David S. Moore is Shanti S. Gupta Distinguished Professor of
Statistics, Emeritus, at Purdue University.  He received his A.B. from
Princeton (1962) and the Ph.D. from Cornell (1967), both in
mathematics.  He has written many research papers in statistical theory
and served on the editorial boards of the Journal of the American
Statistical Association, Technometrics, the International Statistical
Review, and the Journal of Statistics Education.  Professor Moore
served as program director for statistics and probability at the
National Science Foundation, as a member of the National Research
Council's Committee on Applied and Theoretical Statistics, and as a
member of the oversight committee for NRC's ``Mathematical Sciences in
the Year 2000'' project.  He was 1998 President of the American
Statistical Association.

In recent years, Professor Moore has devoted his attention to the
teaching of statistics.  He was the content developer for the
Annenberg/Corporation for Public Broadcasting college-level telecourse
"Against All Odds: Inside Statistics" and other video series, and is
the author of influential articles on statistics education and of
several leading texts.  Professor Moore has served as the first
president of the International Association for Statistical Education
and as a member of the National Research Coucil's Mathematical Sciences
Education Board, and has received the Mathematical Association of
America's national award for distinguished college or university
teaching of mathematics.