.
Circa 1993:
W. Edwards Deming has been for forty years a consultant, with practice world wide. His clients include railways, telephone companies, carriers of motor freight, manufacturing companies, consumer research, census methods, hospitals, legal firms, government agencies, research organizations in universities and in industry.

 *****1974


Dr. Deming's CV - from his study
W. EDWARDS DEMING, PH.D.
CONSULTANT IN STATISTICAL STUDIES
4924 BUTTERWORTH PLACE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20016
QUALIFICATIONS

My name is W. Edwards Deming. I am a consulting statistician and my address is 4924 Butterworth Place, Washington 20016. I have worked in the theory and the practice of statistical methods for over 40 years. My first scientific paper, a mathematical paper on the nuclear packing of helium, appeared in the Physical Review in 1928.
Studies that I am working on now or have recently finished include application of statistical theory to problems that arise in industrial production, in tests of physical materials, comparison of performance of men and of machines under various conditions, evaluation of physical condition of property, studies of maintenance and replacement, consumer research, motor freight, rail freight, accounting, cost-accounting, reduction of costs, expected losses and gains that may arise from mergers of two or more railways, average life of returnable bottles, comparison of medical treatments, comparison of methods of diagnosis, social, and demographic problems created by physical or mental handicaps. My part in any study is the design thereof, followed by evaluation of the statistical reliability of the results.
I have held the position of Professor of Statistics at the Graduate School of Business Administration of New York University since 1946.
I received the degree Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering at the University of Wyoming in 1921; the degree Master of Science at the University of Colorado in 1924; and the degree Doctor of Philosophy at Yale University in 1928. My major studies in both of the advanced degrees were in mathematics and mathematical physics. I studied statistical theory at University College in London in the spring of 1936. The University of Wyoming awarded to me in 1958 the degree Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, the citation being for theory and practice in statistical methods in industry and in government, in this country and abroad.
Between 1921 and 1927 1 taught engineering and physics at the University of Wyoming, at the Colorado School of Mines, at the University of Colorado, and at Yale University. Upon completion of the doctor's degree at Yale in 1927, I entered service in the Department of Agriculture in Washington for work in mathematics and in mathematical statistics, and was there until 1939, when I transferred to the Bureau of the Census to work on problems of sampling. During the years 1930 through 1944 I lectured twice weekly in advanced mathematics at the National Bureau of Standards. I instituted in 1935 a program for the teaching of modern theory of sampling at the Graduate School in the Department of Agriculture in Washington, and I continued in charge of the courses in mathematics and statistics there for 20 years.
I was Mathematical Advisor to the Bureau of the Census from 1939 through 1945, where I took part in the development of sampling procedures that are now known and used over the world for current information on employment, housing, trade, production. People come from government offices and from industry in many parts of the world to work in our Census, to study these methods. I also worked some time with the Bureau of Customs. The wool in the suits that we are wearing, and some of the tobacco that anyone may carry, almost certainly entered this country under tests of weight and quality carried out by statistical procedures that I helped to develop, to fix the value of the shipment and the duty to be paid.
The Internal Revenue Service engaged me in 1963 to review their procedures for the production of their Statistics of Income for Individuals. I have worked with other government agencies on statistical problems of many kinds.
My book Some Theory of Sampling published in 1950 by John Wiley of New York and my book Sample Design In Business Research published in 1960 by the same firm are used as text-books in several universities here and abroad. It has been translated into Spanish, Japanese, and Serbian. Statistical Adjustment of Data appeared in 1943, from the press of the same publisher. Elementary Principles of the Statistical Control of Quality, published in Tokyo in 1950, in English, describes some of the statistical methods for the statistical control of quality that I instituted in Japan, beginning in 1950, for improving the precision and reliability of manufactured product.
I have made eleven trips to Japan, at the invitation of the Union of Japanese Scientists and Engineers, supported by Japanese industry. The success of Japanese manufacturers in applying statistical methods for improvement of quality is known the world over.
This work in Japan has received special recognition. The Union of Japanese Scientists and Engineers, supported by Japanese industry, instituted some years ago the annual Deming Prizes, a sum of money to some Japanese scholar for his contributions in statistical theory or its application, and a medal to a Japanese company for use of statistical methods for advancement of precision and dependability of product.
            I may add that the Prime Minister and Cabinet of Japan decorated me in May 1960, in the name of the Emperor, with the Second Order of the Sacred Treasure, the citation being for assistance to Japanese industry during the decade, in recognition of the achievements that Japanese manufacturers have accomplished, through use of statistical methods, in the improvement of the quality and dependability of their product, such as transistors, binoculars, cameras, sewing machines, and textiles, and in the marketing of these products the world over.
            I have given lectures on statistical methods at more than 30 universities in this country and abroad.  For example, I gave a series of lectures at the London School of Economics and at the Institute of Mathematical Statistics in Paris in March 1964; at the Middle East Technical University in Ankara in May and again in November 1964.
            The Inter-American Statistical Institute invited me in 1971 to give lectures at universities for statisticians and top management from countries in South America.
