Alumni Profiles
Our alumni profiles are designed to demonstrate the range of career opportunities available to students in Statistics. They also highlight the accomplishments of our alumni, of whom we are very proud. |
David Himmelberger M.S. Statistics 1972 CEO and Managing Director, Health Outcomes Group March 2006 |
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Diane K. Fasel M.S. Statistics 1972 Co-founder and President, The Bellwood Group April 2006 |
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Jing Shyr Ph.D. Statistics 1984 Senior Vice President and Chief Statistician SPSS, Inc. May 2006 |
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Daniel Wolak M.S. Statistics 1977 Senior Vice President, General Re Life Corporation July 2006 |
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Karen Snepp B.S. Statistics 1979 Director of Market Research, Expedia, Inc. August 2006 |
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Carl Strauch B.S. Statistics 1974 Physician, Galesburg Cottage Hospital September 2006 |
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Jennifer Karas Montez M.S. Statistics 1994 Global Strategy Manager, Shell Oil Company October 2006 |
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Jessica Lasky Su M.S. Statistics 1999 Research Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, SUNY Upstate Medical University November 2006 |
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Brian Lichy B.S. Actuarial Science and Mathematics 1995, M.S. Applied Statistics 1997 Risk Manager, Porsche Financial Services December 2006 |
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Charles Bryan M.S. Mathematics 1969 President, CAB Consulting, Board of Directors, Medical Mutual of Ohio, Board of Directors, Safe Auto, Board of Directors, Tower Insurance Group March 2007 |
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Bill Chen M.S. Statistics 1967, Ph.D. Statistics 1970 President and CEO, The New Era Group March 2007 |
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Dipak Dey M.S. Statistics 1977, Ph.D. Statistics 1980 Professor and Head of Department of Statistics, University of Connecticut March 2007 |
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Wen-Jang Huang Ph.D. Statistics 1983 Director, Institute of Statistics, National University of Kaohsiung, Taiwan April 2007 |
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Kathy Layne M.S. Statistics 1993 Engineering Group Manager, Allison Transmission August 2007 |
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John J. Deely Ph.D. Statistics 1965 Professor Emeritus, University of Canterbury Department of Mathematics and Statistics Continuing Lecturer, Purdue University Department of Statistics September 2007 |
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Mrudulla Gnanadesikan Ph.D. Statistics 1966 Professor Emeritus, Fairleigh Dickinson University September 2007 |
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Domenic Reda M.S. Statistics 1976 Director, Hines Cooperative Studies Program Coordinating Center, Department of Veterans Affairs September 2007 |
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David Annis M.S. Statistics 2001, Ph.D. Statistics 2003 Vice President, Wachovia Bank October 2007 |
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Izabela Annis M.S. Statistics 2001 Senior Statistician, Nielsen Analytic Consulting October 2007 |
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Jia-Yeong Tsay M.S. Statistics 1971, Ph.D. Statistics 1974 Executive Director, Organon USA Inc. November 2007 |
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Jerone N. Deverman B.S. Mathematics 1960, M.S. Mathematics 1962, Ph.D. Statistics 1969 Founder and Principal Consultant, Medical Data Systems March 2008 |
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David S. Chen M.S. Statistics 1983, M.S. Electrical and Computer Engineering 1984 Vice President of General Motors (GM) China Group, General Manager, GM Beijing Operation April 2008 |
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Patricia Nahas M.S. Statistics 1967 Business Systems Specialist: Consultant and Program Manager May 2008 |
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H. Paul Root B.S. Mathematical Statistics 1959, M.S. Industrial Administration 1963, Ph.D. Marketing 1969 Former President, Marketing Science Institute September 2008 |
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Daniel Rubin B.S. Actuarial Science 1988 Senior Actuary, Nationwide September 2008 |
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William Stout M.S. Statistics 1964, Ph.D. Probability 1967 Professor Emeritus, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Research Professor, Learning Sciences Research Institute, University of Illinois, Chicago April 2009 |
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Gonzalo R. Mendieta M.S. Statistics 1984 Vice President of Academic Affairs, Professor of Mathematics and Statistics, Universidad San Francisco de Quito June 2009 |
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Marcey L. Hoover M.S. Statistics 1993, Ph.D. Statistics 1995 Manager, Strategic Planning & Laboratory Leadership Team September 2009 |
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Kent H. Somers B.S. Mathematics 1986 FSA, CERA, CFA, MAAA, Vice President, Appointed Actuary and Head of Financial Actuarial Department, Lincoln Financial Group September 2009 |
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Ping Ma M.S. 2001, Ph.D. 2003 Assistant Professor of Statistics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign November 2009 |
