John Christian Bailar
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John Christian Bailar III (born October 9, 1932 Urbana, Illinois
) is an American statistician
, and Professor Emeritus at the University of Chicago
.
He is the son of John C. Bailar, Jr., a chemistry professor.
He graduated from the University of Colorado
with a B.A. in 1953, from Yale University
with an M.D. in 1955, and from American University
with a Ph.D. in statistics in 1973.
He was Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute and has been on the Editorial Board of Cancer Research.
Urbana, Illinois
Urbana is the county seat of Champaign County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 41,250. Urbana is the tenth-most populous city in Illinois outside of the Chicago metropolitan area....
) is an American statistician
Statistician
A statistician is someone who works with theoretical or applied statistics. The profession exists in both the private and public sectors. The core of that work is to measure, interpret, and describe the world and human activity patterns within it...
, and Professor Emeritus at the University of Chicago
University of Chicago
The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...
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He is the son of John C. Bailar, Jr., a chemistry professor.
He graduated from the University of Colorado
University of Colorado at Boulder
The University of Colorado Boulder is a public research university located in Boulder, Colorado...
with a B.A. in 1953, from Yale University
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
with an M.D. in 1955, and from American University
American University
American University is a private, Methodist, liberal arts, and research university in Washington, D.C. The university was chartered by an Act of Congress on December 5, 1892 as "The American University", which was approved by President Benjamin Harrison on February 24, 1893...
with a Ph.D. in statistics in 1973.
He was Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute and has been on the Editorial Board of Cancer Research.
Awards
- Fellow of the American Statistical AssociationAmerican Statistical AssociationThe American Statistical Association , is the main professional US organization for statisticians and related professions. It was founded in Boston, Massachusetts on November 27, 1839, and is the second oldest, continuously operating professional society in the United States...
- elected member of the International Statistical InstituteInternational Statistical InstituteThe International Statistical Institute is a professional association of statisticians. The Institut International de Statistique or International Statistical Institute was founded in 1885 although there had been international congresses from 1853.. The Institute publishes a variety of books and...
- Fellow of the American College of Epidemiology
- Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
- elected member of the Collegium Ramazzini
- 1990 MacArthur FellowMacArthur Fellows ProgramThe MacArthur Fellows Program or MacArthur Fellowship is an award given by the John D. and Catherine T...
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Works
- Medical uses of statistics, Editors John Christian Bailar, Frederick Mosteller, CRC Press, 1992, ISBN 9780910133364
- Assessment of the NIOSH head-and-face anthropometric survey of U.S. respirator users, Editors John Christian Bailar, Emily Ann Meyer, Robert Pool, National Academies Press, 2007, ISBN 9780309103985