            The great Indian Statistical Institute invited me in 1946, and in 1950, 1951, and 1971 to give lectures in statistical methods and to work with industry in a number of cities in India.
            The State Statistical Office of Turkey engaged me in 1959 to assist them to carry out studies of housing, population, agriculture, construction, and vital statistics.  I have made, so far, seven trips to Turkey on this work. 
            The Institute fár Sozialforschung in the University of Frankfurt invited me in 1952 and in 1953 to give lectures.  The University of Kiel and other institutes extended further invitations.  I worked in 1953 with the Central Bureau of Statistics in Wiesbaden, and again in 1955.  Studies conducted by the U. S. Information Service in Germany were of my design.
            The Productivity Centre in Taipei invited me in 1970 and again in 1974 to work with top executives in industry and in government to improve, by statistical methods, the quality of manufactured product in Taiwan.
            The University of Puerto Rico and the Economic Development Administration of Puerto Rico invited me to hold a series of seminars with teachers of statistics and with leaders of industry in Puerto Rico.  The first series took place in February 1973.  The plan is for me to return at semi-annual intervals. 
            The Secretariat of the United Nations established in 1949 the Sub-Commission on Statistical Sampling, and I was a member thereof for the five years of its existence.  The work of this commission was to draw up standards that would assist member governments to improve their statistical methods for measuring the reporting their industrial and agricultural output, and to improve their Census figures as well, through use of modern statistical procedures.
            I have worked for over 25 years with the American Society for Testing Materials, on methods for sampling materials for tests, and on the interpretation of the results of tests.  This Society is a non-profit organization, supported by industry.  Practically all the physical materials that anyone uses or sees during the day changed hands at all stages of manufacture from raw material onward to the finished product by tests specified in A. S. T. M. standards, which are used not only in the U. S. and in Canada, but in other parts of the world.  I have worked on various committees of the American Statistical Association and of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics on professional standards of presentation of statistical results.  I worked for years with committees of the American Society for Quality Control and with the International Standards Organization on standard symbols and terminology for the testing of materials. 
            From 1939 to 1942 1 worked with the Department of Defense, then the War Department, to assist the development of procedures for the statistical control of quality, to improve the precision and dependability of manufactured product.  The American Standards Association published this work in three standards, which were later adopted by standardizing bodies in several other countries.
             My list of publications shows 148 articles in scientific journals in this country and in England, France, Germany, Mexico, Japan, Spain, India, and Taiwan, from 1928 onward.   Most of these papers describe new theory or new adaptation in various types of study. Some of them deal with professional standards in statistical work, and with logical allocation of responsibilities between the statistician and the experts in the subject matter of a study.
            I am a member of 16 scientific and professional societies, some national and some international.  One of them is the International Statistical Institute, an academy of limited membership.  Another is the New York Academy of Sciences.  I hold the grade of Fellow in the American Statistical Association, and likewise in the Institute of Mathematical Statistics.  I was President of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics in 1945.  The Japanese Statistical Association made me in 1950 their first Honorary Life Member.  The Royal Statistical Society made me in June 1964 an Honorary Life Member.  The Union of Japanese Scientists and Engineers, the Japanese Statistical Society, and the German Statistical Society, each voted me years ago the title Honorary Life Member.  The American Society for Quality Control made me in August 1970 their 9th Honorary Member.
            I have appeared many times before the Interstate Commerce Commission, mostly concerning results derived by the motor-freight rate-bureaus from the continuing studies of inter-city motor-freight.  All the inter-city general motor-freight in the country is in continuing studies that I designed.  I appeared on the Transcontinental Divisions case, Docket 31503, and again in the Official vs. Southern Divisions case, Docket 29885.  I have appeared a number of times on studies of the losses and gains that would accrue to various railways through the merger of others: for example, the North Western's estimates of losses and gains to other roads in the event that the Commission would approve control or merger of the Rock Island with the North Western Railway or with the Union Pacific; the Kansas City Southern's estimates for the same merger, and the Chicago Great Western's estimates likewise; on estimates of gains and losses to other roads through merger of the Illinois Central and the Gulf, Mobile, & Ohio; losses and gains that the Grand Trunk Western would suffer from the merger of the Norfolk & Western Railway with the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway.  Another example was on the study of the cost of hauling the Frisco Railway's passenger trains.  These appearances took place in Washington, Chicago, Springfield (Ill.), and Dallas.
            I have appeared before the Public Service Commissions of Ohio, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, New Jersey, State of Washington, Illinois, Alabama, Mississippi, Indiana, North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Florida, Oregon, and Pennsylvania, concerning the reliability of results derived from statistical studies that I had designed for various companies, mostly in the matter of increases in rates.  I have appeared before the Federal Communications Commission; also before the County Court at Shelbyville, Indiana, in the matter of increased rates sought by the Bell Telephone Compa





Dr. Deming's CV -- from his study II
W. EDWARDS DEMING, PH.D.
CONSULTANT IN STATISTICAL STUDIES
4924 BUTTERWORTH PLACE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20016
TEL. (202) 353-8552
FAX (202) 303-3501 
W. Edwards Deming has been for forty years a consultant, with practice world wide.  His clients include railways, telephone companies, carriers of motor freight, manufacturing companies, consumer research, census methods, hospitals, legal firms, government agencies, research organizations in universities and in industry.  All the intercity motor freight in the United States and Canada, for example, is studied by statistical procedures prescribed and monitored by him.  He is best known for his work in Japan, which commenced in 1950, and created a revolution in quality and economic production. 
Japanese manufacturers created in his honor the annual Deming Prize.  In May 1960, the Emperor of Japan decorated him with the Second Order Medal of the Sacred Treasure. 
The President of the United States awarded to him on 25 June 1987 the National Medal of Technology.
He is a member of the International Statistical Institute, an academy, and of a dozen other professional and scientific societies. 
He was elected in 1986 into the National Academy of Engineering, and into the Science and Technology Hall of Fame in Dayton.  In 1988, he received the award Distinguished Career in Science from the National Academy of Sciences. 
He received his doctorate in mathematical physics from Yale University in 1928.  A number of universities have awarded to him the degrees LL.D. and Sc.D., honoris causa: the University of Wyoming, Rivier College, the University of Maryland, Ohio State University, Clarkson College of Technology, Miami University, George Washington University, the University of Colorado, Fordham University, University of Alabama, Oregon State University, the American University, the University of South Carolina, Yale University, Muhlenberg College, Boston University.  Yale University awarded to him the Wilbur Lucius Cross Medal.  Rivier College awarded to him the Madeleine of Jesus Award. 
He is the author of several books and 170 papers.  His books include OUT OF THE CRISIS (Center for Advanced Engineering Study, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1986) and THE NEW ECONOMICS (same publisher, 1993).  He has been since 1946 Professor of Statistics at the Graduate School of Business Administration of New York University.  He is also, from 1985,  Distinguished Lecturer in Management at Columbia University.  He has lectured in many universities in this country and abroad.  His 4-day seminars have reached 10,000 people per year for over ten years. ny of Indiana; before the court of the Fifth Judicial District in Chicago on the du Pont, General Motors case; before the U. S. Tax Court in June 1964 in the matter of the Corinthian Broadcasting Company on statistical methods for estimating the average length of life of contracts with networks.
            I have twice given evidence on studies on confusion of trade-marks. 

*****1993
 
Dr. Deming's CV -- from his study II
W. EDWARDS DEMING, PH.D.
CONSULTANT IN STATISTICAL STUDIES
4924 BUTTERWORTH PLACE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20016
TEL. (202) 353-8552
FAX (202) 303-3501 
W. Edwards Deming has been for forty years a consultant, with practice world wide.  His clients include railways, telephone companies, carriers of motor freight, manufacturing companies, consumer research, census methods, hospitals, legal firms, government agencies, research organizations in universities and in industry.  All the intercity motor freight in the United States and Canada, for example, is studied by statistical procedures prescribed and monitored by him.  He is best known for his work in Japan, which commenced in 1950, and created a revolution in quality and economic production. 
Japanese manufacturers created in his honor the annual Deming Prize.  In May 1960, the Emperor of Japan decorated him with the Second Order Medal of the Sacred Treasure. 
The President of the United States awarded to him on 25 June 1987 the National Medal of Technology.
He is a member of the International Statistical Institute, an academy, and of a dozen other professional and scientific societies. 
He was elected in 1986 into the National Academy of Engineering, and into the Science and Technology Hall of Fame in Dayton.  In 1988, he received the award Distinguished Career in Science from the National Academy of Sciences. 
He received his doctorate in mathematical physics from Yale University in 1928.  A number of universities have awarded to him the degrees LL.D. and Sc.D., honoris causa: the University of Wyoming, Rivier College, the University of Maryland, Ohio State University, Clarkson College of Technology, Miami University, George Washington University, the University of Colorado, Fordham University, University of Alabama, Oregon State University, the American University, the University of South Carolina, Yale University, Muhlenberg College, Boston University.  Yale University awarded to him the Wilbur Lucius Cross Medal.  Rivier College awarded to him the Madeleine of Jesus Award. 
He is the author of several books and 170 papers.  His books include OUT OF THE CRISIS (Center for Advanced Engineering Study, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1986) and THE NEW ECONOMICS (same publisher, 1993).  He has been since 1946 Professor of Statistics at the Graduate School of Business Administration of New York University.  He is also, from 1985,  Distinguished Lecturer in Management at Columbia University.  He has lectured in many universities in this country and abroad.  His 4-day seminars have reached 10,000 people per year for over ten years.